MLB Network hosted a Home Run Derby against NHL Network and lost badly
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In honor of the NHL Winter Classic at Busch Stadium on Monday, MLB Network and NHL Network are taking part in a friendly crossed-sport competition this week. The competition consists of six events split evenly between the two sports, but -- and we may be a bit biased here -- the Home Run Derby is obviously the most important.
The Derby pitted MLB Network's Harold Reynolds and Eric Byrnes (collective career home runs: 130) versus NHL Network's Brian Lawton and Kevin Weekes (collective career home runs: 0). Frankly, it should have been a cakewalk for the MLBN team. But, uh …
Lawton mashed a pair of dingers, including this off the MLB Park sign in Studio 42:
While Byrnes did a lot of this:
"This could be one of the most humiliating losses of my life," Reynolds said after losing 2-0 to the NHL Network team.
Watch the full Derby in the clip above, and hopefully they fare better in the ensuing events.