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A’s Coverage:
- Hall: Oakland A’s entire infield named Gold Glove finalists...
- Peterson: Klay Thompson has an interest in the World Series, and he’s packing a grudge
- Ross: Five A’s prospects who could make their MLB debut in 2019...
MLB News:
- ESPN: J.D. Martinez’s status for World Series Game 3 uncertain because of ankle injury...
- AP: Twins’ youth movement includes hiring Rocco Baldelli as manager...
- ESPN: Rays bench coach Charlie Montoyo to be Blue Jays manager...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- ESPN: Mookie Betts lauded for feeding homeless after World Series Game 2 win...
- Passan: Inside the incredible 15-minute stretch that helped the Red Sox bury the Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series...
- Edwards: The Red Sox Have to Bench Somebody...
- Bates: Baseball’s Norms, Today and Yesterday...
- Jaffe: Yasmani Grandal’s October From Hell...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1971 - Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics wins the American League Cy Young Award by a 98-85 margin over Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers. Blue was 24-8 for Oakland, posting 301 strikeouts, eight shutouts and a 1.82 ERA, becoming the youngest pitcher to win the award. In the National League, Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs receives the honor.
Best of Twitter:
- 2019 may be his long-awaited breakout...
Franklin Barreto had quite a winter league debut for Aragua yesterday, going 3-for4 with a HR and a 2B.
— Melissa Lockard (@melissalockard) October 26, 2018
- What an incredible transformation...
Definitely an achievement considering how horrendous he was before he came under the tutelage of Ron Washington. Lowrie, too, for that matter. https://t.co/C2aPKaHbUh
— Carl Steward (@stewardsfolly) October 25, 2018
- Green is such a wonderful color, and so underutilized in sports...
It's the A's vs the Dodgers in our "Jersey World Series"... a great time to be a fan of uniforms featuring diagonally scripted nicknames with a tail across the front with player number below and a single sleeve patch. Voting starts any minute.
— Chris Creamer (@sportslogosnet) October 26, 2018
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