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A’s Coverage:
- Every MLB Team’s Most Overrated Top Prospect...
- A’s go to bat for undefeated championship high school football team...
- Isringhausen, Damon, Matsui off Hall ballot...
MLB News:
- Lorenzo Cain has ‘several’ 4-year offers...
- Chipper, Thome, Hoffman, and Vlad make Hall...
- Edgar falls short, but well-positioned for last year on ballot...
- Scott Boras: Franchises losing to win later is destructive to MLB...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Jim Thome, last of the old-fashioned mashers, is headed to the Hall of Fame...
- Vladimir Guerrero’s Best Games Were In Montreal — And No One Saw Them...
- The Hall of Fame ballot will soon run out of worthy new candidates...
- Tampa Bay’s Lost Window of Contention...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1974 - Ray Kroc, fast-food entrepreneur (McDonald’s), buys the San Diego Padres for $12 million, ending talk of a possible move to Washington, DC.
- 1999 - Free agent outfielder Tim Raines is signed by the Oakland Athletics to a $600,000 contract. Raines hit .290 for the World Champion New York Yankees last season and has a .296 career batting average.
Best of Twitter:
- A’s get a new PR director...
I am bummed that my good friend @AlcalaFernando is leaving the Mariners PR dept to take over as the A’s PR director in Oakland. Mostly because I’ll miss him, but also because I couldn’t find any embarrassing photos to post before he left. You will be missed, Fernando! pic.twitter.com/oSOt4m2izS
— Greg Johns (@GregJohnsMLB) January 25, 2018
- Another good read if you subscribe...
Which remaining free agents would help the A's — and fit their budget — the most?: @enosarris https://t.co/fIkZ4K6cf6
— The Athletic (@TheAthleticSF) January 25, 2018
- This is something...
Notable Players drafted as Shortstops in 1989:
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) January 24, 2018
Chuck Knoblauch (rd 1, MIN)
Clay Bellinger (rd 2, SF)
Phil Nevin (rd 3, LAD)
Trevor Hoffman (rd 11, CIN)
Jim Thome (rd 13, CLE)
Jeff Kent (rd 20, TOR)
Jorge Posada (rd 43, NYY)
Jason Giambi (rd 43, MIL)
