Guerrero wins Home Run Derby

[braves guru]

San Francisco — With Barry Bonds sitting out, this derby was dry — and Vladimir Guerrero was San Francisco's home run king for a day. The Los Angeles Angels slugger won the Home Run Derby on Monday night, hitting 17 homers and beating Toronto's Alex Rios 3-2 in the final round of the All-Star competition. None of the eight sluggers managed a true "splash hit" over the right-field fence and into the waterfront park's iconic McCovey Cove. Dozens of eager fans wearing wetsuits and carrying nets amid the flotilla of kayaks and rafts ended up scrambling for just a handful of foul balls and ricochets during nearly six hours of batting practice and derby slugging.

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[freak]

pujols was close to tying it. I'm not a big Vlad fan.

 

[Chief]

I don't like Vlad much either, but it was kind of funny seeing that swing with arms and hair flying everywhere. That HR contest is waaaaaaay too long. It would be easier to watch if they'd cut at least the first round to 5 outs instead of 10.

 

[freak]

I don't like Vlad much either, but it was kind of funny seeing that swing with arms and hair flying everywhere. That HR contest is waaaaaaay too long. It would be easier to watch if they'd cut at least the first round to 5 outs instead of 10.

I think they could do a lot of things to make it more fun.

 

[Chief]

They ought to do away with the outs and just give them 10 swings and see what happens.