Home Run Derby

For the third Mother’s Day in a row, Major League Baseball will be partnering with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Research by allowing players to take their whacks with Pink Bats while wearing Pink Ribbons, Pink Wristbands, Necklaces, etc..

From the Komen Foundation:

… an estimated 182,460 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2008 alone.

Last year, about 200 Major Leaguers swung away with the Pink lumber provided by Louisville Slugger.  I’d expect that that number will be even higher this season. 

Home Run Derby loves this effort.  And so, for the third season in a row, Home Run Derby will go Pink. We’ll be making our annual pledge to the Komen Foundation - $10 per Home Run hit in MLB this Sunday (Mother’s Day, May 11, 2008) whether it’s hit with a Pink Bat or not.  And since Nick Swisher dyed his soul patch pink … we’ll up that pledge to $25 for every Home Run hit by Swisher on 5/11/08.

Last season, we donated $280 to the Komen Foundation for the 28 Home Runs hit on Mother’s Day 2007.  In 2006, we donated $150 – we only pledged $5 per Home Run and there were 30 hit that Mothers Day 5/14/06.

You can help the cause by donating at The Komen Foundation’s website.

Why do we do this every year?  We have our reasons … here’s a few pairs of them now …

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