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- Updated: May 28, 2016
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — On a crystal clear Saturday afternoon, the Legends came to play and the Hall of Famers came to coach in the sixth annual Hall of Fame Classic at intimate Doubleday Field.
Melvin Mora and Jerry Hairston Jr., a pair of unassuming middle infielders, supplied all the power in both the Home Run Derby and the Knucksies’ come-from-behind, 5-4, victory over the Wizards.
Mora, who is now 44 and last played for the D-backs in 2011, hit a pair of two-run homers in the game, the first off Andy Sonnanstine and the second off LaTroy Hawkins to earn Bob Feller Player of the Game honors.
Hairston, who hit 70 homers in his 16-year big league career, won the Derby and hit the homer off Hawkins in the sixth that was the difference in the game for the Knucksies, three batters after Mora tied it up.
“When Jerry hit that home run, I knew I had a chance,” said Mora about the possibility of being named game MVP. “We just wanted to give a good show to the fans and [hope] that nobody would get hurt. That was the most important thing — and that we all had a good game.”
Nobody got hurt and it was a terrific show. Save for Todd Pratt and Alan Trammell, both rosters were filled with recent big leaguers who could still play — and they played hard.
The seven-player first round of the Home Run …
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