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Prospect Watch:

• Lake Monsters eliminated behind rare poor outing from Parker Dunshee...
• Fangraphs: Final Fringe Five summary...

ICYMI:

• Pomeranz as good as ever; Red Sox top A’s 6-2...
• Seven things to know about next year’s schedule...
• Oakland’s stadium plan doesn’t line up with its current players...and that’s okay...
• Andre Ethier believes there is more baseball left in his body...
• Steward: One aspect of A’s ballpark plan is right — bolt Coliseum ASAP...
• A new home may present new challenges for the A’s...
• Chad Pinder: Ben Zobrist or long-term right fielder?
• Khrush away on paternity leave, likely out for weekend series...
• Baseball Savant unveiled a new metric - Outs Above Average...
• Reasons to root for every AL wild card team...
• David Price: Most expensive long-reliever in baseball history?
• Most likely destinations for top-25 upcoming free agents. An unsurprising disclosure: Oakland isn’t mentioned once...
• 15 baseball statements sure to divide us...
• If you’d bet $100 on Cleveland to win a month ago, and let it ride every game, you’d be a millionaire...
• After being ‘disrespected’ by bat-flip and throwing at Luis Valbuena’s head, Mike Fiers has been suspended five games...
• Yanks' Dellin Betances shocked he was pulled for Aroldis Chapman...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1931 - The Philadelphia A’s win, clinching their third consecutive AL pennant. It was Connie Mack’s ninth and final AL championship.
• 2000 - Jason Giambi sets a team record with his fourth grand slam of the season. It was also Oakland’s 12th grand slam of the season, which tied a major league record.

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