Congratulations to Yoenis Cespedes! He hit 31 total home runs (including nine in the final round) to top Bryce Harper & win the 2013 Home Run Derby title.
Via ESPN:
The Home Run Derby champion didn’t even make the All-Star team.
Yoenis Cespedes won baseball’s power-hitting competition with a dazzling display Monday night, becoming the first player left out of the All-Star Game to take home the crown. The Oakland Athletics slugger beat Bryce Harper 9-8 in the final round at reconfigured Citi Field, hitting the decisive drive with five swings to spare.
In his second major league season, the outfielder from Cuba flipped his bat aside and raised his left arm in triumph when he sent his 32nd homer of the night some 455 feet to deep center field, where it caromed off the back wall of the black batter’s eye. He was swarmed by the American League All-Stars near the third-base line.
