Tonight is the 2009 Home Run Derby in St. Louis. The 2008 Derby winner Justin Morneau1 won’t be participating even though the derby organizers wanted both him and this guy to play:
Joe Mauer, who after missing the first month of a season due to injury, is on pace to have his best year ever. In fact he’s already hit more home runs than any he’s hit in any other season. And now he’s in the Home Run Derby for the first time representing the Minnesota Twins.
He may not win, but I’ll certainly be watching to see. Time to hit some long balls Joe. Show some Mauer Pauer at Busch Stadium.
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- Yes, check the books. While Josh Hamilton did put on a show, Justin was the one who actually won the competition, although you wouldn’t know that based on this years Derby Advertisements ↩
I don't blame Justin for not wanting to take part. They took every opportunity to make it seem like he never took part during the run-up to this year, not even thinking about the "Jason" debacle of last year. I fully support him snubbing the event.
I also had no problem with Justin not participating. He looked like he was having a great time just watching too.