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A’s Coverage:
- Game #34: A’s Set Franchise Record, Sweep Orioles...
- ESPN: Gretchen Piscotty, mother of Oakland Athletics’ Stephen Piscotty, dies at 55...
- A’s Farm: Franklin Barreto hit two HRs on Sunday as Graveman, Pagan, Luzardo all pitch well...
- Shea: Recalling Catfish Hunter’s historic day through a 15-year-old’s eyes...
- MLB: Would it surprise you to know Matt Olson is the A’s longest tenured player?
MLB News:
- Brisbee’s Weekend Recap: Albert Pujols has 3,000 hits, the Dodgers have a combined no-hitter, and Yangervis Solarte slid on his face
- Anderson: ‘Overly cautious’ Mets place Jacob deGrom on disabled list...
- Anderson: Dodgers place Clayton Kershaw on the DL, giving them a full rotation of injured starters...
- AP: Cards catcher Yadier Molina out one month after surgery...
- ESPN: CC Sabathia likely to retire if Yankees win World Series this season...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Baumann: Albert Pujols and the Backward March Toward 3,000 Hits...
- Ring: Matt Harvey Is Now a Reclamation Project...
- Rogers: Cubs’ Willson Contreras ties knot after waiting out two rain delays...
Today in Baseball History:
- 2005 - Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves goes 3 for 4, including his first home run of the season, in a 4 - 1 victory over the Houston Astros. Franco, who turns 47 on August 23rd, becomes the second-oldest player in major league history to homer at 46 years, 257 days. Jack Quinn, a pitcher who accomplished the feat when he was 100 days older, hit a home run for the Philadelphia Athletics on June 27, 1930; Franco will eventually pass him as well.
- 2009 - The Dodgers’ star outfielder, Manny Ramirez, is suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a banned substance. He is the most prominent player yet caught under Major League Baseball’s PED policy implemented in 2005.
- 2009 - Arizona fires manager Bob Melvin after losing, 4 - 3, to the Padres in 10 innings. The D-Backs have started the year 12-17 and are already 8 1/2 games back of Los Angeles.
Best of Twitter:
- Did you expect this on opening day?
#Athletics pitching staff has a 2.11 ERA (11 er, 47.0 ip) with 54 strikeouts in the last 5 games. The starters in that span have a 2.37 ERA (8 er, 30.1 ip) with 35 strikeouts.
— AthleticsPR (@AthleticsPR) May 6, 2018
#Athletics are 13-6 (.684) over the last 19 games since April 15. Entered day with the 4th-best record in the Majors since April 15 behind New York-AL, Tampa Bay and St. Louis.
— AthleticsPR (@AthleticsPR) May 6, 2018
- I don’t love his contract, but yesterday did make me wish we’d signed Cobb...
Soooooo Alex Cobb is throwing splitters again, holding a 22% whiff rate with the pitch yesterday against the A's.
— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) May 7, 2018
This is kinda a big deal. pic.twitter.com/ojuXqLgREq