2007 MLB HR Derby/All-Star Game Highlights July 9-11

Monday-Wednesday, July 9-11, 2007

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HONORED ON TUESDAY. KENNY MAYNE WAS OUT IN THE COFFEE IN A KAYAK. THE FIRST ROUND, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, KAYAKS NOT TO BUSY. IT WAS THE RIGHT-HAND POWER OF PEOPLE LIKE MATT WHO WILL KAY. THAT ONE WENT 462 FEET.

POLLS POLLS, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS. AS HIGH GOES, EXCELLENT. >> HE HIT THEM HIGH, FAR AND QUITE OFTEN IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF ROUNDS. THAT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL. >> I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT WAS KENNY MAYNE AND BOWLS BOWLS’ SON.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE PRINCE FIELDER BANDWAGON WHEN THIS STARTED. THE HOME RUN LEADER AT 29. HE HIT ONLY THREE IN ROUND ONE. PRINCE FIELDER, GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON WITH THE BREWERS. >> THE SHADOWS AFFECTED HIM A

LITTLE. THEY DIDN’T HIT MONEY. GUERRERO GOT OFF TO A SLOW START. DAVID ORTIZ, THE GRANDFATHER, BIG PAPI. THE WEAPON WEAPON OFF CHOICE. THAT WOOD SO MANY MAJOR LEAGUE ERS ARE USING THIS YEAR. >> BUT APPARENTLY IT IS THAT

KIND OF WOOD THAT NEEDS TO GET WARM. THAT SENT ORTIZ INTO A TIZZY. THAT VLAD GOT REALLY HOT. >> GRAYO GUERRERO,,. >> THERES’ YOUR HOME RUN CALL ON ESPN DEPORTES. BACK TO RYAN HOWARD, RIPPED THE HAT OFF. >> SHOULD HAVE RIPPED THE BAT.

>> HUARD HIT THREE, DID NOT ADVANCE. WE LOST A LOT OF THE LEFTIES. WE HAD A FIVE SWING TIE BREAKER BETWEEN MORNEAU AND ALBERT PUJOLS. >> MORNEAU GOES TO THE HOME AWAY FROM HOME. >> AND WITH MORNEAU WATCH, ALBERT DOES THIS.

NO LEFTIES INTO ROUND TWO. >> THAT IS WHAT WAS SURPRISING. YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD DOMINATE IT. >> NO LEFTIES LEFT. THE FEWEST HOME RUNS IN THE FIRST ROUND BY A DEFENDING DERBY CHAMPION, RYAN HOWARD, THREE.

GRIFFEY IN 99, DESPITE THE THREE IN ROUND ONE WENT ON TO WIN THE WHOLE THING. THAT WOULDN’T BE THE CASE FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMP. >> WE HAVE NO LEFTIES, EVERYONE DISPERSE. MATT HOLIDAY. THIS MAY BE HIS NATIONAL COMING-OUT PARTY. >> ABSOLUTELY.

HE IS ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS IN THE GAME NOBODY KNOW ABOUT AND HE SHOWED HE HAS SOME POP IN THAT BAT. >> YOU ARE GETTING TO SEE HIM AND ALEX RIOS. ONE PLACE IN CANADA AND COLORADO. EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT THE SKEWED

NUMBERS IN COLORADO, BUT MATT HOLIDAY PROVED I HAS POWER. >> HE WANTED TO HIT WON. THIS WAS A NO DOUBTER. JOSE REYES OF THE METS. RIOS HIT 12 HOME RUNS IN ROUND TWO. NOW TO THE BAD MAN. VLAD GUERRERO.

>> WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME. >> LATER IN THE AT-BAT, LOOKING FOR NUMBER NINE. >> THAT ONE IS ON THE WAY TO THE GOLD GATE BRINCH. >> OVER 500. GUERRERO NINE IN THE ROUND. HOLIDAY OUT OF THE DERBY.

