MMO Home Run Derby Thread: Alonso Looks to Defend His Crown

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After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, one of the greatest events in baseball is back: the Home Run Derby.

This year’s field is absolutely stacked. Among the eight participants, we have 2021’s home run leader (Shohei Ohtani), the 2019 derby champion (Pete Alonso), and a 2019 World Series champion (Juan Soto).

The Mets’ own Pete Alonso is looking to defend his 2019 crown, in which he defeated Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the finals by a score of 23-22, doing so in walk-off fashion.

After having the 2019 All-Star festivities in Cleveland, this year’s derby is in Denver, the mile-high city, which means…expect baseballs to FLY out of the ballpark. It’s almost a question of how many, not if a home run will clear 500 feet.

The 2021 Home Run Derby will be broadcast tonight on ESPN at 8 p.m. EST.