BREAKING NEWS: We were wrong about this one.

Last year Justin Morneau participated in the home run derby at the All-Star game. Here’s what we wrote last July:

“Don’t believe the baloney you hear about the home run hitting contest ruining a player’s swing and turning him into an upper-cut hitter who strikes out more than he makes contact.. “

Um…he only hit 7 homeruns after the all-star break last year, so we were probably wrong about this. Still, since he is going to be in the thing again this year, we might as well watch it.

It will be nice to watch ESPN for three hours and not have to hear about Brett Favre. Plus, watching ESPN for more than an hour will mean we get to see the “BRIAN DEEGAN” commercials 650 times – and that’s a good thing. Listen closely to the voice; doesn’t that dude all dressed in black and wearing the Darth Vader helmet sound a lot like Bill Murray’s brother, the guy from Groundhog Day?

We don't know who Brian Deegan is, but we have been saying his name pretty much non-stop for the last five days.