Brent Rooker was not pleased with the way in which he was bounced from the MLB Residence Run Derby on Monday evening.
Rooker was knocked out within the first spherical by eventual Derby winner Cal Raleigh after the 2 hit the identical variety of dwelling runs, however Raleigh’s furthest homer was .08 ft additional than Booker’s.
The A’s slugger expressed frustration that he wasn’t conscious of the significance of the space all the way down to the decimal level till it was too late.
Whereas the scoreboard solely confirmed the rounded quantity for distance on the house runs, Main League Baseball was utilizing the non-rounded numbers for the official measurement.
Whereas each hit a max distance of 471, Rooker’s dwelling run measured in at 470.53 ft, whereas Raleigh’s got here in at 470.61 ft.
“You already know, perhaps if they’ve it to the decimal level, they need to show that through the Derby and never wait until everybody’s finished to carry out that info that could be useful,” Rooker instructed reporters.
Booker had additionally mentioned that he solely bought 38 pitches as an alternative of the 40 as a result of he was instructed he may take two pitches, however wasn’t conscious there have been solely 40 balls accessible for him to hit in whole.
“I took two pitches that didn’t rely, however once we went to do the spherical, there was solely 38 remaining, so we bought all the way down to have two pitches with 5 seconds left they usually’re out of baseballs,” he mentioned.
Raleigh went on to win the Residence Run Derby together with his dad throwing to him and his youthful brother behind the plate.
Booker nonetheless known as the expertise a “nice time” and praised Raleigh.
“Cal’s an amazing competitor. He placed on an excellent efficiency too,” he mentioned. “Guidelines are the foundations when it comes to what makes up the semifinals.”
