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Found July 06, 2013 on BaySportsNet:
PLAYERS: Bartolo Colon,  Josh Donaldson,  Grant Balfour,  Joe Mauer,  Chris Davis,  Robinson Cano,  JJ Hardy,  Miguel Cabrera,  Adam Jones,  Mike Trout,  Jose Bautista,  David Ortiz,  Max Scherzer,  Felix Hernandez,  Clay Buchholz,  Yu Darvish,  Brett Cecil,  Jesse Crain,  Hisashi Iwakuma,  Justin Masterson,  Glen Perkins,  Joe Nathan,  Mariano Rivera,  Chris Sale,  Justin Verlander,  Prince Fielder,  Torii Hunter,  Jhonny Peralta,  Dustin Pedroia,  Nelson Cruz,  Ben Zobrist,  Jason Castro,  Edwin Encarnacion,  Alex Gordon,  Jason Kipnis,  Salvador Perez,  Yadier Molina,  Joey Votto,  Brandon Phillips,  Troy Tulowitzki,  David Wright,  Carlos Beltran,  Carlos Gonzalez,  Bryce Harper,  Madison Bumgarner,  Aroldis Chapman,  Patrick Corbin,  Jose Fernandez,  Jason Grilli,  Matt Harvey,  Clayton Kershaw,  Craig Kimbrel,  Cliff Lee,  Jeff Locke,  Adam Wainwright,  Travis Wood,  Jordan Zimmermann,  Buster Posey,  Paul Goldschmidt,  Marco Scutaro,  Everth Cabrera,  Jean Segura,  Pedro Alvarez,  Michael Cuddyer,  Carlos Gomez
TEAMS: Oakland Athletics,  Minnesota Twins,  Baltimore Orioles,  New York Yankees,  Detroit Tigers,  Los Angeles Angels,  Toronto Blue Jays,  Boston Red Sox,  Seattle Mariners,  Texas Rangers,  Chicago White Sox,  Cleveland Indians,  Tampa Bay Rays,  Houston Astros,  Kansas City Royals,  St. Louis Cardinals,  Cincinnati Reds,  Colorado Rockies,  New York Mets,  Washington Nationals,  San Francisco Giants,  Arizona Diamondbacks,  Miami Marlins,  Pittsburgh Pirates,  Los Angeles Dodgers,  Atlanta Braves,  Philadelphia Phillies,  Chicago Cubs,  San Diego Padres,  Milwaukee Brewers
Another year of All-Star team selections, another year of the Oakland A’s only getting one representative. Despite having a 51-37 record and being one of the league’s most successful teams thus far in 2013, Bartolo Colon will be the A’s lone representative. Both third baseman Josh Donaldson (.313/.381/.522 with 15 home runs and 57 RBIs) and Grant Balfour (riding a 40-game consecutive saves streak as the *only* closer in MLB that hasn’t blown a save in 2013) were snubbed. Susan Slusser noted that as the A’s pitching rotation is currently set up, Colon may end up unable to pitch at the ASG – which would presumably open up a spot for Balfour’s inclusion, should the people in charge decide to go that route. More feedback from Balfour and Donaldson, as recalled by Slusser: Josh Donaldson on Balfour snub: “I don’t know if there are better numbers than perfect. I don’t get why he’s not on the team.” #Athletics — Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) July 6, 2013 And Donaldson on his own snub: Donal
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