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The art of hitting was on full display on Monday night, as Major League Baseball took a step back to let baseball fans and a select group of people actually willing to risk their home run totals during the second half crop of superstar sluggers take pleasure in the primal act of hitting a baseball super wicked far. The annual Home Run Derby competition, unofficially named the We Love Albert Pujols Here Home Run Derby this year, was supposed to be all about the St. Louis Cardinal-turned-unofficial-city-ambassador.

Josh Hamilton’s story would melt even the most hardened Boston writer’s heart. The man has gone through hell and--much like the mighty phoenix--has risen from the ashes. The former top draft pick for Tampa Bay turned drug addict turned 2008 sports comeback of the year hit a record-breaking 28 home runs in the first round during the homerun derby last night at Yankee Stadium. The previous record was held by current Yankee Bobby Abreu, who hit 24 in the first round of work back in 2005.

We have a confession to make: we didn't pay a lot of attention to last night's Home Run Derby. Our tolerance for Chris Berman yelling "back back back" is low. Our desire to see kayakers crashing into each other in San Francisco Bay was present, but not overwhelming. And without Papi, what's the point? So congratulations to Anaheim's Vlad Guerrero, who won the Derby, despite the fact that no home runs landed in the huge...

When you're a kid, one of the fringe benefits to playing Little League or soccer is that you often got to stop at McDonald's on the way home. Win or lose. We're not sure if Major League teams have a similar policy, but if the Red Sox team bus stopped at a Mickey's outside of Detroit, no one on the team would be allowed to supersize today, after a miserable weekend getting swept by the...

The happiest Red Sox fans around have to be the ones who stopped watching baseball around 7:30 last night. They would have seen Game 1 of the doubleheader, a 13-3 Sox rout/Home Run Derby. They would have seen the Yankees' nightmarish loss to the Mets. But most importantly, they would have been spared Game 2, in which Atlanta demolished the Sox 14-0. A wild day all around. Game One was a laugher thanks in part...

The All-Star festivities began in earnest tonight as Phillies right fielder Bobby Abreu demolished the competition with 41 home runs, in total, to win the Home Run Derby. Not only did Bobby tear the covering off the baseball most often, he is the owner of this year's farthest traveled ball as well - a mammoth 517 feet. Chicks, indeed, do love the long ball, Bobby. Our own Big Papi, David Ortiz, showed up to mash as well and while he put 17 into the Comerica bleacher seats in round 1, he fell a little short in round 2 with only 3 dingers. No worries though, Bostonist says, save it for the game that "counts" - tonight's marquee All-Star game.