Showing posts with label Home Run Derby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Run Derby. Show all posts
Giancarlo Stanton: All Star
Monday, July 2, 2012
Giancarlo Stanton will have a busy All-Star break. In addition to appearing in the July 9th Home Run Derby, he will be a reserve outfielder on the NL All-Star team the next night. Stanton was selected to his first All-Star Game Sunday by NL manager Tony La Russa.This was a no-brainer, as Stanton was the only real candidate among the underachieving Marlins. Omar Infante has had a good first half, but if the Marlins were to only have one representative in Kansas City, I'd rather it be Stanton.
The 22-year-old Stanton is the Marlins' only representative this year. "If one thing is very bright for us, it's him," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen told the Miami Herald.
Stanton is batting .282 this season, and he hit his 19th home run of the season on Sunday. His .916 OPS leads the team, and only Omar Infante has a better average among the Marlins.
We'll have an abbreviated Week in Review up later. Read more...
Stanton Gonna Make Everybody Pregnant
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
NL Derby team captain Matt Kemp said on TV Tuesday Stanton and Dodgers teammate Andre Ethier would be two of his picks for the Derby. Each league gets four hitters.Obviously, this needs to happen. The world deserves more #Monsterdongs. Then there's this:
Stanton told the Miami Herald Tuesday that he would welcome the chance to represent the Marlins, but he has not received any call from Kemp yet. "It would be fun," he said. "I watched it last year and it looked like a great time."
Teammate Logan Morrison offered to be Stanton's "towel boy," to the delight of metaphor enthusiasts everywhere. "He wants to dab me up and give me Gatorade," Stanton said. "I told him if he puts some makeup on and gets a wig, I'll let him do it."We'll file that idea under "Nonessential." Read more...
That's a point for the vegetarians...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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