[Highlander]

Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles is your 1978 HR Derby Champion! He beat out Greg Luzinski of the Phillies by a close 8-7 score in the final round.

The next night, all the best player int he world converged on Royals Stadium in Kansas City to play the 1978 All-Star game. Both teams scored single runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings, but the National League busted out for 4 runs in the 4th inning against Yankees pitcher, Ed Figueroa. The scoring was highlighted by a 3-run HR by George Hendrick of the Cardinals.

While it seems like that would be good enough to give George the MVP, that honor was awarded to Giants 3B, Bill Madlock in a somewhat strange decision. Madlock played a great game, but didn't put up the type of line usually given to MVPs. He went 1-1 with 3 walks and scored 3 runs.

On the pitching side, Figueroa took the loss for the AL, while Wayne Twitchell of the Expos was given the win, despite giving up run in his only inning.

Mike Schmidt and Jack Clark each hit HR for the NL and no player hit one out for the AL squad.