Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 09, 2007
Derby Time

Justin Morneau starts the tournament with four home runs. AT&T was the toughest home run park in 2006, which may mean the contest may move along quickly this year.

Update: Matt Holliday is happy as he hits five to take the lead. He had one that landed just short of the Coke bottle.

Update: Ordonez hits just two. They should have put him in the doubles derby. :-)

Update: Pujols gets great arcs on his home runs.

Update: Albert finishes with four to tie for second. There's been a lot of low line drives hit for outs, as opposed to warning track home runs, although Pujols' last out was one of those.

Update: Alex Rios gets nice loft on his hits and ties Holliday for the lead with five home runs.

Update: Fielder hits them real high but not far enough and ends with three.

Update: A great moment, Vlad makes three outs in a row. Then Ortiz comes over, take Guerrero's bat and throws it away. He brings out a wooden case and pulls a special bat out. Vlad makes two more outs before launching his first home run.

Update: Vlad gets off to a slow start, with just one home run after six outs, but makes a late surge to tie Rios and Holliday with five.

Update: Ryan Howard hits just three as he fails to defend his title. The three fives move on to the second round. The two fours have five swings to decide the fourth participant.

Update: Pujols hits two out to Morneau's one to reach the next round. So the lineup is Pujols, Vlad, Holliday and Rios. Since no one hit a lot of homers in the first round, no one should be worn out.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:21 PM | All-Star Game | TrackBack (0)
Comments
Post a comment









Remember personal info?