Elephant Rumblings: Boogs, Yonders, and Lake Monsters

Prospect Watch:

• Lake Monsters well represented in NYP all-star game...
• Mixed bag for Mengden, but a good night for Renato Nunez...

Injury Update:

• Bobby Wahl underwent successful TOS surgery yesterday...

ICYMI:

• Cotton inconsistent as A’s fall to Royals 6-2...

• Revisiting the Drew Pomeranz/Yonder Alonso trade...
• Storylines to follow for the rest of the A’s 2017 season...
• Boog Powell hopes to meet Boog Powell next week...
• Franklin Barreto building off his first MLB experience...
• Chad Bettis threw seven strong innings in his first start since beating cancer...
• Can an injury prone player be worth $500 million? Is any player worth $500 million?
• Student buys HOF’s $2 bat at Goodwill, may flip for thousands...
• Why don’t MLB players shake hands after games?
• Did the Cubs break Aroldis Chapman?
• What does Jeffrey Loria get for mishandling Marlins? Pure profit...
• Baseball’s ‘hot hand’ is a real phenomenon...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1955 - Pitcher Warren Spahn hits a homerun at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis; he has now hit a homerun in every National League stadium...
• 1975 - Orioles manager Earl Weaver was ejected in both games of a doubleheader...
• 1990 - Mark McGwire hits a walk-off grand slam to down the Red Sox 6-2. He becomes the first player to record 30 homeruns in each of his first four seasons...

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