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SAN DIEGO --?Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record display of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, peppering every landmark from the left-field corner to center field.Stanton hit 20 homers in the final round to best defending champion Todd Frazier of the Chicago White Sox. Overall, the Miami Marlins slugger hit a record 61 homers, shattering the single-night mark of 41 by Bobby Abreu in 2005.Stantons impressive shots hit the top level of the Western Metal Supply Co. building in the left-field corner and the top of the batters eye in center field.He sent several balls just below the giant scoreboard high atop the left-field stands and several over the bullpens in left-center.For sure, being on the West Coast and taking the flight out here just for this, you know. I figure its a waste if I dont bring this bad boy home, Stanton said, hoisting the trophy.The three-time All-Star is not on the National League roster for Tuesday nights game after batting .233 with 20 homers and 50 RBIs before the break.I had a great time. I had a blast.Literally.His longest shot was estimated at 497 feet. He hit the eight longest homers of the competition and 20 of the 21 deepest drives.When I get a few in a row, I would kind of bump it up 5 to 10 percent, he said.?But most the time I stuck at 80-90 percent. I knew I could do it, endurance-wise. I was just hoping my swing didnt fall about.Stanton can defend his title at home next year when the Marlins host the All-Star Game.That is where I got my childhood memories, watching the Home Run Derby as a kid, said Stanton, whos from Los Angeles.Maybe some kids are watching me. I would like to return that.Stanton is baseballs highest-paid player with a $325 million, 13-year deal. His new hitting coach is home run king Barry Bonds.Frazier, whos not on the American League All-Star team, hit 13 in the final round. He was a hometown winner last year while with the Cincinnati Reds. He was traded to the White Sox in December.The Western Metal Supply Co. building served as one of the better Derby targets, joining the Warehouse at Baltimores Camden Yards in 1993 and McCovey Cove outside San Franciscos AT&T Park in 2007, which were all targets for lefty hitters. Stanton hit 24 homers in the first round to eliminate the Seattle Mariners Robinson Cano (seven) and 17 in the semifinals to knock out Mark Trumbo (14) of the Baltimore Orioles.Frazier hit 13 in the first round to beat Carlos Gonzalez (12) of the Colorado Rockies, and 16 in the semifinals to eliminate Adam Duvall (15) of the Reds. Trumbo, who leads the majors with 28 homers, had two of the most impressive shots of the night, off the scoreboard in left field and onto the top of the Western Metal Supply Co. 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ANNECY, France -- Icelands players will go into Sundays quarterfinal against France with exactly the same approach they had when sensationally eliminating England from the European Championship.They have nothing to lose.As the smallest nation to appear at a European Championship, Iceland was not burdened by the expectations heaped on England in Mondays round of 16 match. And the result was one of the biggest upsets in the competitions history, as Iceland came through with a well-deserved 2-1 victory.The pressure was always so much more on England. This was a game for them to lose and I think that has a big, big effect, joint-coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said at the teams tournament base at Annecy on Wednesday. They kinda mocked us a little bit before the game. This was a game for us, that we almost couldnt lose. Wed already won our supporters over.And Hallgrimsson thinks the situation will be the same at the Stade de France on Sunday.We can go relaxed, we can show our best. We dont have the pressure of the world that we need to win the game, he said.France has never lost to Iceland, which has a population of just 330,000, in their 11 previous meetings.Its a statistic that will have many France fans assuming their team already has a place in the semifinals.No one expected this and I think maybe the most difficult (thing) to handle is the expectations, said Lars Lagerback, who shares coaching duties with Hallgrimsson. Its always a benefit to be the underdog. France, of course, have really high expectations, like they had in England.Both coaches know that Iceland faces a huge challenge against a team with more technical ability and the resilience to always keep going to the very end.Thats because they have a lot of ball possession, Hallgrimsson said. They tire the opponents, so they score vital goals at the end of games. Well have to keep really focused and concentrated for the whole game, not only 90 minutes but 94 or 95, he said.Hallgrimsson, who also runs a dental practice at home, compared Icelands adventure tto that of Leicester, which unexpectedly won the Premier League last season.ddddddddddddThey played on their strengths and were trying to do the same. Theres the same team spirit in both teams. We are willing to work for each other and thats the only way for our team, said Hallgrimsson, who pointed out that most of Frances players were regularly playing Champions League football.Theres not many in the Iceland team that has played Champions League, he said. In individual quality you can see that they are superior. So we have to be collective and work together to make up for it.Responding to media suggestions that Englands loss was the worst in its history, Lagerback highlighted the strengths of Mondays winning team.Weve shown in matches that we have really, really good organization, were very difficult to break down, Lagerback said. The players on our team deserve a lot of credit for the way they are handling the games. But I dont care. I know of our analysis from the game, we know what we did well and we know what we can improve.One of five unbeaten teams to make it to the final eight, Iceland has already been improving as the tournament progresses. It opened with a 1-1 draw against Cristiano Ronaldos Portugal, then matched that result against Hungary and followed up with a 2-1 win over Austria before beating England.We have raised the standard of Icelandic football and we will maintain that standard and keep pushing forward, Hallgrimsson said.That standard also includes matters off the field.Lagerback demands professionalism from the players, and even criticized some of them for being a little sloppy by showing up late to the team dinner on Tuesday.Lagerbacks attitude is that Icelands players shouldnt get above themselves just because you beat the English. We keep the standard, were 100 percent professional. We try to build that into everything we do on the pitch, off the pitch. ' ' '