Did anyone watch the All-Star Homerun Derby yesterday on ESPN? Bobby Abreu of the Philadelphia Phillies broke the all time record of homeruns in a single round, and ultimately broke the record of homeruns for the whole competition. Wait, broke isn't the word: SHATTERED. The old record for one round was 16, Abreu hit an amazing 24. This wasn't an wasy home run park like Wrigley, either, this was in Comerica Park in Detroit, where it's a bit harder to hit a homer.

It was amazing to watch him, hitting ball after ball into the stands, making it seem so easy. The closest anyone else came in the first round was 17 (which also broke the record) by David Ortiz. Abreu just dominated, though in the second round he was a bit shaky, only hitting 6 (which is still impressive).

...and wasn't Miguel Cabrera, from the Florida Marlins and a fellow Venezuelan so cute as he cheered along the sidelines and waved his flag around?

Hometown favorite Ivan Rodriguez, who I like to call 'No-Longer-Pudge' Rodriguez made it to the finals as well. I was amazed to see how much weight Pudge had lost - about 20-25 pounds, who know such an attractive man was under all the burly muscle. However, this only fuels the rumors that this sudden weight loss was because he stopped using steroids after Jose 'the tattle' Conseco outted him last year.

People wonder how good baseball will be now that all the players are cleaning themselves up - if there would still be strong players, if homeruns will still be hit out of the park. Yesterday proved that, yes, homeruns still exist, and you don't need steroids to do it.

Congratulations, Bobby Abreu! Congratulations Venezuela!

Posted by Yano at July 12, 2005 05:48 PM

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