07.14.2009 1:59 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — With some of the National League’s finest sluggers and two hometown hitters on display Monday night in the annual Home Run Derby, the St. Louis area shattered the television rating record for the event, which was carried…

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07.13.2009 9:17 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ESPN’s Baseball tonight crew made their predictions for tonight’s Home Run Derby. After some prelim votes tossed out for Ryan Howard, Joe Mauer and Nelson Cruz, the group came to their senses and went with Albert Pujols.

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07.12.2009 2:12 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Added to the American League All-Star roster on Sunday, Tampa Bay first baseman Carlos Pena will be in the Home Run Derby on Monday.
Pena, the AL’s leader in home runs entering play today, will be the fourth…

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07.10.2009 6:37 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Brandon Inge tells the Associated Press he’s going to participate in the home run derby on Monday night during All-Star week.
Inge earned the final spot on American League All-Star team Thursday after receiving 11.8 million Internet votes from fans, beating…

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07.10.2009 4:21 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Mauer, who has two AL batting titles and leads the league in hitting, has accepted an invitation to the Home-Run Derby at Busch.
Mauer has a career-high 15 home runs in his first 61 games since coming off the disabled…

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07.06.2009 5:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Philadelphia Phillies slugger, past Home Run Derby champion and St. Louis native Ryan Howard will duel with hometown star Albert Pujols as the headliners in this year’s Home Run Derby, according to Major League Baseball.
The four players…

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07.05.2009 2:24 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CINCINNATI — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and St. Louis native Ryan Howard were the top two vote-getters in the inaugural Home Run Derby fan poll, which will be used as leverage to encourage participants in this year’s…

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07.01.2009 7:26 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ryan Howard is still playing it cool when it comes to talk about participating in the Home Run Derby this summer in his hometown.
Asked by David Murphy of the Philly Daily News if he would participate, even if he wasn’t…

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06.24.2009 5:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
NEW YORK — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols continues his steamroll toward an All-Albert All-Star week at Busch Stadium in the middle of July. The reigning National League MVP is not only the fans’ choice to start at…

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06.12.2009 11:56 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CLEVELAND — St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and St. Louis native Ryan Howard lead the voting so far for participants the fans would like to see in the Home Run Derby at Busch Stadium a month from now.
For…

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