Elephant Rumblings: Boog’s Bomb and Boog’s BBQ

Prospect Watch:

• Jean Ruiz had a solid night and Laz hit two triples!

ICYMI:

• Boog hits first MLB homerun as A’s lose in Baltimore...
• Our Boog gets to meet Baltimore’s Boog today at the elder Boog’s BBQ. They might even FaceTime the LLWS Boog...
• How did the A’s fare in free agency last winter?
• Jed Lowrie homered last night too. Why he might be sticking with Oakland...
• There’s nothing extraordinary about Aaron Judge’s slump...
• 13 MLB team’s teamed up in a Twitter rendition of Bonny Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart...
• Dusty Baker throwing caution, pitch counts to the wind...
• Sam Miller: Giancarlo says the ‘real’ homerun record is 61. Why it might actually be as low as 37...
• Paul Janish retired yesterday...
• Kinsler fined $10K; Umpires warned about protest...
• A very compelling story about baseball’s worst team...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1946 - Teams approve the change to a 168 game schedule. The decision will be rescinded in September.
• 1961 - Roger Maris becomes the first player to hit his 50th homerun in August.
• 1989 - Oakland defeats the Texas Rangers 2-0. The game is better known for Nolan Ryan’s fifth inning strikeout of Ricky Henderson, which marked Ryan’s 5,000th.
• 2007 - Ten years ago, the Orioles lost 30-3 (to the Rangers). Perhaps an anniversary repeat?

Best of Twitter:

• Here’s a video of Boog’s bomb...

• An update on Marcus...

• It was a game of milestones...