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Home Run Derby
By Jessica | July 14, 2008
ESPN started the night out with images from the first half of the season. It was very moving. I totally got choked up watching it. Some chicks cry at kleenex commercials, I cry at sports videos. I know, I’m a dillweed.
Longo hit 3 homeruns. He didn’t seem to be gellin with his pitcher. His performance is something that I’m perfectly okay with. He got to be a part of the homerun derby, soak in that great experience and only hit in one round. Saving him for the Rays. Win win situation there.
Rick Reilly was a dickwad when Justin Morneau came up to bat, he stated how surprised he was by the late addition of Morneau. He went into detail and even turned it into a race issue. It was distasteful to bring Morneau’s name into it. Other people were asked and turned it down, Morneau is deserving and was nice enough to participate. My response was naturally “How rude. I hope Morneau wins the whole damn thing.” And he did. Congratulations.
I’m sure it was anticlimactic for him though, since Josh Hamilton put on a show. In the first round he hit 28 home runs. His pop-ups were going 400+ feet. It was crazy. The guy is Paul Bunyan strong. He wore the arm right off of his 71 year old batting practice pitcher! He turned something that has a tendency to be boring into quite a ride. I was really hoping to see him hit one out of Yankees Stadium though!
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