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NEW YORK -- The league that wins baseballs All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record. Vapormax Pas Cher Homme .The change was included in Major League Baseballs tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed early Thursday to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the deal, reached Wednesday evening in Irving, Texas, had not been announced.In addition, players and management agreed the minimum stay on the disabled list will be reduced from 15 days to 10.Home-field advantage in the World Series generally rotated between the leagues through 2002. Baseball, led by then-Commissioner Bud Selig, and Fox television promoted the This Time It Counts innovation after the 2002 All-Star Game in Milwaukee ended in a 7-7, 11-inning tie when both teams ran out of pitchers. Selig was booed in his own Milwaukee backyard.This energizes it. This gives them something to really play for, Selig said after owners approved the change by a 30-0 vote in January 2003. People pay a lot of money to see that game. They deserve to see the same intensity they see all year long. Television people pay a lot of money for the game. It was not and should not be a meaningless exhibition game.What began as a two-year experiment was extended. The American League won 11 of 14 All-Star Games played under the rule, and the AL representative won eight World Series in those years.It will put back a little of the sizzle, San Francisco Giants executive Larry Baer said in 2003.Under the new rule, a wild-card team could have home-field advantage against a division winner.As part of the changes for next year, players in the All-Star Game will have the incentive to play for a pool of money.The DL change will allow teams to make quicker decisions on whether to bring up a roster replacement rather than wait to see whether the injured player would be ready to return to action in less than two weeks.An international play plan is part of the new agreement that includes a payment schedule for potential games in Asia, Mexico (and elsewhere in Latin America) and Britain, plus U.S.-based special events such as this years July 3 game between Atlanta and Miami in a specially built ballpark on a military base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 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Brown said Joel Embiid could play both games of back-to-backs once the season begins despite missing the last two seasons because of a broken right foot and being on a preseason minutes restriction. Embiid scored a team-high 15 and grabbed five rebounds, but had seven turnovers.Jahlil Okafor had surgery for a meniscus tear in March and has not played in the preseason, but Brown said he should be ready for the season opener on October 26.---KINGS 124, WIZARDS 119SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins scored 22 points and had five rebounds and six assists in the Kings (3-2) victory. Point guard Darren Collison finished with 22 points on 7 for 11 shooting and added eight assists.Seven different Wizards players scored in double figures, led by Andrew Nicholsons 19 points. Trey Burke chipped in 14 points and 10 assists in the loss.---TIMBERWOLVES 101, HEAT 96LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points on 9 for 16 shooting and the Timberwolves (3-1) continued their strong preseason. Reigning rookie of the year Karl-Anthony Towns posted 16 points and 14 rebounds.Keith Benson led Miami (3-2) with 14 points, but the Heat (3-2) were outrebounded by 15.---CELTICS 119, KNNICKS 107NEW YORK -- R. Air Max 270 Teal. J Hunter scored 17 points in 15 minutes off the bench as the Celtics (4-1) shot a blistering 58.9 percent from the field. Avery Bradley finished with 15 on 7 for 9 shooting.Mindaugas Kuzminskas scored a team-high 18 for the Knicks while Carmelo Anthony added 15. New York (2-2) outrebounded Boston 47-29.---BULLS 107, BUCKS 86MILWAUKEE -- Isaiah Canaan scored 25 points, grabbed five rebounds and had four assists in the Bulls blowout victory. He shot 8 for 13 from the field, including five 3-pointers.Doug McDermott came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers and finish with 22 for the Bulls (3-2). Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler, Rajon Rondo and Taj Gibson did not play.Jabari Parker led the Bucks (-2) with 21 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo added 14 points, six rebounds, four assists and two blocks.---GRIZZLIES 134, ROCKETS 125, 2OTHOUSTON -- The Grizzlies closed on an 11-2 run in double-overtime to hand the Rockets their first loss of the preseason. Troy Williams scored 23 points while Jeff Green had 21 and eight rebounds to pace the Grizzlies (4-1).The Rockets shot just 20.6 percent from 3-point range in the loss and had 24 turnovers, seven more than the Grizzlies. Montrezl Harrell scored a team-high 20 off the bench and had 10 rebounds. James Harden just missed a triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. 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