Elephant Rumblings: More Maxwell News, AFL Update, Managerial Carousel

A’s Coverage:

• Shore breezes, Murphy powers Mesa in AFL...
• A’s In The AFL – October 23-28 Update...
• Jaycob Brugman replaces Tyler Ramirez in Arizona Fall League...
• Police: Oakland A's Bruce Maxwell made anti-police statements during arrest...
• Scout's Jeff Ellis makes his first attempt at a top 15 board for the 2018 MLB draft...

MLB News:

• Can the Dodgers really rebound from that? Puig guarantees they will...
• Phillies to name Gabe Kapler manager, source says...
• Nationals announce hiring of Dave Martinez as new manager...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Dodgers-Astros Game 5: What to know about maybe the best World Series game ever...
• All the Times That That Game Seemed Over...
• So What Do We Think About Bullpenning Now?
• The baseballs are juiced, or they're slick, or they're both...
• Dave Roberts blew it by bringing in a gassed Brandon Morrow...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1945 - Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson and John Wright to a contract with Triple-A Montreal of the International League for 1946. It is the beginning of integration.
• 1974 - Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics is named the American League Cy Young Award winner. He led the league with 25 wins and a 2.49 ERA.

Best of Twitter:

• This guy didn’t think too much of Puig’s homerun...

• Best World Series game ever?

• Ammunition for you John Smoltz types...