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NEW YORK -- Jose Bautista and Troy Tulowitzki have announced three members of their respective teams for Monday nights Home Run Derby at Target Field. Joining Bautista on the American League team are Oaklands Yoenis Cespedes, who was last years Derby winner, Baltimores Adam Jones and Brian Dozier of the host Twins. Tulowitzki will have Miamis Giancarlo Stanton, who entered Tuesday leading the National League in homers, the Dodgers Yasiel Puig and Cincinnatis Todd Frazier on his side. "Bunch of guys with a lot of power," Tulowitzki said. "More than that, I think theyre good guys, got to know them throughout the years." The final competitor in each league will be announced on Thursday. Justin Morneau, Tulowitzkis teammate with the Rockies who began his career with the Twins, is a possibility for the last NL selection. Morneau is one of five candidates in the online vote for the final spot on the NL All-Star team. "If he wins that final vote, theres possibly a chance," Tulowitzki said. "I think it would make a story line. Played with the Twins all those years. Hes definitely on the list if he makes the team. There are some other guys as well that have lobbied and would be good choices." Tulowitzki said he is not sure if Morneau would want to participate in the Derby if he is not selected for the All-Star team. The Derby will have a new format this year. There will be a maximum of seven outs per round and bracketed play after the first round. The player who hits the most home runs in each league in the first round will receive a bye to the third round. The next two players from each league with the most home runs will meet in a head-to-head matchup in the second round. The winners of these matchups will advance to the third round. The final round will feature those winners going head to head. Trevor Linden Canucks Jersey . Rep. 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The UFCs first network prime-time appearance on Fox will be a new peak in the growth of mixed martial arts from a banned sport into a billion-dollar enterprise. Yet the UFCs president and tireless one-man promotional machine sees Cain Velasquezs heavyweight title defence against Brazils Junior Dos Santos as the beginning of a new growth spurt, not the end of a quest. And thats not the only reason he doesnt feel like celebrating just yet. "Im sick, man," White said Wednesday, rubbing his shaved head. "I havent slept in four days. Im a basket case. Im more of a control freak than Ive ever been. I just want this to go perfect." Fox is counting on it. The network believes millions of uninitiated viewers will get their first taste of the violent, growing sport by tuning into the one-hour show from Anaheim, Calif. White unflinchingly calls it the biggest night in UFC history, saying the bout will set a tone for its landmark seven-year television deal with Fox Sports, which doesnt even start until January. The UFC will become a Friday fixture on FX, a major presence on Fuel TV, and a staple on Fox with four annual shows. "Weve broken records in arenas, been the largest pay-per-view provider in the world, done all these things that nobody could have imagined," White said. "But on Saturday, millions of people will see mixed martial arts who have never seen it before. If you look at where we came from, our goal (once) was to get on free TV when we werent allowed on pay-per-view. Porn was, but we werent. Weve come such a long way." The UFC is giving up probably US$40 million in pay-per-view revenue to put this glamorous fight on free television, but White sees it as a major investment in his brand and his sport. Fox Sports president Eric Shanks said the network sold every minute of advertising more than two months before the show. The fighters say they dont feel any demand to put on a spectacular brawl, even while White all but promises pyrotechnics. "Theres no extra pressure, but its still a huge fight for me," said Velasquez, the unbeaten champion. "I just want to enjoy everything about it, and I will." White probably could have put his product on any broadcast network several years earlier, but held out for the chance to produce his own programming. Fox readily agreed to Whites long-standing control demands while still putting its own spin on the UFCs longstannding broadcast style.dddddddddddd Until Saturday night, the biggest bout in UFC history was Forrest Griffins victory over Stephan Bonnar on April 9, 2005, in the promotions first fight on live television. The bout was the finale of the debut season of "The Ultimate Fighter," the UFCs long-running reality show. Griffins victory on Spike TV was a spectacle of blood and guts, with both fighters trading huge shots and taking enormous punishment in front of a delirious crowd and an apparently fascinated audience of TV executives. The UFC quickly inked a long-term broadcast contract and gradually grew into the sports marketing behemoth that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with every sport except pro football for popularity among young sports fans. "Who knew that fight was the one that would get us there?" White said, referring to the two untested fighters who became popular UFC stars. "We were much more fortunate in this situation with Fox that we could hand-pick a fight. There arent two other guys in the entire UFC Id rather put in there. I picked this fight for a reason." When the UFCs deal with Viacom and Spike neared its end this summer, Fox Sports launched a rapid courtship. After years of flirting with networks, the UFC reached a deal in days. White has additional reasons for craving a network platform. An avid boxing fan since childhood, White acknowledges a sentimental longing for the days when boxing appeared regularly on free television, uniting fans across the country on Saturday nights with championship bouts. "Were doing something that Ive always wanted to do," White said. "If people have the best fights available to watch, theyre going to watch them. These sports are irresistible to people who love competition." MMAs unpredictability also can cause problems for network programmers -- just ask CBS, which had an embarrassing brawl in a Strikeforce cage after a show in April 2010. If the UFC heavyweight fight ends with an early stoppage, Fox has a plan to fill the time, but it wont include another fight from the full card at Honda Center. The next Fox show, the first official card under the new contract, is almost certain to include multiple fights over more than just one hour -- but White isnt thinking about it yet. "I just want to nail this thing and have it come off perfect," White said. "Everything that can be done on my side will be done, but when they get in there and the door shuts, its all up to them." cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '

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