Utley To Bash In Derby
philliesnation.com 7/7/2008 — Chase Utley has agreed to take part in the Home Run Derby, which occurs Monday night at Yankee Stadium as part of MLB All-Star festivities.
Utley’s 24 home runs lead Major League Baseball, and he’s been the leader for much of the ...
XM Satellite Radio Has Complete Coverage of All-Star Game
bizofbaseball.com 7/8/2008 — XM Satellite Radio has announced a full slate of coverage for the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Week in New York City, including the 79th MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on July 15. XM will air the All-Star Game, the Home Run Derby, and exclusive radio coverage of the XM All-Star Futures Game, featuring the top minor-league prospects from the U.S. and abroad. XM's baseball talk ...
Sheryl Crow, 3 Doors Down, Groban to Perfrom at All-Star Game
bizofbaseball.com 7/10/2008 — Major League Baseball has announced the All-Star lineup of musicians for the MLB All-Star Game and State Farm Home Run Derby next week at Yankee Stadium. Nine-time Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow will perform the U.S. National Anthem prior to the start of the 2008 All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 15th at Yankee Stadium. Classically-influenced pop-singing superstar Josh ...
2008 Home Run Derby
crashburnalley.com 7/14/2008 — Yankee Stadium is 314 feet down the right field line and 318 down the left field line, so there’s a very slight advantage to left-handed hitters. Due to how shallow it is down the lines, line drive hitters will have a bit of an advantage as well.
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With an exception to Guerrero, it appears that there’s some correlation between LD% and winning the Derby.
Home Run Derby Preview & Tater Tot Contest Results
walkoffwalk.com 7/14/2008 — Tonight is the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium and I'll be live-glogging it here at Walkoff Walk while I keep ESPN on mute. Heck, they'll have 20 consarn cameras and some of that super slow-motion replay nonsense, so why do I need to listen to ...
The 10 worst Home Run Derby participants of all time
sports.yahoo.com 7/14/2008 — It's been raining in New York this morning and one has to wonder if that's a higher power's way of saying that he agrees with Ken Rosenthal and that A-Rod should be participating in tonight's Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. Nothing against this ...
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.
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 ...
Chase's Four Letter Fallout
the700level.com 7/15/2008 — First off, if you haven't seen the video, catch it here .
Like many of you, I watched last night's Home Run Derby in hopes of seeing Chase Utley showcase his sweet swing to a national audience. While Chase failed to really get his long ball ...
Clay Counsil Prepared To Go Under The Knife
tiricosuave.com 7/15/2008 — NEW YORK — Clay Counsil’s “country strong” right arm turned into “city cellulite” on Monday evening in the Bronx.
The 71-year-old North Carolina native — who was pitching to Texas’ Josh Hamilton in the 2008 ...
And That Happened
shysterball.blogspot.com 7/15/2008 — Justin Morneau 5, Josh Hamilton 3 : You think MLB isn't a little irked at its Home Run Derby format this morning? Josh Hamilton put forth a legend-making performance last night, smacking dinger after dinger in the first round, energizing a packed ...
Free and Easy
wevegotheart.com 7/15/2008 — Lots of impressive swings tonight…some from All Star Josh Hamilton…Hamilton hit a record 28 homers during the first round of tonight’s Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium.
…Some from Ryan Zimmerman, making his first rehab start ...
We’re the reason A-Rod wasn’t in the Home Run Derby
bugsandcranks.com 7/15/2008 — It’s a slow news day when the usually intelligent Jayson Stark, senior writer for espn.com, decides to write an article that mostly ignores logic, common sense, and, well, reality.
For some reason, Stark considers a home run derby in Yankee ...
Josh Hamiltowned (or Scenes from a Derby)
riveraveblues.com 7/15/2008 —
As the Home Run Derby — or the Josh Hamtilon Show — got underway last night at Yankee Stadium, the sun set behind New Jersey, lighting up the sky. Click through the jump to see more sights from last night’s Derby. I took all the photos, and ...
[Video] The Morning After: Hamilton Home Run Derby Redux
mvn.com 7/15/2008 — Attempting to make sense of the indescribable power display witnessed at Yankee Stadium on Monday evening - complete with exclusive video of Hamilton's entire 28-homer first round in the 2008 All-Star Home Run Derby.
Tell Us How You Really Feel
babeslovebaseball.com 7/16/2008 — Chase Utley, who I was rather disappointed in Monday night but still love unconditionally, reacts in the video below after being booed at Yankee Stadium (by Mets fans?) during the Home Run Derby, in which he hit only 5 longballs and did not advance to the second round.
