T-Mobile Home Run Derby

Being a great Major League hitter requires so many skills: supernatural hand-eye coordination, extreme patience, sublime strike zone recognition, precise swing mechanics, etc. That’s why the best sluggers log countless hours of work in the cage. But as much as we love seeing that work reveal itself across the season,...

How far will it fly? That’s been the question on everyone’s mind since the Home Run Derby debuted at the Metrodome in 1985. Of course, we want to see who wins. But there’s also the sheer, jaw-dropping spectacle of a baseball that seems to shake off the constraints of gravity...

Since 1985, many of Major League Baseball's most prolific home run hitters have competed on the All-Star stage in the Home Run Derby. Below is a look at the history of baseball's annual slugfest, which has undergone a number of format changes throughout its 30-plus years....

At its best, the T-Mobile Home Run Derby brings us out of our seats and has the sluggers themselves -- and the players who are watching the show -- searching for just the right word. That’s how it was 2018, when Bryce Harper hammered nine home runs in 50 seconds...

The T-Mobile Home Run Derby returned with a hard-hitting, high-flying, mile-high event. The full field of eight competitors for baseball’s big fly bonanza was a powerhouse group, but only one man could come out on top -- Pete Alonso, for his second straight win....