Power Showcase Home Run Derby

Denson Ends HR Derby Swing-Off Drama

David Denson, (Covina, CA) won perhaps the most dramatic POWER SHOWCASE Championship in our seven-year history, and he did it in record-breaking display at Marlins Park In Miami.  107 players from 10 countries participated in the largest and most prestigious POWER SHOWCASE event to date.  Denson blasted 3 mammoth 500+(500/508/515) Home Runs in the prelims Saturday including a record-breaking 515 foot shot off the top right of video board above the upper deck in right-center!  That alone sent shock-waves immediately via social media around the baseball world.  And that only set the stage for a frenzied crowd and Twitter and Facebook-fest that followed in the Finals Sunday.  The (amateur) World Record setting home run was measured by Greg Rybarzcyk, creator of the HitTracker.  View David's 515' Home Run Video The Top Five finalists from both age groups advanced to the Championship Round. During the underclass prelims held on Friday, Canadian Josh Naylor, (2015 - St Joan of Arc) had thrilled the crowd with 10 massive HRs, his longest 453 ft. During the finals, both Naylor and Denson had five home runs apiece.  This forced a five-out Swing-Off.  Naylor lead-off with 5 swings and unfortunately didn't connect.  Denson followed and left no doubt as he locked-in and blasted 4 HRs on four swings...with another crowd pleasing rocket to straightaway center field measuring 498 ft  Denson totaled (14) 9 HRs in regulation and the Swing-off.  His beaming smile was as big as the crowd's approval of his success. Players and fans rushed the field to take pictures and seek autographs.  David Denson had a day and week that ballplayers for generations could only dream about in a backyard home run derby.  And he did it in the new, spacious Miami Marlins Park at the 7th Annual Power Showcase. … [Read More...]