Ichiro says No to the Home Run Derby :(

It would've been killer to have Ichiro in the Home Run Derby this year, but if the MLB keeps on asking each year, one year Ichiro will end up participating....


Geoff Baker broke the news on his blog late tonight:

"Yes, Ichiro was indeed offered a chance to participate in next week's Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. He was approached earlier this week by MLB officials and said he'd get back to them on it. An MLB source revealed this, so I asked Ichiro -- through his interpreter, Ken Barron -- what was up.

"Yes, I was asked,'' he confirmed to me earlier today. "But because of my hamstring, I decided not to participate.''

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