Box Score 7/11: Home Run Derby hits grand slam with fans

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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what were reading while arguing over if home runs hit into the roof at Marlins Park should count or not in the Home Run Derby.

Happy birthday today to Caroline Wozniacki, Joe Pavelski, Jacoby Jones, Willie Anderson, Rod Strickland and Leon Spinks. On this date in 1914 Babe Ruth made his debut for the Red Sox. 

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Miles and miles of dingers