MLB Home Run Derby Fans Bash Unfunny Intros By SNL Member

The decision to hire Saturday Night Live's first Gen Z cast member to kick off the 2024 Home Run Derby totally backfired. 

MLB's 2024 Home Run Derby had a rocky start and fell apart by the time the national anthem performance wrapped.

To get the Derby viewers and fans at Globe Life Field in Texas hyped, Saturday Night Live performer Marcello Hernandez emceed and whiffed on a number of introductions. (Never heard of him? Join the club.) 

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JULY 15: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets waves to the fans during the player introductions prior to the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field on July 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.  (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Crickets followed up most of Hernandez's zingy one-liners, but the kid's worst joke of the evening arrived when two-time Derby winner and Mets slugger Pete Alonso was introduced, riffing that ol' Polar Bear got his nickname for being a "big, white guy." 

White guys jokes in 2024? Amid "White Boy Summer"? … Read the room, buddy.

Between the veneers and bad jokes, baseball fans had a tough time buying into the HR Derby act.

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This year's Derby included Alonso, Philadelphia Phillies' Alec Bohm, Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt, Jr., Texas Rangers' Adolis Garcia, Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson, Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez, Atlanta Braves' Marcell Ozuna and Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramirez.

SOCIAL MEDIA ROASTS TERRIBLE DERBY INTROS

To be fair, the SNL kid seemed to be having fun. Lucky for him, his act wasn't the worst part of the Derby intros.

Following up the painfully unfunny intros, four-time Grammy-nominated singer Ingrid Andress gave the worst All-Star weekend national anthem performance since Fergie. 

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