Home Run Derby

Baseball's All-Star game is fading as a midsummer television attraction, but the adjunct Home Run Derby is becoming popular in its own right.

CLEVELAND (93.7 The Fan) – Despite being the favorite in Las Vegas, Pirates slugger Josh Bell had an early exit in a very memorable home run derby on Monday night. Bell had is work cut out for him when he stepped to the plate, after Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr. mashed 25 homers to kick things off. A...

CLEVELAND (93.7 The Fan) – Josh Bell will be the main thought on the minds of Pirates fans with the 2019 Home Run derby later this evening. While there is no doubt that Bell’s swing is the most important aspect to his potential success, another key component that will determine how well Bell’s...

You might stand and yell. You might urge a ball to stay fair. You might do your best Chris Berman (it will be better than his, of course) and shout "back, back, back, back ..."

PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) - Pirates All-Star and Home Run Derby participant Josh Bell sat down with Andrew Fillipponi to discuss tonight’s Home Run Derby. Bell is the three seed in the Home Run Derby and he will go up against the six seed, Ronald Acuna Jr. in the first round. When asked about the...

Monday night, Pirates first basemen Josh Bell will compete in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Bell will be the sixth player in franchise history to partake in the event. If he hopes to walk away at the end of the night with the $1 million prize that goes to the champion, he will have to break the long...

Jason Mackey on Josh Bell's genuine want to represent Pirates, city well tonight

Las Vegas has installed Bell as a 3-to-1 favorite. He's a switch hitter and plans to start on the left side before making any adjustments.

Pirates First Baseman Josh Bell started the month of July the same way he ended the month of May, with a bang. Bell hit three home runs and seven runs batted in, joined Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente, Dick Stuart and Ralph Kiner as the only Pirates to achieve that feat.

The ball cleared the center field wall, and the sellout crowd roared. Bryce Harper threw his bat in the air, thrust both index fingers skyward and yelled with delight as a shower of streamers rained upon the crowd of 43,698.