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Before long, the stars will descend on San Diego's Petco Park and Major League Baseball's annual midsummer bash will begin. The wait for the 2016 All-Star Game is over.

Looking to get up to speed on what this year's game is all about? You've come to the right place.

The MLB Home Run Derby was a hard act to follow during Monday's ESPN programming from Petco Park in San Diego, California, but the All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game had its fair share of action worth tuning in for.

A mix of former players and high-profile personalities took the field Sunday for the annual exhibition, and as Monday's telecast revealed, the American League defeated the National League 8-7.

Maybe you forgot how good Giancarlo Stanton is at obliterating baseballs. The Miami Marlins masher played just 74 games in 2015 because of injury, after all, and hit a paltry .233 during the first half of this season.

Consider Monday's All-Star Home Run Derby your reminder.

Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton was the home run king Monday night in San Diego. With 20 home runs in the final round, Stanton toppled defending champion Todd Frazier 20-13 in the 2016 MLB Home Run Derby in Petco Park.  

Stanton was a more than deserving winner based on the totality of his performance. Baseball Tonight shared the distances of the longest home runs, and he owned a monopoly on the list:

The National League will try to end a three-game winning streak for the American League when they square off Tuesday in the 2016 MLB All-Star Game at San Diego’s Petco Park.

Los Angeles Angels first baseman C.J. Cron has a broken left hand and will undergo surgery on Tuesday to mend it.

Continue for updates.

Boston Red Sox fans are apparently loading up on David Ortiz jerseys while they still can. 

MLB announced Monday that Big Papi is leading the league in jersey sales, while Chicago Cubs third baseman/outfielder Kris Bryant is in second place. The top 10 is listed below:

The Home Run Derby takes center stage Monday night, as the top sluggers in both leagues will try to outdo one another in numbers and distance in front of a raucous crowd at Petco Park and a national TV audience.

Tony Gwynn's death left a major impression on Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale.

Gwynn died in 2014 as a result of salivary gland cancer, a diagnosis he argued in part was due to a chewing tobacco habit.

If we learned anything from last year's MLB All-Star festivities, its that neither the Futures Game nor the All-Star Game itself comes close to matching the drama and excitement of baseball's annual Home Run Derby.

Eight sluggers, seeded Nos. 1-8 based on their home run totals through last Wednesday's games, who will literally slug it out for the Home Run Derby trophy and, more importantly, bragging rights.

Keep it here for live updates, highlights and analysis of all the action from San Diego's Petco Park when things get underway at 8 p.m. ET Monday night.