Home Run Derby

David Dellucci, take a bow. 

Pinch-hitting is hard enough.  Sit on your duff for 7+ innings, get the notice that you are probably going to get at bat if the situation is right, go take a couple swings in the cage behind the dugout, swing the donut a bit, and go out there down by 1 run and 2 runners on and 2 out.

Oh, and you get to face Hank Steinbrenner’s favorite Yankee (but not Erin Andrews), Joba Chamberlain.  A single ties the game, but why not over-deliver?  Second pitch he sees … ding dong, the pitch is dead.  

And while Joba had a bad night last night, “his” team in the HRD, The Joba Rules, is building a nice cushion in our contest.  Through May 5th,  The Joba Rules had a seven Home Run cushion in the contest and was on the doorstep of breaking 100 Home Runs to date.

I think we might have found a new HRD whipping boy.

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