>> WILLIE MCCOVEYY ENJOYING IT. >> ALBERT PUJOLS NEEDS ONE HOME RUN TO TIE VLAD. I DON’T THINK SO. WHAT A LATE CHARGE BY PUJOLS, BUT JUST SHY. >> SO ALBERT PUJOLS COMES THAT MANY FEET SHORT. HE WAS ALMOST IN A PAUSE MODE.

IT DIDN’T HAPPEN FOR HIM. VLAD AND RIOS IN THE FINALS. TOTAL OF 17, TOTAL OF 14. A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THE BOBBY ABREU 41 TOTAL, INCLUDING THE FINAL ROUND TOTAL WE SAW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. RIOS AND GUERRERO THE TWO IN

THE FINALS >> I REALLY THOUGHT PRINCE FIELDER AND RYAN HOWARD WOULD BE IN THE FINALS. >> I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THESE TWO. THE FINAL ROUND A LITTLE LATER KARL. >> ALEX RIOS AND VLAD GUERRERO

SEPARATED IN THEIR CAREERS BY OVER 300 HOME RUNS. HIS FIRST HOME RUN GOES TO LEFT FIELD. THEN HE KIND OF GOT INTO A STRUGGLE DEAL. AND RIOS DOWN TO HIS LAST. AND HE POPS IT UP. >> ROYCE GOT TIRED. YOU COULD SEE THE FATIGUE

SETTING IN. >> VLAD WALKED OUT OF THE BATTING CAGE SEEING I NEED THREE AND I AM THE CHAMPION ON? >> THAT WAS WORTH ABOUT THREE. THAT ONE LEAVES. THE FANS HAD A FIELD DAY OUT THERE MAKING CATCHES. VLAD HAS SIX MORE OUTS AND NETS

ONE MORE TO WIN THE 2007 DERBY. AGAIN, YOU JUST WORRY THAT HE IS GOING TO HURT HIMSELF. >> HE SWINGS SO HARD. YOU TALK ABOUT A STRONG TOR SO. I TELL YOU WHAT. >> I THINK THAT WILL END IT, BAT DOWN.

HIS POSSE, WHICH WAS BOTHERING HIM MOST OF THE NIGHT, CAME RIGHT OUT AND CHARGED HIM AGAIN. >> THAT IS LIKE WHEN LARRY LEGEND LED THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING CONTEST. HE DROPS THE BAT. I AM DONE. SO VLAD WINS THE TITLE.

THE L.A. ELL CROWNED THE 2007 HOME RUN DERBY CHAMPION. FIVE IN THE FIRST ROUND, 129 IN NO-DOUBTER. >> “SPORTSCENTER’S” TOP TIME. WE ARE GOING TO PAY ATTRIBUTE TO THOSE GUYS WHO STOLE A HOME RUN IN THE FIRST HALF. RANGERS AFTER ANGELS, MICHAEL

YOUNG, GARY MATHEWS, JR. YOU HAVE THE HOME RUN DERBY CHAMP AND THE GUY WHO CAN TAKE THEM AWAY. KEVIN MILLAR, THINKS HE HAS A HOME RUN HERE FOR BALTIMORE, AND BALDELLI SAYS OTHERWISE. THAT WAS A DANDY OF A DEFENSIVE PLAY. >> INDIANS-TIGERS.

CRAIG MONROE. HE PLACE IN THAT PARK. AND THAT IS NOT A HOME RUN. >> NUMBER, WHITE SOX AND TWINS, TORII HUNTER ROAMS CENTER FIELD. HUNTER WITH A LATE ADJUSTMENT TO THE WALL. DID HE GET IT? HE GOT IT! HE GOT IT ! HE BROUGHT IT BACK !

