Elephant Rumblings: AFL Videos, 32-Team Expansion, Earthquake Memories

A’s Coverage:

• The A’s fortunately went mention-less in FanRag’s 2017 all-awful team...
• Oakland Athletics Arizona Fall League video: Logan Shore...

MLB News:

• Major league teams playing marathon-length games in October...
• Ken Griffey Jr. statue outside of Safeco Field has bat stolen...
• Red Sox's injured Eduardo Rodriguez, Hanley Ramirez have surgeries...
• Fredi Gonzalez favorite for Tigers manager...
• Portland has ownership group in place for MLB team, looking to fast-track baseball to Oregon...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• How the mob, politics, a burlesque dancer and The Babe shaped the '32 World Series...
• Keri: Chris Taylor is proof the Dodgers have an answer for whatever stands in their way...
• The sad end of the nine-inning start and how we got here...
• Breaking down Yu Darvish’s magnificent RBI walk against the Cubs...
• A not-so-radical baseball schedule change proposal...
• MLB has a plan to expand to 32 teams, but it will trigger realignment, longer postseason...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1950 - Connie Mack, at age 87, retires as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years, and Jimmy Dykes is named to replace him. Mack, together with Ben Shibe, founded the Athletics in 1901.
• 1967 - The American League owners grant Charlie Finley permission to move the Kansas City Athletics to Oakland, California, in time for the start of the 1968 season. Kansas City is promised a new team by 1971, but when Senator Stuart Symington and Kansas City Mayor Ilus Davis threaten action against the move, AL President Joe Cronin reopens talks. The expansion deadline is moved forward to 1969, and will award new franchises to Kansas City and Seattle.

Best of Twitter:

• A battle of the antics...

• A true baseball renaissance man...

• 28 years ago yesterday...