ESPN to Present 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby

Derby Available on ESPN 3D; 81st MLB All-Star Game Live on ESPN Radio
ESPN's extensive Major League Baseball All-Star coverage from Angel Stadium - home of the Los Angeles Angels on Anaheim - will be highlighted by the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday, July 12, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on ESPN HD.  The Home Run Derby will be ESPN 3D's first fully-produced telecast.  The Derby will also be available via ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN International.

Chris Berman will host ESPN's Home Run Derby coverage, joined on the field by analysts Joe Morgan and Bobby Valentine. ESPN will utilize 20 cameras to capture the excitement of the Derby, including the use of "Ultra Mo," a replay device recapping action at 1,000 frames per second.  This is ESPN's 13th consecutive year of live Derby coverage and 18th straight year overall.  The Derby is traditionally one of ESPN's highest-rated summer programs.

ESPN 3D's telecast will be hosted by Dan Shulman with analysts Aaron Boone and Nomar Garciaparra.  ESPN Radio's Home Run Derby broadcast will include commentary from Jon Sciambi and analyst Dave Campbell.  The pair will be joined by Peter Pascarelli, who will conduct interviews with participants and All-Stars during the Derby.

Ernesto Jerez will call the Derby for ESPN Deportes with analyst Luis Alfredo Alvarez and on-field reporter Guillermo Celis.  ESPN Deportes' Beisbol Esta Noche, with host Carolina Guillen, former Major Leaguer Candy Maldonado and Fernando Alvarez - plus on-site reports by Alvarez and Celis - will preview the event at 7:30 p.m.

A special edition of Baseball Tonight, with host Karl Ravech, analysts Nomar Garciaparra, John Kruk, Bobby Valentine and Dave Winfield, and reporter Tim Kurkjian, will be televised the evening of the Derby at 7 p.m.  Baseball Tonight will also be live from Dodger Stadium, with Ravech, Garciaparra and Valentine, on Sunday, July 11, at 7 p.m., prior to ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball (Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs, 8 p.m.) telecast.