>> TAKING ONE AWAY FROM JIM THOME. >> NUMBER 6, PIRATES, CARDINALS. JUAN ENCARNACION THINKS HE HAS ONE. CHRIS DUFFY ON THE HORSE MAKES THE LEAPING CATCH AND SAFES IT — SAVES IT FROM GOING INTO THE SHUBBERY. >> PHILLIES AND BRAVES, DOBBS,

ANDRUW JONES LEAPS HIGH AND MAKES THE GRAB >> IN 4, DIAMONDBACKS-ORIOLES. HAIRSTON, BUT COREY PATTERSON SAYS NO THAT IS NOT A HOME RUN. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER THE WALL AND GONE. INSTEAD IT’S IN A MITT. >> AT THREE, ERIK AYBAR, IF

IT’S FAIR, IT IS GONE. NICK MARKAKIS MAKES THE CATCH. IF THAT IS NUMBER THREE, I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE ONE AND TWO. >> HERE IS NUMBER TWO. ARNINGSE, MARINERS, KEEP LOFTON. >> LOFTON GIVING CHASE. THAT BALL IS — WHAT A CATCH BY KENNY LOFTON!

>> AND AT NUMBER 1, WE HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO A SUNDAY. ORLD SERIES, THEY WILL HAVE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. THIS ALL-STAR GAME HAD A LOT OF THE FEEL OF 199 AT FENWAY WHEN TED WILLIAMS CAME OUT.

IT FEATURED WILLIE MAYS, HONORED BEFORE THE GAME. A BANNER OF HIM MAKING HIS INFAMOUS OVER-THE-SHOULDER GRAB UNVEILED. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE HE’S THE GREATEST TO EVER PLAY THE GAME. SURROUNDED BY THE ALL-STARS, HE THREW A CEREMONIAL PITCH TO JOSE REYES.

BRUCE FROEMMING BEHIND THE PLATE, HIS 37TH SEASON AND HE RETIRES AFTER THIS SEASON. DEREK JETER. DIDN’T GET IT DONE THERE. BOUNCED INTO A DOUBLE PLAY. A-ROD, OH, WHAT A PLAY AT THIRD BY DAVID WRIGHT. THE SECOND TO END IT SCORELESS AFTER ONE. BOTTOM ONE.

DAN HAREN AFTER THIS. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. >> KIND OF A HANGING SMRITI RIGHT THERE. BONDS CATCHES UP TO IT. BUT BONDS IS OUT. HE SINGLES UP THE MIDDLE. REYES, STEALING BASES. N.L. UP 1-0. BONDS ON AGAIN. DEEP TO LEFT.

BUT TO THE TRACK AND NO FURTHER. BARRY STEPS IN THE YARD. THINK HE THOUGHT HE HAD IT? >> I THINK HE DID. HE’S HILT SO MANY HERE, HE THOUGHT, I KNOW THAT ONE’S OUT. >> DIDN’T HAPPEN. PUDGE, 14TH ALL-STAR SELECTION. GRIFFEY JR., BY A MILE.

>> A-ROD KIND OF LABORING AROUND THIRD BASE BUT RAN WELL ENOUGH TO STEAL SECOND BASE. KEN GRIFFEY JR. WAS A HOSE AND A GOOD PICK AT THE PLATE BY RUSS MARTIN TO EASILY GET ALEX RODRIGUEZ. >> IT’S THE WHITE SHOES.

>> AND THE FINAL MAN IN, CHRIS YOUNG. >> OVER THE HEAD OF GRIFFEY AND IT’S OFF THE WALL ON THE FLY. TAKES A CRAZY BOUNCE BACK TOWARD RIGHT FIELD AWAY FROM US. ROUNDING THIRD, HEADING HOME, ITCHIRO, AND HE WILL SCORE AN

INSIDE-THE-PARK TWO-RUN HOME RUN FOR ICHIRO! >> ITCHORY’S THIRD HIT OF THE GAME IS THE FIRST INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN IN ALL-STAR COMPETITION. >> CAN’T BLAME GRIFFEY ON THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> JUST HITS A FUNNY EDGE AND WITH ICHIRO’S SPEED, WHAT CAN YOU DO?

