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By Jordan Dickow – Last Word on Baseball Anyone who’d been paying attention during the first half of the season should not have been surprised that Aaron Judge won the 2017 Home Run Derby last night. The 6’7″, 282 pound rookie outfielder for the New York Yankees was the heavy favorite going into the event, […] READ MORE
By Joe Hojnacki – Last Word on Baseball The MLB season has reached its actual half way mark, even if the official start of the second half isn’t until after next week’s All-Star Game. With that in mind, Joe Hojnacki and Greg Hessen pick out their favorite moments from the first half of the season. […] READ MORE
The Texas Rangers announced on Wednesday in a press conference that veteran slugger Prince Fielder, 32, will be forced to end his playing career due to ongoing neck problems. Fielder experienced serious neck surgery at the end of last month, his second in almost exactly two years. Fielder underwent a similar procedure in 2014, his […] READ MORE
Madison Bumgarner, who leads MLB pitchers in home runs over the past two seasons, has come up with the idea for a pitchers home run derby. Jake Arrieta has seconded the thought, but would Joe Hojnacki or Greg Hessen be interested in watching it? What about the general baseball fan? Of the 24 pitchers who […] READ MORE
Major League Baseball's proposed pitchers home run derby is the wrong response to Madison Bumgarner's request to be allowed to compete. READ MORE
It’s amazing; we’re less than a week away from the All-Star Break. It’s that time of the year when you get to see the best players in the majors come together on one field, having fun and competing for home-field advantage in the World Series. But let’s talk more about the Home Run Derby. Over […] READ MORE
The second half of the season is officially underway and already it’s looking like its going to be great times for baseball fans. As we sit right now, all three divisions in the National League sit with two teams tied for first place. The closeness of the races will certainly make for an exciting finish […] READ MORE
The MLB Home Run Derby had a different look this year as it returned to Minneapolis, where the competition began 29 years ago. In 1985, the HR Derby was not televised and was just a shadow of what it would become years later—a display of pure entertainment outside the typical circumstances of a night at […] READ MORE
For the second year in a row, Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland Athletics is the Home Run Derby champion. Cespedes swatted a total of 28 homers en route to defending his title by defeating Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier in the final round of the Derby’s new format. He is only the second player to win consecutive […] READ MORE
The rosters for the 2014 Home Run Derby have been announced. Captains Jose Bautista (AL) and Troy Tulowitzki (NL) were in charge of assembling the squads, and personally invited the players to partake. Many players, such as Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Abreu, and Nelson Cruz, publicly declined invitations or said they would not participate […] READ MORE
