home run derby

home run derby Robinson Cano outslugged Adrian Gonzalez to win the All-Star Home Run Derby that turned into a Yankees-Red Sox showdown, even through his Boston rival made the biggest splash at Chase Field. Batting last and being pitched to by his father, Cano defeated Gonzalez 12-11 in the finals Monday night after they each hit 20 home runs through two rounds. Again highlighting the dangers of trying to catch a ball at a big league ballpark, a fan standing on a table above the pool deck, Keith Carmickle of suburban Kingman



fell over trying to catch a Prince Fielder homer. The fan was grabbed by his brother before going all the way over, where he could have fallen about 20 feet, and was dangling by his feet when he was pulled back up. "I stepped up on the table, I missed the ball by 2 or 3 feet and went over," he said. "We caught three balls and I told the guys I was going to go for the cycle. Dude, they were really holding onto me." Last week, a 39-year-old fan, Shannon Stone, died while trying to catch a ball thrown into the stands at a Rangers game in Arlington, Texas. Carmickle's brother grabbed his arms and Aaron Nelson of Chandler held his legs. "He wasn't going down,



I was holding on," Nelson said. Story continues below #adwrap_mid_article___FLIGHT_HASH__ { float: left; width: 300px; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0pt; }#adwrap_mid_article___FLIGHT_HASH__ .mid_article_ad_label { display: none; }#adwrap_mid_article___FLIGHT_HASH__ .mid_article_deco { border: medium none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; }Advertisement Carmickle said he wasn't worried while he was dangling. "I bench-press 500 pounds and I wasn't going down," he said.

home run derby