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Todd Frazier and Giancarlo Stanton were showmen on Monday night, blasting dingers, longballs and moon shots all over Petco Park in the home run derby.
Perhaps they were buoyed by the energy in the packed house with the nation’s eyes upon them. Stanton plays for the Miami Marlins, who, despite their record, play in front of the fourth-smallest average crowd in baseball at 21,127.