>> COUPLE GUYS KNOWN FOR THEIR SPEED, ICHIRO AND CRAWFORD. >> AND IN THE SEVENTH, WE’RE BRINGING JOHAN SANTANA IN. EL CABALLO, 0-1 PITCH. JUST FOUL. >> THAT WAS ABOUT THE ONLY CHANCE THEY HAD FROM THIS MAN. >> MR. MCFILTHY, MR. MCNASTY. LOOK AT SANTANA.

NOW TO THE EIGHTH. 3-2 GAME. VICTOR MARTINEZ NOW PINCH-HITTING FOR SANTANA. THAT WILL HELP OFF A BILLY WAGNER FASTBALL. GOT IT IN ON HIM. THE MOST HOME RUNS IN ALL-STAR OF THE PINCH-HIT VARIETY. BOTTOM OF THE NINTH.

J.J. PUTZ ON TO TRY TO CLOSE IT. SORIANO. >> UP, DOWN AND AWAY. HE GOT THE BALL UP IN THE ZONE SPOT WHEELHOUSE. >> HITTING DEAD RED ON A 3-1 COUNT. AFTER PUTTS — PUTZ WALKED THE

NEXT BATTER, IT’S OUT TO THE MOUND. >> THEY BRING IN K-ROD. >> DERREK LEE. DID HE? THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED THE GAME. BUT LEE GOES TO FIRST WITH A WALK. THEN RODRIGUEZ WALKS HUDSON. AT TIMES HE WAS SPINNING ON THE MOUND.

>> BOUNCED A LOT OF PITCHES TOO. >> AARON ROWAND. THE FIRST PITCH SAY FASTBALL DOWN THE MIDDLE. HE WATCHED IT GO BY HIM. HERE HE POPS OUT TO ALEX RIOS TO END IT. DOUBLE PFISTER. THE AMERICAN LEAGUE WINS ANOTHER ONE.

SINCE 1999, HERE’S ONE FOR YOU, THE TEAM THAT HAS SCORED FIRST HAS WON THE ALL-STAR GAME SEVEN TIMES. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ACTUALLY SCORED FIRST IN 0-2. THAT GAME ENDED IN A TIE. ICHIRO THE FIRST HITTER WITH A LEADOFF HOMER SINCE GRADY ANDERSON.

THE AMERICAN LEAGUE GAINS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE WORLD SERIES. >> HE’S AN ARTIST WITH THE BAT. YOU KNOW, HE’S AN EXCELLENT BASE RUNNER, WONDERFUL OUTFIELDER. THIS GUY IS A VERY COMPLETE PLAYER AND HE REALLY HAS NO

PLACE YOU CAN GO TO GET HIM OUT. YOU TRY TO GET HIM TO HIT THE BALL AT SOMEBODY HE HAD A GREAT DAY. >> HE PROBABLY MADE MORE HOME RUNS IN B.P. TODAY THAN ANYBODY AND HE MADE IT LOOK EASY.

AME TO GET SOME REST IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT HE HOPES WILL BE A SECOND HALF CALLUP. >> ALREADY HAS GIVEN UP ONE RUN AND NOW THE TIGER ORGANIZATION WHO HAS 26 HOME RUN AT THE BREAK, HESSMAN LEADS THE

NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH THOSE HOME RUNS. NEXT BATTER IS BRANDON MOSS. COWBOY JOE WEST SAID YOU CAN’T RUN WITH THE BIG DOGS IF YOU ACT LIKE A PUPPY. LAIRD, ONE INNING, THREE HITS, FOUR EARNED. OUCH. BRAZZ SELL, 30 HOME RUNS AT THE

ALL-STAR BREAK. HE TOUCHES ONE THERE. PACIFIC COAST COMING BACK. BOTTOM EIGHTH, LAST CHANCE FOR THE BEST CHANCE I SHOULD SAY FOR THE PACIFIC COAST. ROBERT ANDEA