Elephant Rumblings: Streaks, Sightings, and Spark Plugs.

Prospect Watch:

• Sean Murphy homered; Rockhounds have four-peat in sight...
• Oakland’s Final 2017 Minor League Pitching & Hitting Leaders...
• Spark plug Barreto gives A’s taste of future...

ICYMI:

• A’s complete four-game sweep of Astros...
• All power, no platoon for Matt Olson...
• If the Pirates need bullpen help, look to Oakland...
• How the A’s two Jewish players (and Reggie Jackson) responded to the Munich massacre...
• Scouts bullish on Samardzija, Matt Moore...
• More thoughts on a four-man outfield...
• Eight facts about Dodgers astonishing ten game losing streak...
• Indians extend winning streak to eighteen...
• Stephen Strasburg pushes scoreless innings streak to 34...
• Judge becomes first rookie since Mark McGwire to hit 40 homers...
• Jose Abreu becomes seventh player to hit for cycle in 2017...
• Are the Phillies ready to jumpstart their rebuild?
• Twins to honor Bartolo Colon by hosting “Big Sexy” night...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1886 - Connie Mack makes his Major League debut with Washington.
• 1967 - A’s players agree to drop a grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board against Charlie Finley. Finley agrees, in writing, that he will not coerce, intimidate, or discriminate against his players for the threatened action.
• 1999 - Doug Jones records his 300th career save as A’s defeat Devil Rays 5-4.

Best of Twitter:

• He’s been a revelation...

• The kid made the play...

• A Wily Mo Pena sighting!