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Watch Yoenis Cespedes Crush Many Baseballs to Repeat as Home Run Derby Champion

Jon Brooks
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In this season of the Oakland A's, it's no wonder that Yoenis Cespedes repeated as home run derby champion last night at the All-Star game. He joins Ken Griffey, Jr. as the only back-to-back winner, outpacing the Cincinnati Reds' Todd Frazier in the final round.

On the theory that watching baseballs fly through the air and over the wall, even in an exhibition, never gets old, here's the video from MLB:

Here's Cespedes receiving the trophy:

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And just for fun, time to relive this crazy-long-and-accurate Cespedes throw last month from deep left field:

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