Last summer, the Milwaukee Brewers held a postgame alumni home run derby in front of a sold-out crowd.Now, the Chicago White Sox are copying the idea.On July 11, the Sox will hold their own alumni home run derby, which will be part of a jam-packed day at Rate Field. The Sox have the No. 1 pick in the draft and are inviting fans to watch the selection before they play the A’s at 1:10 p.m. After that, the derby.White Sox marketing guru Brooks Boyer said the team’s promotions committee seized on the concept last season and started the process of inviting former players earlier this year, once the team had set the date. Boyer is spinning it as a celebration of the franchise’s future, present and past, all on the same day.But while the Brewers had Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, Carlos Gómez and Corey Hart show up for last season’s exhibition, the Sox’s list, which was announced on Monday, is a bit less star-studded.You won’t see Frank Thomas, Paul Konerko or Jim Thome. Still, fans will get a chance to gawk at the arms of Jose Canseco, who turns 62 nine days before the derby.The favorite among the six-man field is probably Daniel Palka, the only participant to hit at least 25 homers in a season for the Sox. Twenty-seven of Palka’s 29 career home runs came in the 2018 season. He last played in Mexico in 2024.