Cal Raleigh’s Explosive Derby Showing Sparks Speculation: Is This MLB’s Next Superstar?
Even though Monday was Cal’s first time participating in the annual All-Star dingerfest, it wasn’t his first Derby title. In the summer of 2005, an 8-year-old Raleigh emerged victorious in a slightly less heralded home run contest.
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After a travel ballgame, Cal went to a picnic at a friend’s house. In the yard, a competition materialized as he and his buddies dreamed big-league dreams. The fences were objects out there somewhere — shrubs, trees, other markers in their world of make-believe. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the large kid who would one day be known as Big Dumper clocked the most home runs.
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