Elephant Rumblings: The A’s may not have invented bullpenning, but they’re championing it tonight

A’s Coverage:

• Townsend: A’s put ‘bullpening’ experiment to the test against Yankees...
• Jaffe: The Opener Goes to the Postseason...
• AN: Luis Severino will start for Yankees in Wild Card Game...
• Johnson: How Kyler Murray’s 1st-round baseball skills make him a Heisman contender, and vice versa...
• DeClercq: J.B. Wendelken is Poised to Impact AL Wild Card Game...
• Kram: This Isn’t ‘Moneyball,’ and the A’s Aren’t Underdogs...
• Petriello: Who has edge? A’s-Yanks position by position...
• Kroichick: A’s third baseman Matt Chapman takes his craft to playoff stage...
• Hall: Blake Treinen just had one of the best seasons ever by a reliever...

MLB News:

• Rogers: After playoff elimination, Cubs reflect on season and look ahead...
• Crasnick: Twins announce Paul Molitor won’t return as manager...
• ESPN: Arrests made in home burglaries of Robert Woods and Yasiel Puig; LeBron James also targeted...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• AP: MLB releases ad denouncing ‘traditional’ attitudes toward fun and personality...
• Mitchell: Study suggests cities with baseball teams have lower divorce rates...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1990 - Willie McGee becomes the first major league player to win a batting title in a league in which he didn’t finish the season. McGee, who had a .335 average when St. Louis traded him to Oakland on August 28th, wins his second National League batting crown when Dave Magadan of the New York Mets fails to catch him on the season’s final day.

Best of Twitter:

• Hopping for some Khrush oppo action today!

• Barreto makes the roster as well...