Article: A POWERFUL STATEMENT HOME RUN DERBY: HAMILTON HITS 28 HRS IN FIRST ROUND, LOSES IN FINALS TO MORNEAU.(Sports)

Byline: Tony Jackson

Staff Writer

NEW YORK -- Baseball's ultimate redemption story came to baseball's ultimate venue Monday night. The result for Texas outfielder Josh Hamilton might not have been the champion of this year's All-Star Home Run Derby -- that honor went to Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau -- but that was incidental to what will go down as one of the greatest performances in the relatively short history of this event.

Before being bested 5-0 by Morneau in the final round, Hamilton shattered the previous single-round record by swatting 28 home runs in the first round. One of them almost became the first ball ever to leave Yankee Stadium, hitting ...

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