Elephant Rumblings: A’s Win Opening Day Thriller, Media Not Thrilled By Attendance

A’s Coverage:

• Hall: Game #1: A’s walk off against Angels on Opening Day...
• Fimrite & Fagan: Barbecue and high hopes as A’s fans flock to Opening Day...
• Lee: Bullpen arms to rotate in long-relief spot
• Kurtenbach: The A’s relationship with their fans has reached a new low — Opening Day proved it...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Giancarlo Stanton homers twice in Yankees debut, calls it ‘a great day’...
• ESPN: White Sox’s Matt Davidson becomes fourth player to blast 3 homers in opener...
• Calcaterra: Twenty-nine percent of players on Opening Day rosters are foreign born...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Yahoo: Opening day games were longer despite focus on pace of play...
• CBS: Why Joey Gallo not bunting against the shift actually makes a lot of sense...
• Carleton: When it comes to minor leaguers’ wages, perhaps teams can be talked into doing the right thing for the wrong reasons...

Today in Baseball History:

• 2000 - At the Tokyo Dome, the New York Mets defeat the Chicago Cubs in 11 innings, 5 - 1, on Benny Agbayani’s pinch-hit grand slam. Rey Ordóñez commits an error in the game, ending his major league record streak of 101 consecutive errorless games at shortstop. With a swipe of second base, Rickey Henderson joins Ted Williams as the only major league players to steal a base in four different decades.

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