Your 2009 Home Run Derby Contest 1st Half Champion – David Wright Can Bite Me!
Posted by: Richie Rich in Contests, The DerbyThat might be the longest post title I’ve ever written at Home Run Derby. But I’m not about to go back and check.
Anyway, the First Half of the season is complete. Which means it’s time to dole out some cash.
Congratulations to DAVID WRIGHT CAN BITE ME! DWCBM finished the season with 261 Home Runs. He’ll be rewarded with $250 for his finish atop the standings.
Lesser props to Aural Sects (260 HR and $100) and The Heavy Hitters (259 HR and $50) who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In the end, a mere two Home Runs separated 1st place from Third Place.
Going into the last day before the All-Star Break, it was pretty tight atop the leaderboard. David Wright can Bite Me and Aural Sects both had 259 HR with Heavy Hitters a mere three dingers back at 256. Anything could happen.
But through 15 games on Sunday, the leaderboard hadn’t seen much action. Only two balls had left the building for the top three. One by Jim Thome for Heavy Hitters and one by Nelson Cruz for Aural Sects and nada for DWCBM. Which meant that heading into the Sunday Night showdown betweeb the Cubs and Cardinals … Aural Sects had the lead, 260-259 over DWCBM. Heavy Hitters was at 257 with no chance of catching DWCBM.
Both teams had Albert Pujols. Only Aramis Ramirez or Ryan Ludwick could save the day for David Wright can Bite Me. And damned if he didn’t do it with two Home Runs against the Cubs. One HR would have been sufficient, since DWCBM held the AB/HR tiebreaker … but Ludwick erased any doubt of who the 2009 1st Half Champion was …. David Wright Can Bite Me.
This first half will be pretty sweet for Nick the Greek, who’s watched the real David Wright become a non-force in the Derby (only 5 HR) – but even morseo when he finds out who the owner of Aural Sects is.
It’s about time one of the original members of this fair Home Run Derby contest made it back on the wall of the HRD Hall of Fame. Even better that it was two of them.
Mind you, it was the lowest total for a 1st Half Champion since 2004.
DWCBM will look to be complete the first HRD Sweep in four years. But it won’t be easy … as the past three years, the First Half Champ has not won either the Second Half or Full Season Crown.
Everyone in the Derby has a shot at the Second Half Crown, as we start at zero. Plus, there’s three monthly prizes to compete for as well.
Everyone has a chance to win something. Keep paying attention … and thanks for playing!
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July 17th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
First of all, let me say how honored I am to have a permanent place in the Homer Derby Hall of Fame, especially with two original contest participants, and the editor of this here fine blog. It’s been a fun ride so far, just through the first half of the season. It gives me something else to look for in the box scores, other than just to see how my fantasy players did. I’ve got to say, if theser first two days of the season are any indication of how I’ll do the rest of the season, or even the rest of the month, I already like my chances. I got one homer yesterday from Ryan Howard on a shortened day, and an incredible 8 today — as of this comment. (Hey, Rich, what’s the single day record in the Home Run Derby Contest? I think I’ve got to be up there somewhere.) Albert Pujols (2), Jim Thome (2), Chase Utley, Paul Konerko, Aramis Ramirez, Evan Longoria.
It’s been fun! Let’s have a great second half. Good luck to all of you, so long as you don’t beat me!
–Max Gallner,
The Heavy Hitters
July 24th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
David Wright – Bite me!
Richie Rich – Bite me!
Heavy Hitters – Bite me!
Funny how these things work out. Given I have only 1 hitter left in the Group E (Bruce is dead, and Davis in the minors). I don’t think I willl be competing for the second half title. Congrats to the other winners so far (1st half and monthly)…and to the rest of you losers…..yep, you guessed it….BITE ME!
July 25th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Hey, I have Davis and Bruce, too! Plus, my other Group E hitter, Rick Ankiel, has like 6 on the season. The key is that I’ve made great use of my Group A-D hitters.