. >> speaking of the a's their closer, grant balfour is going

. >> speaking of the a's their closer, grant balfour is going to new york. he is a perfect 25 for 25 in save opportunities this season. he will replace bartolo colon on the a.l. staff. ahmed fareed has more on the mid summer classic. >> thank you, henry, a total of six all-star players between the a's and the giants. but four are first-time all-stars here. grant balfour and marco scutaro, madison baumgartner and sergio romo all coming to the all-star game for the first time. >> it's a huge honor to get picked to go to that team. it's the best of the best. so definitely looking forward to it and it should be a good time. >> definitely excited. everything about anything that comes with the title all-star and the all-star festivities and the game and everything. what an honor, you know. definitely feel privileged. definitely feel blessed. i mean, going to the all-star game. it's pretty sweet. >> i got traded to this team, everything's going really well. and now be able to go to all-star game is going to be a great experience and i'm looking forward to get there

grant balfour facing russell martin. he grounds out to end this one. 42nd-straight save for belfour. the a's roll over one of the best teams in baseball. >>> sticking with the a's. cespedes will join in the all-star festivities. taking part in the home run derby. the first oakland player in the derby since jason giambi did it in 2001. you hear the a's talking about cespedes. he is tailor-made for that in new york. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. first wait till summer. then get the cars ready. now add the dodge part. ♪ ♪ the dodge summer clearance event. right now get 0% financing for up to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. >>> jeff joins us now. you've b

grant balfour honored for being an all-star before the game. in the bottom of the fourth, it's all tied up. derek norris shot to left. chris young coming around. go home, go home. he did go home, and he's just under the tag. two on oakland. top five, two men on for josh hamilton. j.b. schuch scores a run. a pop, this one a double. hamilton, pujols. that would be it for dan straily. a's lose 8-3. >> if i can get through that inning somehow. go out there and keep going, i wasn't able to stop the bleeding. >> we believe and this stems back to last year, we can always come back. so if we get down a little bit, i don't feel any difference in the dugout. that was the case again today. we came back, we took the lead, we lost it again, and then they started adding on. i don't think that for any minute we don't think we can get a couple base runners on, and put ourselves in a position to come back. >> brian wilson continues to make the rounds. looking for a home for the last two months of the season. one scout said that wilson had 93 miles an hour with