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A’s Coverage:

• Ross: Evaluating A’s free agents in 2018 MLB offseason: Jed Lowrie...
• Ross: Evaluating A’s free agents in 2018 MLB offseason: Jonathan Lucroy...
• Ross: Evaluating A’s free agents in 2018 MLB offseason: Shawn Kelley...
• Chesterton: The A’s and Yankees fans from the Wild Card beer incident attended ALDS Game 4 together...
• Should A’s build stadium at Howard Terminal site? Scott Ostler answers questions...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Rays sign manager Kevin Cash to multiyear extension...
• Schoenfield: Red Sox advance to ALCS after dramatic bottom of the ninth...
• ESPN: Yankees’ CC Sabathia critical of umpire Angel Hernandez after loss...
• Perry: Dodgers’ trade acquisitions come up big in Game 4 of the NLDS vs. Braves...
• Owens: Report: Tigers announcers lose jobs after alleged choking incident near broadcast booth...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Garcia: Jaime García Is Fine with the Bullpen...
• Epstein: Swing paths — the next frontier in baseball analytics?
• Reiter: What Happened to the Houston Astros’ Hacker?
• Sawchik: Did Aaron Boone Forget That The Yankees’ Bullpen Was Historically Good?

Today in Baseball History:

• 1990 - The Oakland Athletics sweep the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3 - 1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart wins for the eighth straight time in head-to-head match-ups with Roger Clemens, who is ejected in the 2nd inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.

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