Elephant Rumblings: MLB Pipeline Ranks A’s Farm Seventh, The Coliseum Will Now Include a Treehouse

A’s Coverage:

• MLB Pipeline Ranks A’s Farm System Seventh...
• Introducing ‘The Treehouse’: The Coliseum’s new bar and entertainment area...
• Angry Daniel Mengden takes out frustration on Cubs...
• Have questions for A’s owner emeritus Lew Wolff? The Chronicle asks them for you...

MLB News:

• Jerry Dipoto ‘very encouraged’ by status of Felix Hernandez’s forearm...
• Kimbrel leaves spring training for daughter’s surgery...
• Royals Sign First Baseman for $140 Million Less Than Padres...
• Dave Martinez calls in camels to get Nationals over playoff hump...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Why the Rockies are betting $106 million on a super bullpen...
• Apparently crooked caps are still a problem in baseball...
• MLB’s controversial new rule is forcing teams to get creative...
• The Physics and Timing of the Infield Bounce Throw...
• Tim Lincecum Is Back, but “The Freak” May Still Be Missing...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1947 - In anticipation of the signing of the team’s first black players, Bill Veeck, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, sets up a spring training camp there for the Cleveland Indians. Arizona is chosen because of its relatively tolerant racial climate. During the season, Veeck will sign the American League’s first black player, Larry Doby, who will train at the camp. The New York Giants also set up camp in Arizona, while the Brooklyn Dodgers move their training camp from Florida to Havana, Cuba.
• 1995 - Anaheim Angels replacement players play against Arizona State University in an exhibition game in Tempe, Arizona. It is the first time since 1912 that replacement players have appeared in a game in major league uniforms.

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