Justin Morneau of New Westminster, BC won the Home Run Derby two nights ago at Yankee Stadium! Here is an interview after Justin's big win. But you'll notice they spelled my last name wrong on the billboard sign behind him:)
Morneau played hockey growing up, and attended a training camp with the Portland Winter Hawks as a goaltender on the team's 50-man Protected Player List. Morneau chose his jersey number (33) for legendary NHL goalie Patrick Roy. He has been swinging a hot bat lately! Last Thursday, Justin Morneau tied a career high with 5 hits in a game as his visiting Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 in 11-innings. He hit what went on to be the game winning home run to finish the day 5 for 5 with a walk. Justin scored the winning run for the American League last night in the MLB All Star Game at Yankee Stadium. It went 15 innings, the longest All-Star Game in history.
Just in...Just out...of the park! 15-year-old Justin Hass (above) of Kelowna, BC had the best game of his baseball career last Sunday!
He smashed two home runs over the center field fence 260 feet away and
the Kelowna Cubs beat Ladner to finish third in the Valley of Champions bantam tournament.
Toronto, Ontario saw home run history made last Saturday as Alex Rodriguez hit home run number 537 as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays,
9-4. A-Rod moved past another Yankee legend, Mickey Mantle, for sole possession of 13th place on the all-time list. 13 is also a good number for Justin. He was born on June 13 and it was July 13 he had the game of his life!
By the way, after Justin's birthday last month, our three kids now have a cumulative age greater than mine...so you can consider me a younger man now...and shorter...you see, Justin recently passed me (5 ft 10 1/2 in) in height.
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Congrats on your son's accomplishment! If he's is half as good at baseball as his old man is at Scrabble, he'll have a very prosperous career!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Tom! I wish you would have said: "If he's half as good at baseball as his old man is at voiceover, he'll have a very prosperous career!"
ReplyDeleteBased on this oversight my friend, I am revealing the score of our last Scrabble game online: 313-234 for ME! That score was similar to the whooping my wife laid on me with the Scrabble board game on the weekend:
318-259. OUCH!