Baseball is obsessed with the long ball … at any cost
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All hail the Home Run Derby — baseball’s juice fest (CBS Sports)
Many baseball fans will recall the 2005 All-Star Game Home Run Derby, when Bobby Abreu crushed a record 41 homers at Detroit’s Comerica Park and proceeded to slug just six the rest of the season. So is there a jinx associated with the Home Run Derby?
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Cardinals’ Pujols the hometown favorite for Home Run Derby (USA Today)
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ST. LOUIS — Of this we can, we think, be fairly certain: The winner of the 2009 Home Run Derby will be a first baseman. And of this we can be almost as sure: He will be a first baseman from the National League.
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Ben Reiter: Odds for tonight’s home run derby (Sports Illustrated)
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