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A Philadelphia Phillie is in the limelight of an event that spans all of Major League Baseball – and this time it’s not in the context of the MLB 2006 game you’ve been playing on your Playstation 2. Last night, Bobby Abreu shocked the entire baseball community – fans, players, himself -- when he won the 2005 Homerun Derby. It was surreal watching Abreu come up to bat first and crush ball after ball into the right-field stands.
And Abreu did not just win the Derby; he owned it. Bobby broke just about every record there was: most homeruns ever in a single round (24), most homeruns ever in the finals (11), most total homeruns ever (41). He even hit a 517-foot homerun that was the third longest homerun ever hit in the Homerun Derby.
Overall, Abreu put on a spectacular show that had the entire ballpark chanting “Bobby” at deafening levels. It was just great to see the looks of reverence, respect, and awe on the faces of all of the best players in baseball directed towards a Phillie.
In the first round, Abreu did not just surpass the previous single round record of 15 set by Miguel Tejada; he shattered it. After a slow second round, Bobby made it to the third and final round, where he would defeat the hometown player, Ivan Rodriguez.
All of us at Phillyist are extremely proud of Bobby Abreu and wish him the best of luck going into the All-Star Game – we think it’s garbage that the All-Star Game decides home-field advantage in the World Series, but that’s a topic for a different post. He will be leading off in tonight’s game.
Would it be grasping at straws to ask if this is occasion for a parade down Broad Street? Yes, we know it would be, but this is the first time Philadelphia (however indirectly) has won something in a long time.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Morry Gash
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