Elephant Rumblings: Neuse Grand Slam, 2017 Indians/2002 A’s Parallels

A’s Coverage:

• Oakland Athletics Minor League Notebook: Sheldon Neuse grand slam for Mesa...
• Major Bay Area sports teams donate $450,000 to North Bay fire relief...
• Former A’s player Jonny Gomes helping with fire relief efforts...

MLB News:

• Yankees rally around manager Joe Girardi in Game 5 win over Indians...
• Indians ace Corey Kluber knocks down notion that injury held him back...
• Gio Gonzalez or Tanner Roark to oppose Kyle Hendricks in Game 5...
• Agent, trainer convicted for smuggling Cuban players seek lenient sentences...
• With Farrell fired, here are the top candidates to be the next Red Sox manager...
• Right-Hander Hideaki Wakui Could Explore MLB Opportunities In Free Agency...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Baumann: The Indians’ ALDS Collapse Is Hard to Fathom...
• The average postseason game so far: three hours and forty-one minutes...
• Dave Dombrowski Knows Why John Farrell Was Fired (We Can Only Speculate)...
• The Dolly Vardens, Philadelphia’s 19th-century all-Black women baseball teams...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1972 - The Oakland Athletics take the American League pennant with a 2-1 win in Game 5 of the ALCS over the Baltimore Orioles. The A's Reggie Jackson steals home, but pulls a hamstring in the process, sidelining him for the World Series.

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