But the inspiration for that popular event goes back to the original Home Run Derby, a half-hour TV show that ran for one season (26 episodes) in black-and-white in 1960.

All of them, from the more famous entrants down to the bowling competition shows that were popular in the 1960s, owed something to “Home Run Derby.” “It was on the vanguard of made-for-TV ...

The video evidence, in all its black-and-white glory, is there for the world to see on YouTube: a Home Run Derby from another time -- so long ago Cecil Fielder, the father of defending Derby champ ...