sportfiends.com - 7/15/2008
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Tonight I’m posting this video about the tattoo sportin’ Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers who pretty much stole the show. Even though he was the home run derby runner up, he broke the record for the most home runs in a single round by belting out 28 home runs. Bobby Abreu had the previous record of 24 that he hit in 2005.
Holy Smokes, Eh?
babeslovebaseball.com 7/15/2008 — Josh Hamilton's awesomeness knows no bounds.
The Texas Rangers center fielder's impressive, 28-bomb first-round performance in the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium Monday night shattered the previous record of 24 set by Bobby Abreu in 2005. He nailed a few more going into the final round against Minnesota Twins slugger Justin Morneau, who hit 8 in the first and 9 in the Semis.
Hamilton hits record 28 HRs in Derby's 1st round
boston.com 7/15/2008 — Josh Hamilton has hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. The Texas Rangers' slugger, back from drug and alcohol addiction that derailed his career, broke Bobby Abreu's mark for one round with a dazzling display of power Monday night.
Weird Things To Say During The Home Run Derby, Vol. I
firejoemorgan.com 7/15/2008 — Rick Reilly, after Josh Hamilton's 28-homer first round and all of the talk of Hamilton's apparently prophetic dream that he would someday compete in the Derby at Yankee Stadium: It's a lousy night to be an atheist! It already seemed weird at the ...
Early Morning Madness: Fix the Home Run Derby edition
theropolitans.com 7/15/2008 — Morneau should be given his props for working the system, and earning himself a shiny new trophy, but Hamilton should be praised for putting on the best show I can remember.
I've never seen one player, already walking into the event with a boatload of baggage, come into a foreign park and win over a crowd quite like that. His story helped. His 71 year old pitcher helped. But it was purely ...
Morneau stuns Hamilton to take Derby —
Major League Baseball News 7/15/2008
Second-year Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton had a first round for the ages Monday night in the annual State Farm Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, but he lost in the final round to the Twins' Justin Morneau, who outhomered Hamilton, 5-3.
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