Elephant Rumblings: Chapman, Olson Win Fielding Bible Awards; Melvin, Beane, Forst Extended

A’s Coverage:

• White: A’s closer Blake Treinen misses out on AL Reliever of the Year to Edwin Diaz...
• Ratto: MLB offseason can finally begin for A’s, Giants with World Series over...
• MLB: Yusmeiro Petit to join All-Star tour in Japan...
• A’s In The AFL – October 22-27 Update...
• Shea: Eduardo Nuñez, Max Muncy go from Bay Area ripples to shining on biggest stage...

MLB News:

• AP: Red Sox fans celebrate latest title; parade on Wednesday...
• ESPN: Red Sox’s Steve Pearce earns World Series MVP honors...
• Purdum: Las Vegas installs Red Sox, Astros as co-favorites for 2019...
• ESPN: Mets agree to hire agent Brodie Van Wagenen as GM...
• Anderson: Phillies listed as favorites to land Bryce Harper and Manny Machado...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Rawnsley: Major League Baseball Tries to Shut Down Scandalous Tell-All by Ex-Investigator...
• Cwik: Rangers roast Dodgers — and themselves — with devastating World Series tweet...
• Normandin: David Price set his postseason narrative on fire and buried the ashes in Los Angeles...
• David Robertson: Why I’m Representing Myself In Free Agency...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1931 - Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, is named American League MVP. Grove led the league in strikeouts for the seventh straight season and topped all pitchers in winning percentage, ERA and complete games.
• 2002 - Bringing the total to seven this month, three new managers are named, including Ned Yost (Milwaukee), Ken Macha (Oakland) and Eric Wedge (Cleveland). Being younger than two of his players (Ellis Burks and Omar Vizquel), Wedge, at the age of 34, becomes the youngest non-playing manager in major league history.

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