Cespedes Wins MLB Home Run Derby Two Years After Cuba Defection
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Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland Athletics won Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby, two years after defecting from Cuba.
Cespedes, 27, slugged nine homers in the final round last night to beat 20-year-old Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, who had opened with eight. Cespedes flipped his bat in celebration at home plate after his last blast, which was estimated at 455 feet (139 meters) at Citi Field in New York.