[EmpireWF]

The participants this year are:

Mets 3B David Wright
Marlins 3B Miguel Cabrera
Phillies 1B Ryan Howard
Astros OF Lance Berkman

Orioles SS Miguel Tejada
Red Sox DH David Ortiz
White Sox OF Jermaine Dye
Blue Jays 3B Troy Glaus

So, who wins?

[legend]

I'll take Tejada.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by legend

I'll take Tejada.

I really like Tejadas, he has always been one of my favorites...but I am going with the dark horse Troy Glaus.

[Lefty Noob]

I guess I'm a frontrunner 'cause I'm one of the three guys picking Howard to win it.

[EmpireWF]

Let me first say I'm not liking the fact that David Wright is in it. We all know what happened to Abreu last year...godforbid that happens this year again to the participants or winner.

I voted for Ryan Howard because he's just the definition of a homerun hitter. The other guys are nice (Ortiz, Tejada, etc.) but man Howard can hit it like there's no tomorrow. Just don't give him a glove

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Okay, who cast the second vote for Glaus?...hey blueandwhite girl is that you backing the hometown boy?

[MVB]

Cabrera or Tejeda...

[EmpireWF]

Tejada didn't look too good in the 1st round, only hitting 3 out. Right now, doesn't look like he'll make it to the 2nd round.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Glaus is out with all of one homer ...Wright is looking good.

[desertrat]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Okay, who cast the second vote for Glaus?...hey blueandwhite girl is that you backing the hometown boy?

I voted for Glauss. It was either him or Howard for me, obviously I chose the wrong guy. I am a lifelong Angels fan and a DBacks fan for a NL team. Glauss played for both of my teams so I went with him, but really because of his role in my Angels only World Series title.

[MVB]

Wow, Howard rocked last night! He was down to his final out in round 1, and proceeded to hit four consecutive homers, launching him past Dye and into round 2. He hit 10 homers in round two, tying him with Wright ( 18 total HRs) for the lead. He only needed five in round 3 to beat the exhausted David Wright. At first, it looked like Howard was taking batting practice ( three consecutive ground balls in round 1), but then he changed his approach and started crushing the balls. The best part was that his "walk-off" homer in round 3, hit the "Hit It Here!" sign in right field! There had been 87 homers on the night, but the final one hit the big sign! Very cool!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by desertrat

I voted for Glauss. It was either him or Howard for me, obviously I chose the wrong guy. I am a lifelong Angels fan and a DBacks fan for a NL team. Glauss played for both of my teams so I went with him, but really because of his role in my Angels only World Series title.

Yeah I was down with Glaus as well....can't believe that big lug only hit one...I think his pitcher was all over the place...and he never got in a groove.