PHILLIES NEWS

Although he didn't come anywhere close to Bobby Abreu's total of 41 homers in last year's derby Ryan Howard made it 2 home run derby titles in a row for the Phillies when he bested David bleeping Wright 5 -4 in the final round, and that after rallying to hit 8 homers in the 1st round, 4 on his final out, and 10 homers in the 2nd round, 6 on his final two outs. All in all Howard put on quite a show and at least gave Phillies fans something to cheer for in what has been an otherwise lackluster season so far. Now let's hope Howard doesn't fizzle out for the remainder of the season like Abreu did last year. Well, happy trails everyone.