Elephant Rumblings: Outfield Comes Into Focus, Are A’s Making Mistake in Trying To Purchase Coliseum Site?

A’s Coverage:

• MERCURY NEWS & EAST BAY TIMES EDITORIAL BOARDS: A’s pitch to buy the Coliseum misses the mark...
• Wagaman: Outfield situation starting to come into focus...
• McDonald: A’s down to their Fab Five in rotation and hope to keep it that way...
• Wagaman: Athletics, Giants unveil Bay Bridge trophy...
• Slusser: A’s pulling a rabbit out of their past for 50th anniversary...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Diamondbacks, Ketel Marte agree to 5-year, $24M deal...
• MLBTR: Giants To Designate Jarrett Parker, Select Derek Holland...
• USA Today: White Sox rehire groundskeeper after wrongful conviction, more than 20 years in prison...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Axisa: Five prospects who could sign a long-term contract before making their MLB debut like Scott Kingery...
• THT: The Lurking Error in Statcast Pitch Data...
• The Ringer: What Babe Ruth’s 1918 two-way campaign teaches us to hope for from Shohei Ohtani’s debut campaign with the Angels...
• ESPN: Yankees have lowest payroll ranking since 1992...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1902 - The nickname Cubs is coined by the Chicago Daily News, when an unbylined column notes that manager Frank Selee will devote his strongest efforts on the team work of the new “Cubs” this year. In time, the Cubs will replace the Colts as the nickname for the Chicago National League club.
• 1978 - Oakland Athletics owner Charley Finley cancels the deal that would have sent the team to Denver, Colorado, under the sponsorship of oil magnate Marvin Davis. Objecting to some of the details, Finley decides to call off negotiations.

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