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Good morning! Value your swings today. Inside:
⚾ A delightful Derby
⚽ We’re back
🦝 Yes, that’s a raccoon
The first round of last night’s Home Run Derby worried me. There was no building tension, no extraordinary feats of batting prowess. Just a bunch of really good hitters having a productive batting practice.
The semifinals brought pressure, though. Suddenly, the newly scarce number of swings — a rules tweak for this year versus…