Twins first baseman Justin Morneau has been named to the American League team for Monday’s Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium.

Morneau, batting .323 with 14 homers and 68 RBI, received a phone call from MLB this morning, when the request was made. And Morneau couldn’t turn down the opportunity to take part in the event in the last season of Yankee Stadium.

This will be the second straight year Morneau has participated in the event. He hit only four home runs last year in San Francisco and failed to get out of the first round.

His pitcher last year was Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. He has selected hitting coach Joe Vavra to be his pitcher this time

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