Elephant Rumblings: Mateo Feels Fine, Manfred Supports Finding Oakland a Ballpark

A’s Coverage:

• Manfred supports finding Oakland park for A’s...
• A’s playing it safe with Mateo’s left knee injury...
• Oakland Athletics 2018 top-50 prospects: Lazaro Armenteros...
• Venezuelan A’s struggle to focus on baseball with country’s turmoil...

MLB News:

• Yankees add Brandon Drury, Diamondbacks get Steven Souza in three-team trade with Rays...
• Astros pitching prospect Forrest Whitley suspended for violating drug program...
• OF Cameron Maybin signs 1-year deal with Marlins...
• Orioles To Sign Colby Rasmus...
• 2 MLB catchers say they’d rather pay fines than follow new mound visit rule...
• Baltimore Designates Jaycob Brugman...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Lindbergh: Baseball’s Economics Aren’t As Skewed As They Seem...
• Verducci: What’s the Best Way to Improve Baseball? Start with Pitch Clocks and Automated Strike Zones...
• All 30 MLB teams will honor Parkland shooting victims with special caps...
• David Price warned J.D. Martinez about Boston: ‘It’s tough here’...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1985 - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner gives manager Yogi Berra the dreaded vote of confidence. Steinbrenner says that Berra will remain Yankee skipper for the entire season, regardless of how badly the team might struggle. Berra will last only 16 games before being fired.
• 1986 - Rollie Fingers passes up an opportunity to return to the majors. Fingers is invited to spring training by the Cincinnati Reds, who ask him to shave off his trademark handlebar mustache to comply with team rules. Fingers refuses to do so and decides to retire.

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