Elephant Rumblings: Arbitration Decisions, Wildfires, A’s Affiliate To Vegas?

A’s Coverage:

• Oakland A’s face offseason decisions in arbitration...
• Khris Davis a finalist for the Hank Aaron Award...
• The Mets are abandoning their Las Vegas AAA affiliate after 2018. Would Las Vegas be a better fit for the A’s than Nashville?

MLB News:

• Nats' Dusty Baker plays 2 hunches in late innings vs. Cubs; both fail...
• Twins bringing Paul Molitor back on new 3-year deal after historic turnaround...
• At season's end, Red Sox mull manager John Farrell's fate...
• The Phillies are apparently targeting an unusual list of candidates for their managerial vacancy including Buck Showalter, and former GM Ruben Amaro...
• Mets looking at Yankees’ Joe Girardi in search for manager...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• The worst called ball of the playoffs...
• There’s too much standing around in baseball. Ideas to make the game more exciting...
• How ‘Backyard Baseball’ Became a Cult Classic...
• Barry Bonds among athletes who flee “crazy” Wine Country fire scene...
• Analyzing TBS’ playoff graphics package...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1931 - In the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics rally for two runs and have two runners on base with two outs in the 9th inning when Cardinals reliever Bill Hallahan gets the final out for the 4-2 win in Game 7. The Athletics are denied their third consecutive World Championship.
• 1990 - The Oakland Athletics sweep the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3 - 1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart wins for the eighth straight time in head-to-head match-ups with Roger Clemens, who is ejected in the 2nd inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.

Best of Twitter:

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