With help from ESPN and our trusty digital video recorder, here is a blow-by-blow account of Prince Fielder's participation in the State Farm Home Run Derby Monday night at AT&T Park:

7 p.m. -- The show opens with Bay Area favorite Counting Crows performing "Accidentally in Love." This song was from the "Shrek 2" soundtrack is accompanied by a bunch of smoke-spewing fireworks. For a moment, you wonder if lead singer Adam Duritz's hair will catch on fire ala Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial. Most of baseball's forays into music are disastrous, but this song ends without incident or embarrassment. In fact, there is a cool flyover shortly after the song ends.

7:05 p.m. -- Player introductions start. The players jog in from center field, which is somewhat strange Chris Berman is handling the announcing duties. Is there a more polarizing figure in sports? People either love Berman or think of him as a clown.

7:06 p.m. -- Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols is introduced and the graphic says "Became U.S. citizen in February." Yeah, that'll make Cubs fans like the guy. Berman can't help himself. He introduces one of the game's great sluggers as "Albert ‘Winnie the' Pujols."

7:07 p.m. -- Prince Fielder steps into the spotlight. Berman says "You know this name from long-ball lore of the past," while the graphic talks about the first father-son duo in the HR Derby. Berman talks about announces him as being from the "surprising" Milwaukee Brewers.

7:08 p.m. -- Ryan Howard's blurb says "played trombone in high school." You've got to hand it to ESPN's research department for that one.

7:09 p.m. -- We got our first look at Berman, who reminds me of Bill Murray playing Big Ern McCracken from "Kingpin." Berman ensures applause by putting on a Giants hat to introduce legendary Willie McCovey. McCovey hands all the participants special bats from Century 21.

7:11 p.m. -- Berman introduces his broadcast partners, Joe Morgan and Dusty Baker. Both are natives of Northern California and receive polite applause. Giants fans don't like Morgan since he spent most of his career with the Big Red Machine. Baker is liked in San Francisco, but didn't win the big one.

7:13 p.m. -- We get our first look at ESPN announcer Kenny Mayne, who is stationed in a kayak with a helmet cam. Mayne only shows up on the network when he's doing something ridiculous. He looks quite uncomfortable, and a little unprepared, during what seems headed for the "bad idea/poorly executed" category.

7:14 p.m. -- Baker predicts that Fielder will win the Derby. Morgan picks Ryan Howard. That pretty much seals that neither will win. Berman picks Albert Pujols, though he admits lefties have the edge.

7:15 p.m. -- Erin Andrews interviews Ryan Howard, who was not chosen for the All-Star Game but is defending his title as the 2006 Derby champ.

7:16 p.m. -- Peter Gammons points out that 40,000 fans have paid $175 to watch players take batting practice.

7:18 p.m. -- Justin Morneau of the Twins steps in to start the Derby. His pitcher is also his manager, Ron Gardenhire. A lot of managers, including Brewers skipper Ned Yost, exercise their "executive privilege" by not throwing B.P. Morneau's fourth swing results in a 427-foot homer. Down to his last out, Morneau hits a pair of "gold ball" homers to push his total to four.

7:27 p.m. -- We get a look at Karl Ravech, John Kruk and Steve Phillips. Ravech jokes about the weather in the studio and says "If you can't be there, this is the place to be." That's an inside joke. The crew from "Baseball Tonight" was not permitted to set up in the stadium because the "Worldwide Leader in Sports" ignored the embargo and jumped the gun on announcing the all-star rosters before the selection show on TBS ended. MLB exacted its revenge by banning the show.

7:28 p.m. -- Colorado's Matt Holliday, a late entrant who replaced injured Miguel Cabrera, steps in and swats five homers in his first nine swings. He's shut out on his final six.

7:33 p.m. -- Holliday is interviewed by ESPN Radio's Peter Pascarelli, who is considerably less attractive than Erin Andrews. Barry Bonds sits down with Peter Gammons to explain why he's not in the Derby. He whips out the "age" card and says he's dedicated to his team. Asked to name the most difficult part of playing every day at his age, Bonds says "The fifth inning." He also says that the home run chase hasn't affected him, except when he sees them change the balls. Bonds' interview overlaps the start of Magglio Ordonez's first round. Ordonez only hits one homer in his first six swings. He finishes with two.

7:44 p.m. -- ESPN is heavily hyping its series "The Bronx is Burning," a look at New York in 1977 through the prism of the combustible Yankees trio of George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson.

7:45 p.m. -- Albert Pujols hits a homer on his first swing, but the shadows around home plate are starting to intensify. That could make things tough on Fielder and the rest of the later competitors.

7:46 p.m. -- Berman interviews Alex Rodriguez during Pujols' turn. It's interesting that neither Bonds nor Rodriguez could be convinced to hit in the Derby, but they don't mind being interviewed.

7:58 p.m. -- Alex Rios ends a round with five homers to tie Holliday for the lead.

8:03 p.m. -- The Bristol bunch sets up Prince's turn at-bat. Kruk stresses the need for patience.

8:04 p.m. - Prince takes two pitches, and then hits a grounder to the right side. The shadows nearly reach the mound. His second swing launches a homer to deep center.

8:05 p.m. -- After a flyout, Fielder rips a ball into the right-field stands. Joe Morgan makes the astute observation that Alex Rodriguez gets more attention for 30 homers in New York than Prince gets for 29 in Milwaukee. Dusty Baker lauds the Brewers for having some fine young players.

8:06 p.m. - Fielder looks relaxed, but he's a bit late on some pitches. The announcers yammer about his exploits. Class A West Virginia manager Mike Guerrero is throwing a lot of pitches outside and Fielder tells him "Come in a little bit." Moments later, a homer sails into center field. With five outs left, Fielder has three homers.

8:08 p.m. -- Prince hits a foul homer into McCovey Cove. It's a long, loud out.

8:09 p.m. -- Fielder is down to his last strike. It doesn't appear as though he's going to make the second round. A flyball to center falls short. That's it for Prince. Berman says he looks like Jerome Bettis.

8:10 p.m. -- Berman on Fielder's impact on the Brewers: "He's put the power back in the kielbasa up there, I'll tell you that."

8:10 p.m. -- Erin Andrews interviews Ben Sheets, who is holding his son, Seaver.

8:11 p.m. -- Berman talks about the Indians-Angels series played earlier in the year at Miller Park, then asks the panel if they think the Brewers can make the playoffs. Morgan claims he told owner Mark Attanasio that his team could contend. He predicts they can win the division. Baker said the Brewers need to maintain their confidence and "don't be looking back."

8:13 p.m. -- Vladimir Guerrero steps in. Then receives a new bat from David Ortiz. The panel jokes about Guerrero not taking pitches, which he proceeds to do.

8:18 p.m. -- Guerrero hits five homers to share the lead, while Ryan Howard warms up in the tunnel.

8:28 p.m. -- Ryan Howard gets off to a horrible start but redeems himself with a late flurry. He finishes with three.

8:30 p.m. -- Just what the Derby doesn't need: a five-swing playoff between Justin Morneau and Albert Pujols, each of whom him four homers in the first round.

8:34 p.m. -- Morneau hits one homer, and Pujols quickly crushes two to make the next round.

THE REST OF THE NIGHT: Rios and Guerrero advance to the finals, with Guerrero winning his first title.