Only adults at a stadium who should have gloves are the players. HR derby or no.

From Albert Pujols: Hopefully he catch hot; take some pitch. Nice sentiment. Good advice. Still bored.

The best thing about Nick Swisher is the worst thing right now. Stopping hitting home runs!

HRD 3D? An additional dimension of boring.

Check that. First batter. Now two. Three home runs. Be fast, be merciful. For the record, my wife loves Nick Swisher. That's the reason we're watching.

Just suffered through Round 1 of the HR Derby. Taco Bell and State Farm are winning. Berman is subdued.

As good a time as any

Two good reasons to get this thing going again, if anyone is read:

The All-Star break and the passing of Bob Sheppard, the former PA guy for the Yankees. I call him that because there's nothing I can write about his status that hasn't already been written. So, in his honor I shall be clear, concise and correct about his service to the Yankees.

The Yanks are looking good at the kinda-sorta halfway point. Best record, a bunch of All-Stars, productive young players, a resurgent Mark Tiexiera ...

I'm a little disappointed Nick Swisher is participating and the home run derby. He's been fantastic in the first half, and history says those who try to go deep, go off the deep end in the second half. It was a relief to hear Robinson Cano was "convinced" to back out. But you get the feeling there was no convincing Swisher. It's his first trip to the ASG, maybe his only (maybe). So he's gonna live it up.

Hats off to the Yanks for spearheading the effort to get him on the roster. Incidentally, the wife lost count of how many times she voted for her boy. For the record, I voted four times. Having to input a verification code each time was annoying.