Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers, and son of former major league slugger Cecil Fielder, has won the 2009 Home Run Derby in St. Louis. Coming into the contest, the hype centered around Albert Pujols, who was in front of the home fans, and Ryan Howard, who is from St. Louis. Fielder beat out Nelson Cruz of the Texas Rangers in the final round for the Derby title. Fielder's father Cecil participated in three Home Run Derby events, but didn't win anything. Also, Brandon Inge of the Detroit Tigers did not hit a single home run in the event.
This Home Run Derby went down as a very boring competition. Adrian Gonzalez and Inge were very lackluster and boring, and Inge didn't even hit a single home run. Joe Mauer, Carlos Pena and Albert Pujols were all tied with five home runs so they had to do a hit-off to determine who advances. Pujols advanced past both of them to move on but was surpassed in the next round by Howard, Fielder and Cruz. The event just didn't have the excitement as last year's All-Star festivities, when it was in Yankee Stadium.
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forget yankee stadium, thats for pussies
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