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A’s Coverage:
- Game #29: Triggs Surrenders Four Runs, A’s Collect Four Hits, Lose...
- Johns: Anderson to get call-up, start today...
- Oakland Clubhouse’s Oakland Athletics Minor League Player of the Month: April...
- Shea: A’s open next season in Japan, and Sean Manaea loves the idea...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Giants’ Johnny Cueto placed on 10-day DL, but Madison Bumgarner cleared to start throwing...
- AP: Bud Norris replacing Greg Holland as Cardinals’ closer for now...
- Snyder: Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer insinuates there’s something fishy going on with Astros pitchers and MLB rules...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Sawchik: Adam Ottavino had to go somewhere special to save his career. He may have found it between a Dollar Tree and Chuck E. Cheese’s...
- Sam Miller’s Radical Ideas Series: What if MLB players were paid on commission?
- Baumann: Gerrit Cole Was Always Supposed to Be the Best Pitcher in Baseball...
- Romano: The Nationals have been historically unlucky to start 2018...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1939 - Lou Gehrig voluntarily benches himself for the good of the team. His consecutive-game string stops at 2,130. Babe Dahlgren, his replacement, has a home run and double as the Yankees rout Detroit 22-2.
- 1972 - The long holdout of Oakland Athletics All-Star pitcher Vida Blue comes to an end. Blue, who won both the American League MVP and Cy Young awards in 1971, agrees to a contract for $63,000, after balking at owner Charlie Finley’s previous offers. Perhaps affected by the long layoff, Blue will win only six games this year but will pitch well in the postseason.
- 2000 - The Kansas City Royals score three runs in the 10th inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics, 8 - 7. Oakland closer Jason Isringhausen, who was 14 for 14 in career saves, is two outs away from tying the major league mark for consecutive saves to start a career before blowing the lead.
Best of Twitter:
- Not great indeed...
Kendall Graveman allowed six runs on 11 hits with three walks and three strikeouts tonight for Triple-A Nashville. Not great.
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) May 2, 2018
- It’s hard to tire of this GIF...
— Double Birds (@2xBirds) May 2, 2018
- On a less happy note, Ken Giles took last night’s frustration out on...himself?
Ken Giles gives up three runs and ... punches himself in the face? #yankees #astros pic.twitter.com/juxhZ3ZtsP
— Nick Veronica (@NickVeronica) May 2, 2018
- While at least not self-inflicted, Pedro Alvarez might as well be a brick wall. Scary scene...
Scary scene, as Orioles Catcher Chance Sisco accidentally runs into Pedro Alvarez’s elbow. pic.twitter.com/yWrSjcYwYc
— Angels Today (@angelstoday) May 2, 2018