He did it! Milwaukee's own Prince Fielder won the 2009 State Farm Home Run Derby. I didn't get a chance to catch it live, but I did catch the highlights. Hey, my take on that is that it saved me from all off Chris Berman's lame ass "Back, Back, Backs" He threw out all night. Terrible!
I was all over Twitter and Facebook tracking the Derby throughout the night and can say I was damn happy to see the Prince had come through.
Maybe it is the small-town feel that Milwaukee has and how everyone around here seems to rightfully take ownership of the team and players. It's a great feeling to watch Prince, using one of Ryan Braun's bats bash homer after homer out of Busch Stadium.
I loved the celebration Prince and Brauny shared after he bashed the winning shot, which is why I posted the pic above. For a team that is down right now, he certainly picked things up.
The way Prince hit the longest two home runs of the night, measuring 503 and 497 feet made it clear he was the deserving choice.
One thing that did come up when I simply Googled "Prince Fielder Home Run Derby" was a PETA story promoting the fact he's a vegetarian.
I also think Tom Haudricourt's Journal-Sentinel story with Fielder wining the derby was pretty good.
Like I said, I was in La Crosse following the derby on Twitter and he became the No. 1 item in the Trending topics. It was super. Here's a look.
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