Elephant Rumblings: Daniel Mengden Saves Puppies, MLB Planning Elite Summer League

A’s Coverage:

• Hall: Bob Melvin wins 2018 AL Manager of the Year...
• Killion: A’s Bob Melvin showing how to be old-school in new age of baseball...
• Garro: Daniel Mengden played a pivotal role in rescuing frightened puppies from a storm drain in Houston...
• Why A’s should pass on outfielder Michael Brantley in free agency...

MLB News:

• AP: Japan beats MLB All-Stars 6-5 to clinch exhibition series...
• ESPN: MLB to investigate claims of racial discrimination vs. Mariners...
• ESPN: Phillies manager Gabe Kapler loses Malibu home in Woolsey Fire...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Sources: MLB planning summer league for elite high school players...
• Oz: The newest ridiculous minor-league baseball team is here and it’s the Sod Poodles...
• Baccellieri: Projecting Three Different Record-Setting Contracts for Bryce Harper...
• Lindbergh: Joe Mauer’s Hall of Fame Case Begins Behind the Plate...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1973 – Oakland Athletics outfielder Reggie Jackson wins the American League MVP Award in unanimous fashion. The future Hall of Famer led the AL with 32 home runs, 117 RBI, 99 runs and a .531 slugging percentage, in helping the Athletics to their second straight World Series title.
• 2007 - Eric Wedge and Bob Melvin, both of whom hit .233 in their major league careers, win the Manager of the Year Awards for 2007. Melvin’s Diamondbacks were the first team in over 100 years to post their league’s best record despite having the lowest batting average.

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