Each year, Sunny and I watch the Home Run Derby and we make our picks, straight-draft style. I always let her go first; she picked Mags. I went homer and nabbed Pujols with my first pick. Then she went oppo, surprising me with Matt Holliday (I guess she read my blog championing him as an NL starter). I also went homer with my second pick, going for Vlad, one of my all-time faves. I should’ve taken Howard, so Sunny stole him in Round 3. I took the Prince with my 3rd choice. Sunny rounded out her roster with Alex Rios, leaving me with Justin Morneau, the reigning AL MVP. Not bad as Mr. Irrelevant.
We’ll see who wins! (Who am I kidding? Sunny’s like the AL of Home Run Derby. She always wins.)
already & not yet 
Victory! Vlady, baby!
who would have thunk that Rios would have been in the finals? I had a Prince and Pujols final, with Prince victorious. shucks.
Been a while since I’ve watched all of the Derby, but I did this time and I enjoyed it. Just wish it was in high def. Maybe next year.
I had Albert Belle and Brady Anderson in the finals. I had Joey to take it all.
Jason, Thoughts on Pujols’ discontentment with LaRussa regarding the All-Star Game?
Allen,I was out of town until yesterday, so I didn’t have the chance to see the All-Star Game until late last night. According to reports in the paper today, it sounds like Pujols and LaRussa have patched things up. On another note, why would you keep the most feared hitter in the league on the bench with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th? I’m guessing LaRussa wanted to avoid another debacle ala ’02 when the Milwaukee All-Star Game ended in a tie. Thus he wanted to keep a position player on the bench for an emergency? But still….go for the jugular, Tony. I think Feinstein deemed him a genius way too early. Seems like his tinkering backfires as often as it works.