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The Worst Home Run Derby In Recent Memory
The Worst Home Run Derby In Recent Memory
The author discusses the lack of drama in last night's 2009 MLB Home Run Derby.
Links For Tuesday; Home Run Derby Edition
Links For Tuesday; Home Run Derby Edition
mvn.com — Ladies and gentlemen, here are your links for the office on Tuesday morning... Your 2009 Home Run... Derby champion: Prince Fielder . The St. Louis fans had to be pulling for Albert Pujols and local hero Ryan Howard, but Fielder got it done , beating Nelson Cruz 6-5 in the finals to take home ... (more) Links For Tuesday; Home Run Derby Edition
Chronicling My 3 Hours Of Hell The Home Run Derby
Chronicling My 3 Hours Of Hell The Home Run Derby
ngngsports.com — I'm definitely not a baseball purist. In fact, I'm all for cutting the baseball season down to... 100 games. Or 80. Or even 60, if I were able to get away with it. Yet, last night I tried to put away my impure feelings about the game of baseball and ... (more) Chronicling My 3 Hours Of Hell The Home Run Derby
An extremely abbreviated Home Run Derby diary
bases.newsvine.com — Given my view of it all, you won't be surprised to hear that I ended up only... watching a fraction of the Home Run Derby last night, but I'll offer the following observations: (more) An extremely abbreviated Home Run Derby diary
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How To Improve The Home Run Derby, Or Maybe Try Something Else
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — A lot of people are whining about the Home Run Derby. Chris Berman is annoying. It’s boring. Steroids are ruining everything. This is mostly warranted. Last night’s event seemed to slog on forever until Prince Fielder beat Nelson Cruz for the title. Also there was some Doppler radar fishtail on the balls or something. That was cool! Last year there was some serious splash with Josh Hamilton’s ridiculous first round, but he didn’t even win the thing. I’m left wondering if there’s ...

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