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The Oakland Telegraph
13 July 2026
Oakland supremacy rewarded with SEVEN all-star call-ups
By Dom E. Nance, great teams correspondent
General manager Paulie Beane was fairly nonplussed about it. "It's a meaningless fixture list filler. I just hope the boys don't get injured. I'll be having a fairly unpleasant and aggressive conversation with commissioner Rob Manfred-Mann if any of them come back crocked."
Spoilsport Beane's joyless remarks came after the all-star game rosters had been announced. His Oakland team have been the dominant force in the American League so far this season. They stand at 61-30, a healthy and vertigo-inducing 12.5 games ahead of the Mariners in the AL West. Only perpetually playoff-bound Minnesota Twins, who at 57-32 are headed for an amazing seventh straight AL Central crown, are anywhere near them. And that dominance was rewarded with no less (and no more) than seven A's players on the American League's all-star squad.
Jose Fernandez, so good it is worth buying an iPad just to have him in one's MLB Manager roster, earned his seventh selection. Fellow starter Rodney Stewart, closer Eric Wright, and centre fielder Eddie Holland all received their second call-ups to the annual waste-of-time-athon. Third baseman Patrick Snel, left fielder Martin Wilson (much to his surprise, let alone anyone else's) and starter Ambrose Bailey were all picked for the first time.
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