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Prospect Watch:
- Double-A Midland and High-A Stockton are headed to the minor league playoffs!
- Here’s the full postseason schedule for each A’s minor league affiliate, including A.J. Puk’s appearance in today’s Duel of the Day...
- Renato Nunez headlines second wave of A’s call-ups...
ICYMI:
- A’s drop eighth straight in rollercoaster loss...
- Why Kaval and Co. should rethink the Laney College site...
- An ode to the Coliseum, the last two-sport wonder...
- Liam Hendriks nominated for Clemente award...
- The Red Sox won the longest game of the season yesterday. Unfortunately the news out of their camp is dominated by their alleged high-tech sign stealing...
- The alternative headline? Someone finally found a good use for the Apple watch...
- The shocking history of sign stealing...
- The D-Backs are five innings away from a ridiculous baseball record...
- Speaking of the Snakes, where did all these wins come from?
- Javier Baez, shortstop, has finally arrived...
- The Memphis Redbirds are basically keeping the Cardinals in the playoff hunt...
- Execs feels Marlins should keep Stanton...
- The redemption of Yasiel Puig...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1913 - Athletics second baseman Eddie Collins steals home twice in victory over Red Sox.
- 1970 - Blue Moon Odom allows just two hits and adds a homerun as the A’s beat the Royals 7-1. Side note: what happened to decent baseball nicknames?
- 1995 - Cal Ripkin plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, surpassing Lou Gehrig’s record. Ripkin receives a standing ovation for more than five minutes.
- 2002 - The A’s 20-game win streak is snapped as the Green and Gold are blanked by the Twins.
Best of Twitter:
- That team won 94 games...
The A's have lost eight in a row for the first time since 2012.
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) September 6, 2017
- A streak on the other side...
.@Indians are first team to win 13+ games in a row in consecutive seasons since Yankees won 15 straight in 1960, 13 in 1961. pic.twitter.com/MW5RTJ2HZn
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) September 6, 2017
- A reality many of you know too well...
Kinda eerie setting at Safeco tonight, thanks to smoke in air from forest fires around Pacific Northwest. pic.twitter.com/Lpi3FmbsIk
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) September 6, 2017
- This Robbie Grossman shot landed in the touch tank...
The @Twins' Robbie Grossman crushed a homer that splash-landed in the Touch Tank at Tropicana Field: https://t.co/WjxiIcYR2D pic.twitter.com/tTZdQYkbiB
— Cut4 (@Cut4) September 6, 2017