State Farm(R) Home Run Derby(R) Goes Yard for Players, Fans and Boys & Girls Clubs...

State Farm(R) Home Run Derby(R) Goes Yard for Players, Fans and Boys & Girls
Clubs of America (BGCA)
Festivities Bring $665,000 Donation To Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Derby
Crown to Prince Fielder

ST. LOUIS, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Offering extra innings of life's big
moments to fans and participants, the State Farm Home Run Derby hit for the
home run cycle, providing compelling, exciting action for the Boys & Girls
Clubs of America and Derby Champ Prince Fielder.

"With special acknowledgement to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the 2009
State Farm Home Run Derby was a huge success for fans, participants, and State
Farm agents and employees," said Mark Gibson, Assistant Vice President of
Advertising for State Farm. "State Farm was there for all the big moments of
this year's Home Run Derby. What a night for everyone involved."

For every home run hit during the Derby, State Farm donated $5,000. With
Fielder taking the Derby crown, the eight participating Major League Baseball
sluggers hit 75 home runs, totaling a $375,000 donation from State Farm to the
Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Additionally, Nelson Cruz of the Texas Rangers, Brandon Inge of the Detroit
Tigers, Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins, Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays,
Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers, Adrian Gonzalez of the San Diego
Padres, Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies and Albert Pujols of the St.
Louis Cardinals hit 10 State Farm Gold Balls over the Busch Stadium wall,
bringing $170,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America from State Farm and
MLB. For each Gold Ball home run hit, State Farm and MLB donated $17,000 to
the BGCA.

State Farm also presented a $120,000 check to the local Boys & Girls Clubs of
St. Louis, including $50,000 to the Bethalto Boys & Girls Club, which was
paired (via chapter member Kylie Kochel) with State Farm Home Run Derby winner
Prince Fielder. Eight members from St. Louis community BGCA chapters were
matched with Home Run Derby participants for a chance to win $50,000 for a
teen center at their local Club. The member of the BGCA chapter who was
matched up with the winner of the Home Run Derby won $50,000 for their club.
The other seven clubs received a $10,000 donation.

"The Boys and Girls Clubs of America is so grateful to State Farm and Major
League Baseball for the opportunities they have given our chapters and
members," said Roxanne Spillett, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of
America. "Through these partnerships we are able to provide programs and
services that promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by
instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence."

About State Farm
State Farm((R)) insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the
U.S., is the leading insurer of watercraft and is also a leading insurer in
Canada. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 67,000 employees serve over 77 million
auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and more
than 1.9 million bank accounts. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No.
32 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please
visit statefarm.com((R)) or in Canada statefarm.ca((R)).

About Major League Baseball Properties
The Major League Baseball Clubs formed Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP)
in 1966 as the Club's agent for marketing and trademark licensing and
protection. Major League Baseball Properties is responsible for managing
consumer licensing activities, developing national advertising campaigns,
cultivating sponsorship opportunities with major consumer brands and
corporations, growing the game and the business of baseball outside the United
States and creating national marketing programs in conjunction with Clubs,
broadcast rights holders and national sponsors. MLBP also operates a
full-service video and audio production unit (Major League Baseball
Productions), a publishing division and stock photo licensing agency, and
manages logistics for the All-Star Game and World Series as well as all other
special events. For more information on Major League Baseball, log on to
www.MLB.com.

SOURCE State Farm

Rich Pingeton, State Farm Insurance, +1-309-766-8866,
rich.pingeton.sqvi@statefarm.com; Sean Hixson, Weber Shandwick Worldwide,
+1-314-283-0341, shixson@webershandwick.com; Matt Bourne, Major League
Baseball, +1-212-931-7882, matt.bourne@mlb.com