{"id":929,"date":"2013-07-15T11:04:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T17:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juliaandalex.com\/blog\/?p=929"},"modified":"2013-07-16T08:02:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T14:02:24","slug":"home-run-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliaandalex.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/home-run-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Run Derby Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year for the Home Run Derby we like to make our picks for the winners so we can decide who we want to cheer for. This year we each picked our two favorites. We&#8217;ll update with everyone&#8217;s favorites as we get their votes. The derby will be at 6pm tonight!<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Robinson Can\u00c3\u00b3\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robinson_Can%C3%B3\">Robinson Can\u00c3\u00b3<\/a> (Yankees)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Chris Davis (baseball)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Davis_%28baseball%29\">Chris Davis<\/a> (Orioles)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Prince Fielder\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_Fielder\">Prince Fielder<\/a> (Tigers)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><em><strong><a title=\"Yoenis C\u00c3\u00a9spedes\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoenis_C%C3%A9spedes\">Yoenis C\u00c3\u00a9spedes<\/a> (A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s)<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"David Wright\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Wright\">David Wright<\/a> (Mets)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Michael Cuddyer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Cuddyer\">Michael Cuddyer<\/a> (Rockies)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Pedro \u00c3\u0081lvarez (baseball)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedro_%C3%81lvarez_%28baseball%29\">Pedro \u00c3\u0081lvarez<\/a> (Pirates)<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Bryce Harper\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bryce_Harper\">Bryce Harper<\/a> (Nats)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Alex<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Annah<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Bruce<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cathie<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Christian<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Christina<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Emmy<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\u00c2\u00a0X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Julia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\u00c2\u00a0X<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\u00c2\u00a0X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Kaylee<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Leah<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Mayzie<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Richie<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\u00c2\u00a0X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Trevor<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\u00c2\u00a0X<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Follow-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Christina! She picked both finalists, which I don&#8217;t think anyone has done before. Our runners-up are Annah and Leah, who also picked the champion Cespedes. And congratulations to everyone, because not only did Robinson Cano not get chosen by anyone, he was also last place. Seriously, though, everyone had at least one player in the second round, which was pretty exciting. See Wikipedia for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2013_Home_Run_Derby\">home run derby results by player<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year for the Home Run Derby we like to make our picks for the winners so we can decide who we want to cheer for. This year we each picked our two favorites. We&#8217;ll update with everyone&#8217;s favorites as we get their votes. The derby will be at 6pm tonight! 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