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A’s Coverage:
- Jon Heyman’s offseason notes, including his understanding of Oakland’s plans...
- Oakland Athletics outright RHP Chris Smith; Smith elects free agency...
- What the ’02 Athletics, the ’16 Cubs and the ’17 Dodgers have in common...
MLB News:
- Yankees decide not to bring back Joe Girardi as manager...
- Astros, Dodgers make World Series history with record 8 home runs in Game 2...
- Dustin Pedroia out seven months following knee surgery...
- Brewers RHP Chase Anderson signs two-year extension...
- MLB trade rumors: Giants 'early favorites' to acquire Giancarlo Stanton...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- The inexplicably bonkers World Series Game 2, explained in 11 stats...
- The Marlins Should Move into the Future by Honoring Their Past...
- “Despite what John Smoltz spent most of the game telling the audience, the decision to remove Hill early didn’t doom the Dodgers.”
- Who Ya Got, Generational Shortstop Edition: Houston’s Carlos Correa or L.A.’s Corey Seager?
Today in Baseball History:
- 1911 - Danny Murphy of the Philadelphia Athletics has four hits as the A's beat the New York Giants, 13-2, to win the World Series in six games. Philadelphia puts the game out of reach with a seven-run 7th inning.
- 1971 - Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics wins the American League Cy Young Award by a 98-85 margin over Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers. Blue was 24-8 for Oakland, posting 301 strikeouts, eight shutouts and a 1.82 ERA, becoming the youngest pitcher to win the award.
Best of Twitter:
- Hard to root against the guy...
In July 2015, Rich Hill was discarded, played with Long Island Ducks at $500 a week.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 26, 2017
Has made $20M since, starts tonight in World Series. pic.twitter.com/zWy80iS1JQ
Rich Hill is the 6th pitcher since 2000 to make his first WS start at age-37 or older. One of them was a little better than the others pic.twitter.com/elYSJbF7KI
— Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) October 25, 2017
- A fun chart...
Update: I died. pic.twitter.com/0NgfYWEaaa
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 26, 2017