Elephant Rumblings: How Billy Beane Defied ‘Moneyball’ Principles, Khris Davis DL Decision to Come Today

A’s Coverage:

• Game #48: A’s Blow Late Lead, Lose in Extras...
• Sullivan: The A’s Traded a Dominant Closer for a Dominant Closer...
• SBN: Rickey Henderson crushed souls with unprecedented efficiency...
• Kroner: A’s Khris Davis has Grade 1 groin strain, DL decision to come Wednesday...
• Rosenthal: In a reverse-Moneyball twist, scouts persuaded Billy Beane to ignore the stats and draft Matt Chapman...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Defending champ Aaron Judge won’t be part of 2018 Home Run Derby...
• Rogers: Joe Maddon doesn’t see relievers starting games becoming norm...
• Anderson: Rays prospect Willy Adames celebrates big-league debut by homering off Chris Sale...
• Owens: Woman watches calmly while her brother Brandon Crawford hits HR off husband Gerrit Cole...
• MLBTR: Twins Acquire Chris Carter...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Oz: HQ’s Scott Rogowsky proves himself a baseball savant on ‘Old Baseball Cards’...
• Jaffe: Mike Trout Is Now an Average Hall of Famer...
• Cut4: Happy 62nd birthday to Buck Showalter, who always has the best pop culture takes...
• Baer: Why are the Mets keeping Jose Reyes around?

Today in Baseball History:

• 1901 – Nap Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics receives the ultimate sign of respect from an opposing team when he is intentionally walked with the bases loaded by the Chicago White Sox.
• 2011 - Brian Fuentes of the A’s falls to 1-7, dropping his fourth straight decision. He becomes the third reliever (since at least 1920) to lose 7 times in his team’s first 50 games - Gene Garber and Jim Kern had previously done so.

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