ROUND ONE
Rene Tosoni — 0
Carlos Santana — 1
(Santana’s bat went into the stands on his first and only home run, thankfully missing everyone)
High School Kid A — 2
High School Kid B (Mike Fassl) — 3
Brian Dopirak — 2
Nick Weglarz — 1
(Weglarz whiffed for his 3rd out, and traded bats with Beau Mills after being laughed at by the dugout)
Michael Taylor — 1
Lars Anderson — 2
(Anderson got booed a little bit…that was a little light on the appropriate)
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Swing-off to advance to round 2
High School Kid A (Mark Zagunis) — 1
Brian Dopirak — 1
Lars Anderson — 0
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Sudden Death Swing-Off To Mercifully End The First Round
High School Kid A — 0
Brian Dopriak — 1
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Final Round
High School Kid B — 1
Brian Dopriak — 0
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Mike Fassl wins the Home Run Derby. No, really. Wow. A high school kid wins the Eastern League Home Run Derby. He gets a Hank Aaron signed bat and a $350 Dick’s Sporting Goods gift card.
Mike Ashmore, mashmore98 AT gmail.com
Mike Ashmore's Thunder Thoughts 
July 15, 2009 at 10:04 pm |
[…] a shoulder injury and was unable to participate in this afternoon’s Homerun Derby, which was won by New Jersey high schooler Mike Fassl. No, really. A high school kid won the Double-A Eastern League Homerun Derby. As for the actual […]
July 16, 2009 at 6:09 am |
It was wrong of the Eastern League to have HS kids in the HR Derby. Are they EL All-Stars? Plus they used aluminum bats. Just one of many things wrong with the festivities of this game in Trenton.
July 16, 2009 at 9:31 am |
Let’s just hope the next time a EL All Star game is evered played at Trenton they can orgainize it better.Autographs session was the worst.
July 16, 2009 at 10:00 am |
There is NO WAY that high school students should have been in the HR Derby! This was supposed to be about the Eastern League. If there was a desire to include HS kids in the festivities, it should have been a separate even for them only. This was totally inappropriate. The Hank Aaron bat should have gone to a professional player.
July 16, 2009 at 10:01 am |
Line 3 of the previous post should read separate EVENT. Sorry for the typo.
July 17, 2009 at 10:44 am |
That was such bullsh*t. That kid shouldn’t have even been in the derby, or at least make him use a wooden bat like everybody else there.