(US Presswire / Scott Rovak)For once in Yankee Stadium, 50,000 people were cheering the name of a non-Yankee on Monday night.
In the first and last Home Run Derby in Yankee Stadium, the man with the ambiance of his name being cheered was Rangers' Center Fielder Josh Hamilton.
Josh Hamilton broke a Home Run Derby single round record with 28 Home Runs in the first round, which was previously held by Yankees Right Fielder Bobby Abreu in 2005 with 24 homers. However unlike Bobby Abreu, 3 of Hamilton's homers were over 500 feet. Hamilton's longest of 512 feet sent all 53,716 spectators into a baseball hoopla of shock as he almost became the first MLB player to ever hit a Home Run out of Yankee Stadium.
However in the final round, where they reset the two finalists home run totals, it was Twins' First Baseman Justin Morneau who was able to out homer Josh Hamilton 5-3 to become the 2008 MLB Home Run Derby Champion.
Both Hamilton and Morneau will be starting with the American League Allstars tonight at 7pm CST on FOX.
By: Collin Dakheel
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