Twitter Campaign Urges Prince Fielder to Select Former Red Sox Outfielder Wily Mo Pena for Home Run Derby

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Jul 5, 2011

Twitter Campaign Urges Prince Fielder to Select Former Red Sox Outfielder Wily Mo Pena for Home Run Derby Yahoo's Jeff Passan can't take it anymore. He wants Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder to invite Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Wily Mo Pena to this year's Home Run Derby. So he's taken to the Internet with a Twitter campaign to get Fielder's attention.

Passan and other Wily Mo-loving fans are promoting the use of #wilymo4derby on Twitter to drum up support for the slugger.

This year's All-Star Game is being held in Pena's home stadium in Phoenix, and the slugger has been putting on a show since being called up from Triple-A in late June. He already has five home runs in only 39 at-bats.

Fielder might not need too much convincing after Wily Mo's performance on Monday. With his Brewers hosting the Diamondbacks, Fielder had a front-row seat to see Pena launch a pinch-hit home run in the fifth inning.

Red Sox fans will remember Pena from his short stint in Boston after the Sox traded pitcher Bronson Arroyo to the Cincinnati Reds in 2006.

NESN Nation wants to know: Would you want to see Wily Mo suit up for the National League in this year's Home Run Derby?

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