You might be wondering why I’ve gathered you all here on a seemingly random Monday evening with no Yankees baseball. With the Futures Game and the Celebrity Softball Game in our rearview mirrors and the first two days of the draft over, we finally get to set our sights on arguably the most entertaining event of the All-Star break: the Home Run Derby.
The Derby itself garners enough excitement every year, but after the All-Star festivities were relocated to the higher elevation in Colorado, fans have been eagerly anticipating this year’s Derby even more.