He wasn't even supposed to be there. Instead, he's the Home Run Derby Champion.
Yoenis Cespedes wins the 2013 Home Run Derby at Citi Field in New York City. Cespedes batted against Bryce Harper for the derby crown in the final. Harper hit a respectable eight home runs in ten outs. Cespedes crushed nine in five outs with the clincher being a deep shot to center.
The derby win for Cespedes marks the first time an Athletic has won the Home Run Derby since 1992 when Mark McGwire won it.
Yoenis was crushing balls from the start with many of them getting up to that third deck in left field. Cespedes would hit 17 homers in the first round and didn't even need to hit another big fly to advance to the final still being ahead of 2nd place Bryce Harper by one. The 27 year old Cuban born slugger would tack on 6 more, however, for good measure and have a total of 23 over the first two rounds.
Certainly a good night of home run hitting. It was fun to see so many big flies hit by all the contestants and great to see the guy with the most homers on the night win the derby. Congrats to Cespedes.
P.S. Now time for me to see if I can get a triple decker myself.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
No One Elected into Baseball HOF (You Can Do That?)
If only we could do this with politicians.
The baseball writers who decide who goes into the Hall of Fame effectively concluded that no one gets in this year. They failed to elect anyone into the HOF for a 2nd time in 4 decades. Notables failing to get in include Barry Bonds (36.3%), Roger Clemens (37.6%), and Sammy Sosa (12.5%), all of which mentioned were on the ballot for the first time. There was also Mike Piazza (57.8%), Curt Schilling (38.8% ironically) and Mark McGwire (16.9%). Craig Biggio with 68.2% of the votes was the closest to get in that didn't. You need 75% of the vote to get in.
On initial tries, the steroid and PED users aren't getting in. Sure, many of them will have plenty of other chances at it but it just seems really bad when some others where there have only been rumors about PED use like Mike Piazza aren't allowed to get in. Eventually, the best of the Steroid Era should be allowed into the HOF. Even in an era of drug use, there were the best of the best. It's way too early to tell if any of them will be enshrined but it would be a real shame if no one gets in two years in a row.
P.S. Let's open the PED Users Hall of Fame. Viagra users need not apply.
The baseball writers who decide who goes into the Hall of Fame effectively concluded that no one gets in this year. They failed to elect anyone into the HOF for a 2nd time in 4 decades. Notables failing to get in include Barry Bonds (36.3%), Roger Clemens (37.6%), and Sammy Sosa (12.5%), all of which mentioned were on the ballot for the first time. There was also Mike Piazza (57.8%), Curt Schilling (38.8% ironically) and Mark McGwire (16.9%). Craig Biggio with 68.2% of the votes was the closest to get in that didn't. You need 75% of the vote to get in.
On initial tries, the steroid and PED users aren't getting in. Sure, many of them will have plenty of other chances at it but it just seems really bad when some others where there have only been rumors about PED use like Mike Piazza aren't allowed to get in. Eventually, the best of the Steroid Era should be allowed into the HOF. Even in an era of drug use, there were the best of the best. It's way too early to tell if any of them will be enshrined but it would be a real shame if no one gets in two years in a row.
P.S. Let's open the PED Users Hall of Fame. Viagra users need not apply.
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