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Giancarlo Stanton Was Made For The Home Run Derby

Most years the Home Run Derby is a good deal more exciting in our memories — where a young Ken Griffey Jr. is still mashing taters in a backwards cap — than it is in reality. But this year Giancarlo Stanton wrote in a few dozen new memories of his own: All told, Stanton slugged […]

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Giancarlo Stanton Was Made For The Home Run Derby

Most years the Home Run Derby is a good deal more exciting in our memories — where a young Ken Griffey Jr. is still mashing taters in a backwards cap — than it is in reality. But this year Giancarlo Stanton wrote in a few dozen new memories of his own: All told, Stanton slugged […]

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The Home Run Derby Myth

On Monday night, some of baseball’s best sluggers will compete in the Home Run Derby. One of them is likely to have a more disappointing second half of the season, and someone is then likely to blame the derby. Case in point: At the MLB All-Star break in 2013, Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles […]

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The Home Run Derby Myth

On Monday night, some of baseball’s best sluggers will compete in the Home Run Derby. One of them is likely to have a more disappointing second half of the season, and someone is then likely to blame the derby. Case in point: At the MLB All-Star break in 2013, Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles […]

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