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A’s Coverage:
- Dealing relievers at the deadline gives Oakland two solid prospects...
- Which prospects stood out in Texas League this past season?
- MLBTR’s Offseason Outlook: Oakland Athletics...
- How are the Oakland A’s prospects participating in fall and winter leagues faring thus far?
- Peralta hires strategist for A’s stadium talks...
- Young A’s fan writes letter to team after losing possessions in fires...
MLB News:
- Yankees turn to CC to save their season...
- Red Sox interview Astros bench coach Alex Cora for managerial job...
- Cubs-Dodgers NLCS: Joe Maddon managed for a save and lost the win in Game 2...
- Former White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb dead at 28 after ATV accident...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- From Hank Greenberg to Stephen Strasburg, the most impactful postseason injuries of all time...
- The buried story so far has been Dodgers' stingy run prevention...
- Former White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb dead at 28 after ATV accident...
- Pitching Labels Are Increasingly Irrelevant...
- It wasn’t just saving Davis, Joe Maddon had an all-around bad night...
- Check out BP’s new look...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1910 - Ban Johnson, American League president, declares Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb the league's batting champion after questioning Nap Lajoie's "suspicious" eight-hit performance in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns on the season's last day.
- 1973 - The Oakland Athletics win Game 3 of the World Series in 11 innings as Bert Campaneris gets the winning RBI in a 3 - 2 victory over the Mets. In a private clubhouse meeting, Dick Williams tells A's players he will resign after the Series.
Best of Twitter:
- Less-than-ideal conditions...
VIDEO: Japanese playoff baseball game turns into a mud bowl: https://t.co/L03osnojh8 pic.twitter.com/l0yDbRR3tF
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 16, 2017
- Side by side...
.@redturn2’s #walkoff HR in #NLCS Game 2 comes on the 29th anniversary of @23kgibby's iconic #walkoff HR in World Series Game 1. pic.twitter.com/BWI6bgvsxn
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) October 16, 2017
- Some hope that bullpens can be rebuilt quickly!
Kenley Jansen is the only member of the Dodgers’ NLCS bullpen to have joined their MLB roster before 2016.
— Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) October 16, 2017