My Night At The Home Run Derby —
THE FANTASY BASEBALL GENERALS
Yeah, I know, I haven’t written anything in a long time. I suck. I know. Let’s move on.I was lucky enough to get tickets for the Home Run Derby on Monday and thought I would share my thoughts and observations from the evening.
Ø Before the new stadium was being built, parking sucked around Yankee Stadium. Now? And with a major event taking place? I think it took as long to find a ...
A musing on the new Stadium —
River Avenue Blues
This week, while watching both the Home Run Derby and the All Star Game from Tier Reserved Section 31, I got to thinking about the seats in Yankee Stadium and the seats in the new stadium. While we know that the Tier Boxes at the new stadium won’t be quite the same as they are in the current stadium, there is one consolation: The sightlines have to be better.
In my seats this week, if ...
2008 Home Run Derby —
The Baseball Collector
There are rumors that I stole baseballs from kids, knocked over other fans, and got into an argument with a Chinese lady.
Allow me to set the record straight:
1) I didn't steal a ball from anyone.
2) Other fans were crashing into ME.
3) The lady was Japanese.
The 2008 Home Run Derby was scheduled to begin at 8:00pm, batting
practice was going to start at 5:30, and Yankee Stadium was ...
2008 Home Run Contest Is The Most Watched Derby Ever —
AwfulAnnouncing
Josh Hamilton's barrage of dingers the other night was so exciting that more people watched his show than the Democratic Debates. The total number of viewers actually turned out to be ESPN's most viewed non-NFL program of the year so far. Last night’s ESPN telecast of the 2008 State Farm Home Run Derby – held at Yankee Stadium in its final season – averaged a 6.4 rating and 6,184,000 ...
Hamilton Breaks HR Derby Record; Morneau Takes Home Hardware —
The Bad News Bloggers
To my surprise, I logged in today and saw that nobody, that's right nobody has written an article about last night's historic homerun derby in Yankee Stadium. The derby was the very first, and very last HR derby to take place in the historic confines of Yankee Stadium, and it was surrounded by many stories. First of all, the favorite, Josh Hamilton, set a record for most homers in a single ...
Day 2 in the Big Apple - Game Day —
Around the Horn in KC
Apparently there is an All-Star Game going on in New York. At least that's what Vice President of Communications and Broadcasting Mike Swanson (Swanee) keeps telling Around the Horn.
If you watched last night, the Home Run Derby was by all accounts, amazing. The Rangers' Josh Hamilton didn't get the memo that Yankee Stadium isn't scheduled for demolition until this off season and ...
Home run derby a success despite attempts to ruin it —
Assist by The Mitten
The guy who hit the most home runs during the All-Star Game Home Run Derby last night at Yankee Stadium didn't win the contest. The Rangers’ Josh Hamilton hit a total of 35 home runs in three rounds, including three amazing measuring tape blasts over 500 feet. But Justin Morneau of the Twins hit 22 total with five in the third round to win. A tired Hamilton could only muster three. I guess ...
The 2008 Home Run Derby —
A New York Yankees Blog
Last night’s home run derby was certainly one for the ages as it was the first and last at Yankee Stadium and Josh Hamilton continued his inspirational comeback with an amazing night. He ended up coming in second since the last round resets the home run count, but I think in the minds of most he was the true winner. Even Justin Mourneu, who officially won, admitted that Hamilton was the ...
NY Fans Remain the Absolute Classiest —
The Slanch Report
With the All Star game in Yankee Stadium, and everyone in the media falling over themselves to wax poetic about the stadium and the Yankees, the fans in the stadium are doing their part to show why they’re douchebags.
Last night when Chase Utley was introduced he was lustily booed, now granted it was likely Mets fans that were booing him, but fuck it, they’re all from New York, ...
Best. Crackhead-cum-Christian. Ever. —
What Would Oakley Do?
A WWOD? Photo Essay: Josh Hamilton Blows Lines Minds at Home Run Derby At this point, if you're reading a sports blog, you probably have heard all about Texas Rangers centerfielder Josh Hamilton and you're probably still reeling (or, at least, remembering) from the monumental blasts that he sent flying into the Bronx during the Home Run Derby Monday night at Yankee Stadium. Hamilton is the ...
Josh Hamilton goes nuts in HR Derby —
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications.
