Hamilton hits multiple long home runs in the Home Run Derby but loses to Justin Morneau in the final round. Dozens of baseball legends are present at Yankee Stadium to watch the All-Star Game and pay homage to the stadium that is being demolished after this season.

1. Hamilton puts on
a show, but Derby
goes to Morneau
Brian Heyman
The Journal News
NEW YORK — The flashes cre-
ated the light show from deck to
deck, the crack of bat meeting ball
rang out over the pulsating sound-
track filling the speakers, and then
came the “Ohhhhh” from the
53,716 packing Yankee Stadium.
Josh Hamilton
had just sent anoth-
er ball soaring into
the night from the
lefty batter’s box.
He was hyped as
the next Mickey
Mantle when Tam-
pa Bay made him
the first overall
pick in 1999. And
here he was in The
Mick’s old home,
doing a pretty fair
impression, scrap-
ing the sky — 502
feet off a sign be-
hind the right-cen-
ter bleachers; 504
feet to the back of
the bleachers even
more toward right-
center; and 518 feet
to the black seats in center, just to
name his three longest in the first
round.
But after hitting four more on
eight swings in the second round,
the homer totals didn’t carry over
from those first two rounds.
Hamilton had nothing left for the
final. And somehow he lost this
thing. Justin Morneau hit just five
homers in that last round, but
Hamilton managed only three.
The Twins’ star got outhomered
Greats of game come
to pay homage to the
House that Ruth Built
Peter Abraham
The Journal News
NEW YORK — The best play-
ers in baseball will gather in the
Bronx tonight, a vast collection of
talent from countries across the
world.
Nearly 50 Hall of Famers, includ-
ing Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Willie
Mays, Bob Gibson
and Whitey Ford,
will be on hand as
well for a special
pregame ceremo-
ny.
But the biggest
attraction of the
79th All-Star Game
will be Yankee Sta-
dium.
“When you’re a
10-year-old kid and
you’re in the back-
yard, and you’re
playing make-be-
lieve with your
buddies and it’s 3-2,
two outs, the bases
are loaded in the
bottom of the
ninth, you’re not at
Ted Turner Field,
you’re at Yankee Stadium,” said
Chipper Jones, the third baseman
of the Atlanta Braves. “Everybody
wants to be on that stage. This is
the place.”
The 85-year-old ballpark on the
corner of River Avenue and East
161st Street will be demolished af-
ter the season, after the Yankees
move to their new billion-dollar
cash register across the street.
The home of a legendary baseball
team, the Stadium also has hosted
London
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Horses of all breeds tend to have colorful names, such as Deputy
Dear, shown above with Annette Grau of Bedford at Sunnyfield Farms.
Horse with no
name? That’s OK,
just obey the rules
Jake Thomases
The Journal News
Put down the Us Weekly
and the Time Magazine. Click
away from The Drudge Re-
port. Turn off CNN, the E!
channel and “SportsCenter.”
Want to know what current
event is hitting the headlines?
Check a racing form.
Scattered across it on any
given day will be familiar
names and phrases, snippets
of pop culture given as names
to race horses. Owners look
everywhere for inspiration
when naming their horses.
Politics, Hollywood, sports
and news all provide fodder.
However, since they’re
named years before they take
the track, the
subject mat-
ter might be a
little stale.
Guess you
can open the
Us Weekly af-
ter all.
Take Dangling Chad, Elec-
toral College and Palm Beach
Ballot. All were thorough-
breds named during the last
months of 2000, when the
presidential recount in Flori-
da was all anyone could talk
about.
No word on whether Al
Gore’s Tears was registered
shortly thereafter.
And guess what year Curse
Reversed and Red Sox Parade
joined the rac-
ing communi-
ty. That was
2004, of
course, when
Boston won
its first World
Series in 86 years. Apparently
that victory spawned more
than just a mysterious tripling
of the Sawx fan base.
“Everyone’s got their own
little ticks when picking
names,” said John Grau, man-
ager of Sunnyfield Farm in
Bedford. “There’s no rhyme
or reason to it.”
But there are categories
people tend to explore. And
there are rules.
All thoroughbreds must be
registered with the Jockey
Club, an organization that has
authority over naming. It has
a set of standards with which
all owners must comply. First
among them is that no two
horses can share a name. In
fact all names are reserved
until 10 years after a horse
dies, when they return to cir-
culation. Unless an animal
achieved certain markers —
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Joe Torre and the man who replaced him, Joe Girardi, were at Trump
National to support Torre’s foundation that fights domestic abuse.
A Yankee or not,
Torre returns to area
to support his cause
Jeff Gold
The Journal News
BRIARCLIFF MANOR —
Speaking in front of a banner that
was a shade of blue somewhere
between Dodger and Yankee, Joe
Torre was his typical engaging
self.
Back in Westchester for the Joe
Torre Safe at Home Foundation
Golf Classic held at Trump Nation-
al, Torre spoke eloquently yester-
day about the domestic abuse that
afflicted his own home and the
need to try to put an end to it in
other homes.
Torre is no longer the Yankees’
manager, but his commitment to
his New York-based foundation re-
mains as strong as ever.
“Growing up in a violent home,
and knowing what my mom had to
endure and knowing the scars it
left on me as a child, it’s some-
thing you have to be committed
to,” Torre said. “You need to know
there’s help out there, and raising
awareness is very important.”
The foundation is dedicated to
providing children opportunities
to grow up in a safe and abuse-free
environment. Safe at Home,
through a program called Mar-
garet’s Place in honor of Torre’s
mother, creates rooms in schools
where children can speak to coun-
selors about the problems they’re
facing at home.
The outing drew an impressive
list of political superstars, celebri-
ties and all-time great athletes.
Donald Trump was there crack-
ing jokes on his own course, at
one point ribbing Bill Clinton
about taking a mulligan before he
took a ceremonial tee shot on the
first hole (The former president
hit a solid drive down the fairway).
“It’s a great honor,” Trump said.
“Joe has his choice of any course.
We love having him here.”
New York mayor Michael
Bloomberg, his predecessor Rudy
Giuliani, Billy Crystal, Joe Girardi
and Bob Gibson were among the
others in attendance.
“This is one event I always love
Joe’s commitment remains Safe at Home
Yankee Stadium in limelight
Frank Becerra Jr/The Journal News
Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers blasted his way to a crowd-pleasing Home Run Derby record last night at Yankee Stadium.
Inside
Borden: Yankees fans
get chance to stand
up and cheer George
Steinbrenner tonight, 4C
Area baseball fans
throw down hundreds
of dollars to see All-Stars
smack homers, 4C
Mount Kisco’s John
Albanese tosses aside
allegiance to Yankees to
root for Chase Utley, 4C
Jonathan Papelbon of the
Red Sox says that he, not
Mariano Rivera, should be
the AL’s closer, 5C
Johnny Damon too sore
to swing at ball, while
Hideki Matsui takes
batting practice, 5C
Please see BTS, 3C
Please see DERBY, 4CPlease see ALL-STARS, 5C
Please see TORRE, 3C
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Today
on TV
What: 2008
All-Star Game
When:
Tonight, 8
Where:
Yankee
Stadium
TV/radio:
Fox/ESPN
1050
Probable
starters:
NL, Ben
Sheets
(10-3, 2.85
ERA) vs.
AL, Cliff Lee
(12-2, 2.31)