Home Run Derby
The 2009 MLB Home Home Run Derby will take place in Saint Louis Busch Stadium on July 13, 2009. MLB’s Home Run Derby is among the most fun and most thrilling events in all of sports. There is no pitching, bunting or walks, just dinger after dinger and the roar of the crowd. You can’t beat seeing the best hitters in the game hit home run after home run, particularly when it is a baseball stadium as storied as Busch Stadium. Get your Home Run Derby tickets soon because you definitely want to see the best boppers in MLB baseball jack it out of the ballpark.
Eight MLB players, often MLB All-Star Game players, compete in the Home Run Derby. Each player gets ten outs, for the Derby an out is anything that is not a home run. The four players with the most home runs after the first round move onto round two, and the home run totals from the first round are carried into the next round. The two players with the most home runs after the second round head into the Home Run Derby Final Round, where the home run total resets to zero. Then, fans with Home Run Derby tickets get to see which player gets the ball out of the ballpark the most, and that player is named the MLB Home Run Derby Winner.
Usually, MLB officials try to select four batter from both the American League and the National League. Josh Hamilton broke the record for most home runs in the first round with an incredible 28. Hamilton broke the previous record of 24 held by Bobby Abreu.
The 2010 All Star Game and Home Run Derby is set to take place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The Home Run Derby is among the most looked-forward to events of the year, and in 2008, Home Run Derby coverage by ESPN was the highest-rated event on cable television for the entire year. For fans who don’t get All Star Game tickets the event is broadcast live on ESPN.
The Home Run Derby is Sponsored by State Farm Insurance.
All-Time Home Run Derby home run leaders:
- Ken Griffey, Jr. – 70
- Jason Giambi – 67
- Sammy Sosa – 65
- Mark McGwire – 56
- David Ortiz – 54
- Barry Bonds – 47
- Bobby Abreu – 41
- Albert Pujols – 39
- Lance Berkman – 39
- Josh Hamilton – 35
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