The winner of the Home Run Derby isn?t even an All-Star. But he?s here and his presence was validated: Yoenis Cespedes has won the 2013 Home Run Derby.
Cespedes hit 9 homers in the final round ? his last traveling 455 feet ? beating out Bryce Harper who had eight. Cespedes had 32 in all to Harper?s 24. In the team competition the the AL beat the NL 53 to 50. Cespedes did not have to use up all ten of his allotted outs in the second round. If he had, the AL ? and Cespedes ? likely would have had higher totals.
Harper was nothing if not consistent, hitting eight homers in each of the three rounds, but Cespedes seemed to have an entirely different gear tonight. His final round homers finding parts of the park that no competitor had found all night.
And so we have survived another Home Run Derby. They are fun for a while, then get a little tedious. But it was nice for once to see a competitor seem to grow stronger as the night went on rather than have the final round be somewhat anti-climactic. Oh, and it ended with Cespedes being awarded a brand new Chevy Silverado. So that?s nice for him.
That?s it from Citi Field for today. It?s been a long day of meet-and-greets, promotional events and weird exhibitions. Tomorrow we get the reason we?re all here: the All-Star Game. ?Keep a window open with HardballTalk and NBCSports.com all day, as we?ll be hitting you with our best shots from morning until late in the night.
Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/15/yoenis-cespedes-wins-the-2013-home-run-derby/related/
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