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  • Check out the amazing food at HRDX

    We told you that a day out at FTX MLB Home Run Derby X was going to be a full day festival. Sure, there'll be dingers. Sure, there'll be music with AJ Tracey headlining the event at London's Crystal Palace Park on July 9. And yeah, there is going to...

  • In the Clubhouse: Paige Halstead is ready to win another championship

    Paige Halstead has a trophy case that is the envy of any athlete. The catcher with one seriously sweet swing was a member of the United States silver medal-winning World Cup of Softball team in 2016, and she won the national championship with UCLA in 2019 when they defeated current...

  • Jonny Gomes went on a taco tour of Mexico City

    Jonny Gomes went down to Mexico City to start the party for FTX MLB Home Run Derby X and he went big, just like when he crushed balls back in the day. The former slugger, representing the Boston Red Sox in this year's tournament, was in town to help celebrate...

  • How hard is it to hit a HR? Bases Covered finds out

    Think hitting a home run is easy? Think hitting a round baseball with a round bat over 400 feet is something anyone can do? Well, newsflash: It's not. (Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, would agree.) In the newest season of Bases Covered, which launched on...

  • Mexico announces Campo Marte as home for Home Run Derby X

    Mexico City is ready to host the final stop of the FTX MLB Home Run Derby X Tour, the newest and most electrifying way to enjoy baseball. The historic Campo Marte, site of the equestrian events at the 1968 Summer Olympics, will be the home for this celebration of dingers...

  • Meet the HRDX rookies

    With the first FTX MLB Home Run Derby X event in London just over three weeks away, it's time to pull back the curtain and unveil the final players who will line up for each team. Joining the big league Legends, the women's baseball and softball Superstars, and the brand-new-to-baseball...

  • Can the HRDX Wild Cards become stars after three days of training? 

    The Wild Cards came from all across the globe -- the UK, Korea, and Mexico -- and arrived in the lush and green city of Raleigh, North Carolina, for one reason and one reason only: To become home run hitters. There was no questioning their commitment -- they've already been...

  • Let's explain HRDX in the fastest, most delicious way possible

    You may have seen Spencer Owen on YouTube, watching him turn into one of the best FIFA players in the world. Or, you may have seen him out on the pitch -- or even in the boardroom -- with his very own football club, Hashtag United. Where you haven't seen...

  • In the Clubhouse: Jonny Gomes is in it to win it

    Jonny Gomes was always the secret sauce. The former outfielder/DH, who will be representing the Red Sox in this year's FTX MLB Home Run Derby X, may not have always been the biggest or the fastest player on his teams, but he was always the most beloved. Armed with a...

  • The long history of MLB games in the UK

    When FTX MLB Home Run Derby X launches on July 9 at Crystal Palace Park, it will be a bold step for a brand new way of playing baseball. But though the format may be new, the trip will be far from the first time that Major League teams have...

  • Get to know the Red Sox for HRDX

    The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic teams in baseball history and one of four teams taking part in the first FTX MLB Home Run Derby X, an event that will bring a beloved American tradition to London – with a few twists. Long known as the...

  • Get to know the Yankees for HRDX

    Four of baseball’s most iconic teams are taking part in the first FTX MLB Home Run Derby X, an event that will bring a beloved American tradition to London – with a few twists. Some of the best players in the game’s long history spent their finest years in New...

  • Get to know the Cubs for HRDX

    It’s hard to talk about Major League Baseball without talking about the Chicago Cubs. One of the founding members of the National League, the Cubs have been National League royalty for more than 100 years, and have a fervent and dedicated fan base. The Cubs are one of the four...

  • In the Clubhouse: Nick Swisher bringing dingers, laughs to the world

    Nick Swisher likes to have fun. Throughout a long and successful career -- Swisher hit 245 home runs and won a World Series with the Yankees in 2009 -- the outfielder was always known for his buoyant personality. He became the "Mayor of Brohio," while playing in Cleveland, an honorific...

  • Get to know the Dodgers for HRDX

    A team with worldwide prestige, the Los Angeles Dodgers will show why they are one of baseball’s most iconic franchises in FTX MLB Home Run Derby X. Whether they’re crushing homers in California or launching long balls in London, the team is sure to entertain this summer no matter what....

  • Meet the HRDX Wild Cards who could steal the show 

    When you watch a big league baseball game, you know those players have trained their entire lives to get to that point. They ate egg whites for breakfast, chicken breast for lunch and hit the gym to focus on the skills that would help them blast a 95 mph (153...

  • How HRDX works

    When you arrive at Crystal Palace Park on July 9, your ticket in hand and ready to see some home runs launched into the sky, you may wonder exactly how this is all going to work. Well, have no fear: This article is here to help. If you're familiar with...

  • What to know about Home Run Derby X

    The stage is set and it's on its way: July 9 will be here sooner than you imagine and when it does, Home Run Derby X will have launched and there will be no going back. Since this is a brand new competition in a brand new location -- at...

  • Here's how baseball has grown in England, from factory towns to HRDX

    (A version of this story originally ran in 2018) When HRDX launches in London on July 9, it might seem like baseball’s equivalent of landing on the moon – four teams going head-to-head in a brand new game of baseball. But while this version of the game is brand new,...

  • AJ Tracey to perform at London's HRDX

    When Home Run Derby X launches in London on July 9, it promises to deliver plenty of excitement, with big home runs, diving catches, and plenty of great tasting food. The event got a little more exciting as hip hop star AJ Tracey was recently announced as the headliner for...

  • MLB, London announce long-term partnership

    Major League Baseball is headed back to London. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and London mayor Sadiq Khan announced a long-term partnership between the league and the city Monday that includes regular-season games in 2023, 2024 and 2026, along with other major events over the next five years. MLB’s first venture...

  • Swisher pumped to rep Yanks in Home Run Derby X

    TAMPA, Fla. -- The tagline for Home Run Derby X, an electrifying new competition that will take Major League Baseball on a global tour, is “Bring the Noise.” Challenge accepted, says Nick Swisher, one of four former big league sluggers swinging for the fences in London, Seoul and Mexico City...

  • Introducing Home Run Derby X

    Every child knows that you really need only a few things to play baseball: A bat, a ball, and some fielders to chase after everything that's been hit. Sure, to play Major League Baseball, you need nine fielders and nine hitters, a dugout full of subs, a few coaches leaning...

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