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A’s Coverage:
- Melissa Lockard spoke with A’s minor league pitching coordinator Gil Patterson about several pitchers he worked with at Instructs and during the season...
- Report: Bob Geren, Chip Hale Not Candidates For Mets’ Managerial Job...
MLB News:
- Joe Maddon ejected for second time in NLCS; umpire admits call was wrong...
- Red Sox interview third candidate Ron Gardenhire for manager job...
- Tony La Russa to leave role as D-backs executive at end of month...
- Kershaw gets chance at playoff redemption tonight...
- Michael Brantley Undergoes Ankle Surgery...
- Check Out Major League Baseball's Super Genius Plan To Fix Flagging Game Attendance...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Change in approach has helped turn Masahiro Tanaka into postseason ace for Yankees...
- A comparative study on an unwritten rule of baseball...
- The best ‘Simpsons’ sports episode ever is getting its own documentary, and the trailer is wonderful...
- Breaking down the home run revolution by position...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1972 - The Oakland Athletics stage a dramatic comeback to win Game 4 of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Trailing 2 - 1 in the 9th inning, the A's string together four consecutive hits, including three by pinch-hitters Gonzalo Marquez, Don Mincher and Angel Mangual, who provides the game-winning run with an opposite-field single. The Series is even at two games apiece.
- 1990 - The Cincinnati Reds move within one game of a shocking World Series sweep by beating the Oakland Athletics, 8 - 3, in Game 3. Chris Sabo has a pair of home runs for the Reds.
Best of Twitter:
- A bit of a curious map. I’m not sure how I lived all these years without knowing that the Northwest Territories were decidedly anti-Padres...
Most hated MLB teams by each state pic.twitter.com/hR7tU2fCFK
— Real McCoy Baseball (@REALMcCOYMINORS) October 18, 2017
- As Gene Hackman says in the Royal Tenenbaums, that’s just one man’s opinion...
By all means, let's talk about expansion while the Rays and A's can't draw, and while 3-5 teams a year just collect free money.
— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) October 18, 2017