2025 SMBA Home Run Derby Recap

2025 Inaugural SMBA Home Run Derby

July 1, 2025 – Little Free Library Field

Cue the music and crack the bats—it's time for the first-ever SMBA Home Run Derby! The stakes are high, the fences are short, and the walk-up songs are absolutely critical.

Rules:
Each batter gets 10 outs—not over the fence/wall counts as an out. Swing big or go home.

Round One – Let’s Do the Math

Five sluggers step up. One will go down - leaving four to fight it out head-to-head.

First up: Alec Martinez, repping Stare Decisis is for Suckers, strolls up to “Your Love” by The Outfield. First three pitches? Gone. He ends his round with five big bombs and some serious swagger.

Next: Cameron Beaver, captain of the DOJ Turkeys, cranks “Gonna Make You Sweat” and does exactly that. Six towering homers and one memorable shot off the wall. Respect.

Turkey teammate Casey Clark takes his turn to “Low Rider,” bringing the crowd to life with two High Tree specials—straight through the branches and over the fence—plus two more. Four total and style points for drama..

Ty Harden makes an entrance with “They Not Like Us.” While everyone checks their phones to see if they missed a headline he sneaks out two homers.

Brian Risley brings the boom (literally) with “Boom” by BOP. Four balls leave the yard with force and flair.

Round One Count

• Beaver – 6
• Martinez – 5
• Risley – 4
• Clark – 4
• Harden – 2

Ty Harden is eliminated but walks off with the 2025 Congeniality Award. He brought the fun, the friendship, and just the right amount of chaos. We salute him.

Round Two – Showdowns

• Beaver vs. Risley
• Martinez vs. Clark

The Turkeys are toast—Risley and Martinez advance to the final round.

Championship Round – Risley vs. Martinez

Risley keeps booming, adding a couple more to his total. But Martinez goes all in—one shot pings off the Commissioner’s truck, another lands in the poison ivy. Big hits. Big energy. Peak performance. May need new team name.

And the winner is...

Alec Martinez – 2025 SMBA Home Run Derby Champion!

Your Homerun Derby Playlist

Some of our homerunners couldn’t make it—jury trials, downed power lines and whatnot.  But we want you to have ALL the jams to relive the joy and glory of the entire season!

• Your Love – The Outfield (Alec Martinez)
• Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) – C+C Music Factory (Cameron Beaver)
• Low Rider – War (Casey Clark)
• They Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar (Ty Harden)
• Boom – BOP (Brian Risley)
• Mr. Blue Sky – ELO (Doug Reynolds)
• September – Earth, Wind & Fire (Dylan Dunbar)
• Brick House – Commodores (Judge Kaiti Greenwade)
• What You Know – T.I. (Taylor White)