Monday, July 12th, 2010
Tonight is one of the most fantastic nights in baseball: The Home Run Derby. These are so much fun I can spend the afternoon watching retro derbies from the 60's on ESPN Classic. So many great hitters over past decades have appeared in this event and players claim it's what they most look forward to watching. It's not hard to see why...
Josh Hamilton and multiple others opted out of this years contest, but there is still reason to watch.
The best part of this years event? Watching the guy we named our dog after hit bombs for fun:) David "Big Papi" Ortiz will hit in his 4th Derby this year and although he's far from the favorite, you never know what Ortiz is capable of. He does have 18 homeruns already this year (pulling himself up from a miserable start) and boasts 335 in his career- not too shabby.
Big Papi is definitely the most likeable guy going up to bat this year, as evidenced below in one of his many commercial appearances.
If Ortiz does fall short, just please don't let Nick Swisher win...
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