Madison Bumgarner wants to be in the 2016 Home Run Derby. He's not entertaining the idea or musing about the possibility. He's actively lobbying to be in the danged thing.
And right now, the guy most capable of generating interest and viewer eyes is volunteering -- flat-out lobbying -- to be in the Home Run Derby, soliciting votes like a presidential candidate. Before Bumgarner’s round, he walked over, pointed at me and said, "I need you to get me into the Derby."
"I need you to get me into the Derby.