Elephant Rumblings: Lots of Stadium Talk and A’s Arbitration Projections

A’s Coverage:

• Shore, Murphy, Neuse, Ramirez Set to Lead A’s AFL Squad...
• The A’s have a smart pitch for Oakland...
• A’s President Dave Kaval is the perfect guy to campaign for new ballpark...
• A’s stadium: Environmental questions remain at Peralta site...
• Shea: A’s rotation plans for 2018: Have we seen this before?
• A’s Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2018...

MLB News:

• Nationals assistant hitting coach Jacque Jones suspended...
• Indians name Trevor Bauer starter for Game 4 despite short rest...
• The Mets have reached out to Brad Ausmus for their managerial opening...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Keri: It's time for MLB playoff teams to consider full-on bullpening and here's why...
• Bisbee: The 2017 Astros are a beautiful fit for the city of Houston...
• 2018 MLB Draft Watch: 5 Prep Pitchers to Keep an Eye On...
• 2017 Arizona Fall League primer...
• Every Hot Dog in Major League Baseball, Ranked...
• Has the era of the ‘superteam’ arrived?

Today in Baseball History:

• 1905 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants outpitches 26-game winner Eddie Plank and the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 - 0, in the first game of an all-shutout World Series.
• 1988 - The Oakland Athletics complete a four-game sweep in the American League Championship Series by beating the Boston Red Sox, 4 - 1. Jose Canseco ties a playoff record with his third home run of the Series and Dennis Eckersley sets a major league playoff mark with his fourth save.

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