Aaron Judge fought his way to the Home Run Derby title and further into our hearts like Rambo with a baseball bat for a machete or even like a Great Dane puppy. Maybe both. Gary Sanchez, Cody Bellinger, Miguel Sano — all contestants put up a fight and contributed to the night-long meteor shower of baseballs. God bless the long ball, each and every one. That includes the dingers from Justin Bour, who put up 22 dazzling home runs only to be beaten by Judge’s 23. Bour’s was a joy for Miami faithful on its own, but the most important discovery of the derby, out of all the bombs and celebrations, is the previously undisplayed relationship between Bour and Bryce Harper.
