Amid the festivities that all-star games carry, none may be as anticipated as the baseball home run derby. The seats were packed at AT@T Park in San Francisco, and McCovey Cove was packed with kayaks full of fans eager to catch a baseball that homered over the side. The stage was set for the home run derby. Here was a list of the competitors.
Justin Morneu- Minnesota Twins
Matt Holliday - Colorado Rockies
Magglio Ordonez- Detroit Tigers
Vladimir Guerrero- Las Angeles Angels
Alex Rios- Toronto Blue Jays
Prince Fielder- Milwaukee Brewers
Albert Pujols- St. Louis Cardinals
Ryan Howard- Philadelphia Phillies
The first round was filled with suprises, as the highest number of runs batted out of the park was only 5. Another surprise was the performance of defending champion Ryan Howard. Howard batted well, but only decked three, and was left out of the second round. The players that advanced to the second round were Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Vladimir Guerrero and Alex Rios. Rios lit up the second sound, with the most in the entire competition, but he would be challenged by one of the other players. After Guerreo came back and knocked out Matt Holliday from the competition by one run, Albert would come up short by a run and the finals would be Guerrero and Rios. Here were the stats after the second round.
Matt Holliday- 13
Alex Rios- 17
Vladimir Guerrero- 14
Albert Pujols- 13
In the final round, Rios came up short, with only two home runs, and Guerrero polished off the trophy, hitting a run into deep center field to secure the victory.
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