...Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday winning tonight's home run derby during the All Star festivities.
I have never seen a better batting practice home run hitter in person than Holliday.
When Holliday was with the Rockies, he easily and routinely put BP home run shots onto the left field concourse in front of the scoreboard at Coors Field.
Holliday has an effortless swing and I don't see him losing tonight.
David Ortiz of the Red Sox should be banned from the competition. Any player who has been nailed for using steroids shouldn't be in the home run derby.
Also, while I hate aluminum bats, I think it would be cool if they used them in the HR Derby. Why not?
Finally, I cringe when I see all the kids chasing balls in the outfield. The older kids I'm not so worried about but the little kids trying to catch fly balls off the bats of Major Leaguers is a disaster waiting to happen. I hope not but it is inevitable that some 6-year old kid is going to get drilled by a liner or get hurt when a towering fly ball lands squarely on his head. Then we'll see rules put in place to get the kids off the field.
Like mom used to say, "It's all fun and games until the little kid takes a screaming line drive off the face from a big leaguer. Kids aren't so cute with blood pouring out of them." Actually, I don't think that is an exact quote from my mom but you get the point.
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