Elephant Rumblings: Hale Reportedly Out as Mets’ Candidate; a Simpsons Baseball Documentary

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...

• As Gene Hackman says in the Royal Tenenbaums, that’s just one man’s opinion...