2008 Baseball All-Star Game - Home Run Derby


2008 Baseball All-Star Game - Home Run Derby

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The Home Run Derby is one of the most anticipated events of the annual Baseball All-Star extravaganza. And why not? It offers wall-to-wall action, without all the waiting, timeouts, and boring plays.

This year's State Farm Home Run Derby (yes, everything has a sponsor) will take place on Monday, July 14th at 8 p.m. ET, and will be televised on ESPN.

So who's going to be swinging for the fences this year? Here are the confirmed participants:

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Lance Berkman, Houston Astros
Dan Uggla, Florida Marlins
Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Berwers

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers
Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians

You can find a list of this season's home run leaders so far here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting?sort=homeRuns&split=0&league=mlb&season=2008&seasonType=2&type=reg&ageMin=17&ageMax=51&minpa=0&hand=a&pos=all&startDate=null&endDate=null

Who's won the Home Run Derby in previous seasons? You can find that out here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar07/news/story?id=2908042