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A’s Coverage:
- Posnanski: Here’s why Manaea’s dominance is so amazing...
- Jane Lee’s Inbox: Can A’s keep this up all season?
- Dustin Fowler had another huge day on Monday...
- Peterson: A’s Black Panther bobblehead is so hot, if it wasn’t free, you couldn’t afford one...
- Brown: Eric Byrnes played 245 holes of golf in 12 hours, setting a new world record...
- Slusser: Strong legs, strong game for A’s Jed Lowrie...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Dodgers’ Corey Seager will have Tommy John surgery and miss rest of season...
- ESPN: Josh Hader first to strike out at least 8 batters in save of less than three innings...
- Harvey: Yankees’ Sonny Gray will keep pitching to backup catcher Austin Romine...
- ESPN: Giants’ Joe Panik out 6 weeks after thumb surgery...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Jaffe: The Options for Replacing Corey Seager Aren’t Great...
- Anderson: The 2003 Detroit Tigers, one of the worst MLB teams ever, provide rebuilding teams lessons to learn from 15 years later...
- Paine: This Year’s MLB Tankfest Is Epic (And Maybe Pointless)...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1925 - The Philadelphia Athletics introduce another future Hall of Famer, 17-year-old catcher Jimmie Foxx, who pinch-hits a single in the 9 - 4 loss to the Washington Senators.
- 1991 - Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics surpasses Lou Brock as the major league career stolen base leader with his 939th steal in a 7 - 4 victory over the New York Yankees. Henderson breaks the record in the 4th inning, when he steals third base against catcher Matt Nokes.
- 1992 - Rickey Henderson garners his 1,000th stolen base in the 1st inning of the Athletics’ 7 - 6 victory over Detroit at Tiger Stadium.
Best of Twitter:
- Awesome start for Jed...
Yesterday, Jed broke his own Oakland A's record for hits in April (35) and tied Reggie Jackson and Jason Giambi for the Oakland A's record for RBIs in April (27). #RootedInOakland pic.twitter.com/R3hHNQOjve
— Oakland Athletics ⚾️ (@Athletics) April 30, 2018
- Check out this thread; Baseball Savant has been majorly upgraded...
Just released some new Baseball Savant player pages... Lots and lots of new features. Give them a look! https://t.co/OuTIs61pnO
— Daren Willman (@darenw) May 1, 2018
- The Astros may rue trading Hader...
Re: Josh Hader, from @SlangsOnSports: The most strikeouts as a reliever in a season is 183 by Dick Radatz in 1964.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) May 1, 2018
Top 5
Radatz 183
Mark Eichhorn 166, 1986
Radatz 162, 1963
Brad Lidge 157, 2004
Dick Selma 153, 1970.
The last MIL starter with 200Ks: Yovani Gallardo, 204, 2012.