Elephant Rumblings: Replay Controversy, Ex-A’s in ALCS, Instructional Update

A’s Coverage:

• Chapman wows A's with top-notch defense...
• Oakland Athletics Instructional League Q&A: Jim Eppard...

MLB News:

• Masahiro Tanaka gets ALCS Game 1 start opposite Dallas Keuchel...
• Report: Rockies' Greg Holland won't exercise player option, will become free agent...
• Latest On Braves Investigation: “Unprecedented” Violations...
• 'Stone cold' Davis closes NLDS with 7-out save...
• Nationals, Cubs witness cruelty and glory of baseball in one incredible game...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Can the Dodgers fulfill Magic's vision?
• When it comes to firing MLB managers, nobody really knows what they are doing...
• MLB postseason: Four biggest U.S. cities reach final four for first time ever...
• Dear MLB: Please Fix The Slide Replay...
• Using a Wall Street Technique on Baseball Salaries...
• The Nationals are the owners of baseball’s most unavoidable and underrated sadness...
• The best players are often the ones that appear out of nowhere...
• Does Good Pitching Actually Beat Good Hitting in the Playoffs?
• 3 predictions for Yankees-Astros ALCS...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1973 - The Mets hold Oakland to four hits in the World Series opener, but three of those hits come in the two-run 3rd inning as Oakland wins, 2-1.
• 2006 - The Tigers defeat Oakland, 3-0, in Game 3 of the ALCS, with Kenny Rogers picking up the win. In the game, Mark Kiger makes his major league debut as a defensive substitute for the A's, becoming the first player to make his debut in the postseason since Bug Holliday in 1885. Kiger will never play a regular-season game during his short major league career.

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