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ATLANTA — Even 200 percent of Jazz Chisholm Jr. wouldn’t have been enough on this night.
Chisholm’s 70 percent mentality did not pay off during a three-homer performance in the All-Star Home Run Derby, good for last in Monday’s showcase at Truist Park.
Cal Raleigh knocked off first-round darling Oneil Cruz in the semifinals before defeating Junior Caminero in the finals for the crown, becoming the first catcher ever to win the event. The Mariners star, fresh off leading the majors in the first half with 38 home runs, mashed the most during the break, too.
Chisholm, a second-time All-Star and first-time Derby participant, never got into a groove while hitting against his stepfather, Geron Sands, which of course does not matter.
The Bahamas boys made it to the Home Run Derby.
“I hit a fly ball to the infield or something like that or a foul ball back,” Chisholm said. “And I smiled to myself. I was like, ‘Dang, we’re actually doing this right now. We’re actually hitting in the Home Run Derby. He’s actually throwing to me.’”
Halfway through a round that was producing line drives and not home runs, Chisholm used his timeout and chatted with Aaron Judge and Max Fried.
The Captain approved of what he was seeing.
“He said, ‘Hey, you didn’t mess up your swing!’” Chisholm recalled with a smile.
That — and having fun and not getting hurt after an oblique strain earlier this season — was the goal of a slugger who became the first Yankee to participate since Judge and Gary Sánchez in 2017.
“I was trying to keep my swing and hit homers instead of just hitting everything in the air,” said Chisholm, who added he wants to swing in the derby again one day.
