Home Run Derby

Okay, so with the Holiday … we’re a little late. 

At the close of business on Sunday, Triple Crown had tied Master-Batters for the top spot.  Alas, the tie was short-lived as after the Memorial Day dust had cleared with Master-Batters (154 HR) back on top of Triple Crown (152 HR).  Sorry Phil, no picture for you.  We might be seeing the beginnning of a two-horse race as these two separate from the pack.

There’s a third-place tie (146 HR) between Hackers and The Great Hambino (I really don’t want to find a picture for Hambino if he ever claims the top spot) followed by 9 teams with a chance to jump up if their squad gets hot.

Best week was a tie between Triple Crown and Fiesta with 24 Home Runs.

Even with spotting The Komodos an extra day before the Weekly Review came out … they’re still the only squad with less than 100 Home Runs.

Stud of the Week: Justin Morneau (4 HR) - If it wasn’t for Magglio Ordonez, this guy would be the runaway candidate for AL Player of the Month.  If the Twins were higher than 4th in the AL Central, he’d be an early candidate for MVP

I don’t even have to look at the HR Standings to tell if Morneau if hitting HR or not.  All I have to do is count how many times Bob (Morneau’s BS MVP) tells me he hates Morneau in a single email.

Hot Sluggers

• Prince Fielder (3 HR) - SI didn’t jinx him.
• Nick Swisher (3 HR) - The Haircut didn’t jinx him.
• Magglio Ordonez (3 HR) - O-WEEE-O.
• Adam Dunn (3 HR) - Is very quietly hitting HR again.  The Reds still stink.
• Ken Griffey Jr. (3 HR) - Ten Homers the last 4 weeks.  The Reds still stink.
• Miguel Tejada (3 HR) - I called him out last week and he responded.

Cold Sluggers

• Jacque Jones - Even his Mom has stopped defending him
• JD Drew - Wasn’t the short RF porch in Fenway supposed to help this guy?

Random Thoughts

• Hey Look!  Ryan Howard !
• Bill Hall’s 30-HR 2006 was a fluke.
• So was Raul Ibanez’s
• Jermaine Dye is leading Group A.  But not by much.

Weekly Pic and Caption Contest (post in the comments please)

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