CONTEST TO REVEAL HR HERO.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Sure, Chris Martinez of Chaminade and Tommy Perez of Burroughs can hit home runs, as can Kristen Combe combe Noun same as coomb of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Kelley Cook of Glendale. But who can hit the most when it counts? For the first time, everyone will find out, as the annual Daily News Bernie Milligan All-Star baseball All-Star Baseball is a baseball video game series developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1998 with the release of All-Star Baseball '99. and softball games will be preceded by home-run derbies. Today, some of the area's top power hitters square off at 2 p.m. On Monday, the softball players will meet at 3 p.m., to decide who has the most strength. Six players from each team will compete, with the winning side becoming the home team for the game that follows at 4. Each batter will have 10 outs to hit as many over the fence as possible, an out being a ball that fails to clear the fence. The top three individuals from each team will advance to the final round, with the boys' winner receiving a new Easton bat and the girls' winner earning a trophy. Think this is a joke? Chaminade's Steve Harrington, who is coaching the West softball team Monday, doesn't think so. To pick his six, he brought out a pitching machine A pitching machine is a machine that automatically pitches a baseball to a batter at different speeds and styles. Most machines are hand-fed, but there are some that automatically feed. , and the six who hit the most became the participants. Then he selected an order: Combe, Chrissy Davie of Agoura, Cindy Ball and Jessica Mendoza Jessica Mendoza (born 11 November 1980) is an American softball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was a four-time first team All-American at Stanford University from 1999-2002. Mendoza was named Softball player of the year in 2006. of Camarillo, Amy Matthews of Granada Hills and Cori Jordahl of Monroe. ``The girls are excited,'' he said. ``We want to be the home team.'' The East softball home run derby This is about the Major League Baseball contest. For the 1959 television show of the same name, see Home Run Derby (TV series). The Home Run Derby is an event played prior to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. participants are: Cook, Michelle Wintermute of Highland, Summer Richardson of Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. , Anna Nordhagen of Hart, Jackie Arredondo of Village Christian and Nadine Klemenz of Palmdale. The boys' teams came up with a different approach. Only the players with double-digit home-run totals (Martinez and Tom Morefield of Chatsworth on the West and Perez, Ismael Rangsiyawong of North Hollywood and Quartz Hill's Ryan West on the East) were automatically entered. The other names were drawn out of a hat. The East team includes Luke Miller of Saugus, Ryan Noll of Glendale and Jason Gorman of Palmdale. Jay Caligiuri and Joe Yingling of Camarillo, Jack Cassel Joseph Buren "Jack" Cassel (born August 8, 1980, in Northridge, California) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the San Diego Padres. College Years Cassel attended L.A. of Kennedy and Andy Campanella of Crespi round out the West team. Yingling, who hit eight home runs during the season, said he wasn't concerned going for the fences would mess up his swing for the regular game. ``I'll just do the same as usual, go with whatever works,'' said the 35th-round draft choice of the Detroit Tigers. ``Hopefully I'll do better than last time. I was in the home run contest last weekend (at another all-star game) and I didn't do too good.'' |
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