Uggla Finishes First Home Run Derby 5th

JJ · July 14th, 2008, 10:53 PM

Uggla hit 6 long balls out during the event

When the news broke that Dan Uggla would participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby, his Marlins teammate Luis Gonzalez had plenty of advice for him.

"Get that first one," the 2001 Derby champ said. "Just get that first one. You don't want to get shut out."

Not the most helpful of advice.

"It's like, 'Thanks, buddy,'" Uggla joked. "He's been giving me grief about it all week. He's been giving me tips. He's been awesome. I can't say enough about Luis. I'm just going to go out and swing hard and hit as many as I can."

Uggla did just that -- and he managed to avoid going homerless. What he didn't do was advance to the second round.

The Marlins second baseman finished the first round with six homers, which tied him for fifth with Grady Sizemore. The top four of Josh Hamilton (28 in the first round), Lance Berkman (eight), Justin Morneau (eight) and Ryan Braun (seven) advanced.

While some came to the Derby with their own batting practice pitchers, Uggla chose to take whoever was available, as to not to have one of his coaches have to give up All-Star break time with their families.

Rockies coach Mike Gallego threw to Uggla, who hit the first two he swung at out of the ballpark. He also finished strong, hitting the "money ball" out of the park, which meant another $17,000 went to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Derby bid ends for Uggla with six shots | MLB.com: News

FishFanInPA · July 14th, 2008, 10:54 PM

at least he had more then Chase Utley.

Matt Wilson · July 14th, 2008, 11:06 PM

At least Daniel didn't drop an F bomb on national television.

Ramp · July 14th, 2008, 11:08 PM

atleast he didn't hurt himself... I think

Juanky · July 15th, 2008, 10:39 AM

Six was a pretty solid number, most years he gets through I want to say.

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