Elephant Rumblings: Lake Monsters Advance, Puk Shut Down

Prospect Watch:

• Jesus Luzardo spun a gem and the Lake Monsters advanced...
• A.J. Puk shut down; Nolan Blackwood to the AFL...

ICYMI:

• The A’s are suddenly good at defense...
• The $64K question of Matt Olson’s stability...
• Despite smaller stature, Khris Davis continues to Khrush...
• 2002 A’s players react to Indians assault on 20 straight...
• Jharel Cotton is raising money for the Virgin Islands...
• Following Bradley Zimmer’s injury, the Tribe plan to try Jason Kipnis in center...
• Dodgers lose 11th straight, worst run since moving to Los Angeles...
• An out-of-the-box lineup to fix the Cubs’s stagnant offense...
• Jacoby Ellsbury breaks Pete Rose’s catcher’s interference record...
• The case for and against a San Francisco rebuild...
• Rangers to promote Willie Calhoun...
• Pittsburgh’s next great hope has arrived...again...
• How to attend a baseball game that never ends...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1964 - Baltimore sets the MLB record for fewest at-bats in a nine-inning game with 19.
• 2012 - The A’s record their twelfth straight road victory. Rookie A.J. Griffin improves to 6-0.

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