Elephant Rumblings: World Series Reflections, Neuse & Murphy Interviews, A’s Inbox

A’s Coverage:

• Inbox: How will A's best find balance on roster?
• AFL interviews with Sheldon Neuse, Sean Murphy...
• Oakland Athletics AFL Notes: Jaycob Brugman debuts...

MLB News:

• The Houston Astros started from the bottom, and now they’re World Series champions...
• After 19 seasons in the Majors, future Hall of Famer Carlos Beltran finally gets his World Series ring...
• Dodgers favorites for 2018 title at 5-1 odds; Astros, Indians at 6-1...
• Tony La Russa joins Red Sox front office, will help Dave Dombrowski...
• 'Mattress Mac' Jim McIngvale to give Astros fans $10 million in rebates...
• Yasiel Puig found his home burglarized after losing Game 7 of the World Series...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Shohei Otani will break the mold in fantasy and video games when he gets to MLB...
• Virtual Reality as a Training Interface: The Legal Complications...
• Charlie Morton reinvented himself twice to become a World Series hero...
• The NFL’s Folly Means Baseball Can Once Again Become America’s Passion...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1899 - Henry Chadwick, called the "Father of Baseball", visits US President William McKinley in Washington, DC, to propose that Army regiments be provided with baseball equipment. This is Chadwick's first presidential interview since his visit with President Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
• 1964 - CBS becomes the first corporate owner of a major league team, buying eighty percent of the New York Yankees for $11,200,000.
• 2004 - After a groundskeeper finds a grenade in the Wrigley Field turf, police bomb and arson investigators are called to evaluate the discovery. The rusty, hollowed-out shell turns out to be harmless and its origins remain a mystery.

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