I'll be the first to admit that going into last night's Home Run Derby I had very low expectations. It was a group of guys that were thrown together, reminisicent of the way the NBA's Slam Dunk contest has fallen in recent years. Obviously the fact that a lot of the big names didn't want to participate is a huge factor in the decline of both competitions, but this one was at Yankee Stadium, ...
HOME RUN DERBY; HEADED TO SUPER 16 SHOWCASE —
goodmanonfox's blog listings.
I usually hate the Home Run Derby that precedes the All-Star
Game, but watching Josh Hamilton last night absolutely crush 28 balls out of
Yankee Stadium in the first round last night was pretty impressive.
There weren’t a whole lot of cheap ones for MLB’s
Comeback Story of the Year. Remember, this is a former No. 1 overall pick who
missed three years due to a drug problem.
I didn’t wind ...
Josh Hamilton Hits 28 Home Runs In the 1st Round of the Home Run Derby —
Hip 2 Da Game
If you don't believe that special things happen at Yankee Stadium after this, then I really don't know what else to tell you. How else can you explain someone hitting 28 home runs in the first round of the Home Run Derby? I remember back in the early 90's when guys like Frank Thomas hit 15 home runs and Cal Ripken, JR hit 12 home runs in a round and we thought that was a lot of home runs. ...
Chase Utlety Curses NY Fans, Then Loses —
Mets Lifers
Oh, Chase Utley. Didn't you know you were mic'd up?
In case you haven't heard, Chase Utley didn't care for the welcome he received at Yankee Stadium while being introduced at the Home Run Derby last night. The New York fans, the smartest baseball fans in the world, gave Utley a Bronx welcome with a hardy booing.
Chase Utley didn't like it, so he swore at the fans on national television ...
Chase Utley Video - Utley Doesn’t Like Boos —
Knuckle Curve
Check out this Chase Utley video. When being introduced for the Home Run Derby, Utley got booed by the Yankee Stadium crowd. Utley’s response to the booing is definitely classic.
Too bad he didn’t shut the Yankee Stadium crowd up with his bat in the Home Run Derby. Instead, Utley was eliminated after the first round.
Here is the Chase Utley video:
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Home Run Derby Live Blog —
Stanley Cup of Chowder
I know the live blog thing as been done to death. I admit it, I'm a complete hack. We joined this broadcast already in progress... 9:07 Apparently the Taco Bell Legends & Celebrity Softball Game is next...can't wait. Justin Morneau steps in. 9:08 "It's like a Kiwanis Club in here" Rick Reilly's comment about the number of white guys in the Derby. 9:13 Morneau hits 8. Tied for ...
28 Skiddoo —
Unbiased Yankee Fan
Josh Hamilton hit 28 homers in the first round of the home run derby at the Stadium tonight and still lost in the final round to Justin Morneau. I'm sure Tom Brady knows just how he feels. It was cool seeing the derby at my team's home park for a change, though it did seem a bit antiquated when you're used to the derby in these fancy new venues, not the 7o's-era Yankee Stadium. It's too bad ...
COURAGEOUS JOSH A WINNER IN DEFEAT —
NY Post: Sports
EARLIER in the day, Josh Hamilton said it was possible to hit a baseball clear out of Yankee Stadium. He nearly did it three times last night in his legendary first round of the Home Run Derby. The first tape-measure shot zoomed far over my head...
THRILLING NIGHT FOR HURLER, 71 —
NY Post: Sports
It seemed impossible, but Clay Counsil's second visit to Yankee Stadium was even better than his first. The 71-year-old served as Josh Hamilton's Home Run Derby pitcher last night, and served up the pitches the Rangers slugger crushed during a...
HAMILTON'S POWER LIGHTS UP STADIUM —
NY Post: Sports
They don't call him The Natural for nothing. In a jaw-dropping display of might that awed the fans and his fellow All-Stars alike, the Rangers' Josh Hamilton single-handedly revived the Home Run Derby last night at Yankee Stadium. Thanks to a...
Morneau steals show to rule Derby —
Major League Baseball News
Last year, Justin Morneau participated in the State Farm Home Run Derby in San Francisco and was eliminated in the first round after hitting just four home runs. This time, Morneau had a better showing in this year's event at Yankee Stadium on Monday ...
Hamilton's 28 sets single-round record —
Major League Baseball News
Josh Hamilton's first-round performance in the 2008 State Farm Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium was not just impressive, it was record-setting. The Rangers outfielder and first-time All-Star shattered Bobby Abreu's 2005 single-round record of 24 home ...
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