NOW YOU KNOW

Dodger first baseman Hee-Seop Choi is one of eight players who will represent their native lands in tonight’s home run derby at Comerica Park in Detroit. (Puerto Rico, which is represented in the contest, is a U.S. territory.) Home run totals are through Sunday.

*--* PLAYER BIRTHPLACE POSITION TEAM HR BOBBY ABREU Venezuela Outfield Philadelphia 18 JASON BAY Canada Outfield Pittsburgh 16 HEE-SEOP CHOI South Korea First base Dodgers 13 ANDRUW JONES Curacao Outfield Atlanta 27 CARLOS LEE Panama Outfield Milwaukee 22 DAVID ORTIZ Dominican Republic Designated hitter Boston 21 IVAN RODRIGUEZ Puerto Rico Catcher Detroit 6 MARK TEIXEIRA United States First base Texas 25

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