Home Run Derby a Dud, Alex Rios a Stud

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7/10/07

Home Run Derby a Dud, Alex Rios a Stud

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I should have known better after deeming the Home Run Derby one of the more entertaining events, and Alex Rios inclusion a joke. Of course the opposite would happen.

That was one long, long, loooooong letdown. McCovey Cove was calm and the bats were quiet. Alex Rios of all people was the only contestant to reach double digits in the event. I guess they should have invited Craig Counsell, maybe he could have won the thing.

If there was one consolation it was not hearing "back-back-back" as often as we're accustomed.

So for our stud and dud in baseball last night it's an easy choice.

(AP Photo/ Jeff Chiu)

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7/10/07

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0	I love the home run derby, but they have to find a way to shorten this thing. I attended it personally in 2005, and if Detroit's own Pudge Rodriguez hadn't made it to the finals, all the air would have definitely been out of the place after the first round. Maybe make it 2 rounds of 5 outs and then the finals can be 7-to-10 outs. I mean, that is a ton of cuts if you are up there raking!