A’s Coverage:
- Game #66: Manaea, Chapman Team Up to Defeat Royals, Sun...
- Feltman: Richie Martin is Livin’ La Vida Loca...
- Gallegos: Jake Smolinski returns to A’s after power surge in minors...
- Dodd (Athletic Subscription): The Royals will never regret trading Sean Manaea. But it could explain the philosophy of their next rebuild...
- Ross: Against all odds, A’s starting pitching overcoming barrage of injuries...
MLB News:
- Axisa: Shohei Ohtani will ‘probably need Tommy John surgery’ after elbow injury...
- ESPN: Mets release first baseman Adrian Gonzalez...
- AP: Brewers get Brad Miller from Rays for Ji-Man Choi...
- AP: Astros outlast Rangers after A.J. Hinch argues for balk call...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Sullivan: The Most and Least Team-Friendly Strike Zones...
- Jaffe: Paul Goldschmidt’s Troubles with Velocity...
- Hascup: Former MLB pitcher Mat Latos incites benches-clearing brawl in independent league game...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1927 - The Philadelphia Athletics field a team of seven future Hall of Famers in the 9th inning: Ty Cobb (RF), Mickey Cochrane (PH), Eddie Collins (2B), Jimmie Foxx (1B), Lefty Grove (P), Al Simmons (CF) and Zack Wheat (LF). After 5 wins in a row‚ the A’s lose to the Tigers‚ 5 - 4. Cy Perkins started as catcher batting seventh‚ but when Cochrane pinch-hit for him in the last inning‚ seven Cooperstown-bound players were in the lineup. On May 24th of 1928‚ the A’s will again field 7 HOFers and combine with the Yanks to showcase 13 Hall of Famers.
- 2015 - Scott Kazmir and Evan Scribner combine on a one-hitter as the Athletics blank the Rangers, 7 - 0. For Kazmir, who pitches 8 innings, it’s a first win in 9 starts. A 5th-inning single by Elvis Andrus is the only hit for Texas, while Oakland scores 6 times in the 8th with Mark Canha and Josh Reddick both hitting two-run homers.
Best of Twitter:
- Poor Stephen Piscotty...
This is not what they mean when they want you to keep your head in the game. pic.twitter.com/kpwwstrrPY
— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 10, 2018
- A good hitter and a great son...
Matt Olson gets his Mom a birthday shout out on the big screen. pic.twitter.com/GV4datgdrK
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) June 10, 2018
- Word is the Mets don’t want to cut Jose and would prefer he voluntarily retires...
reyes got two errors on that very, very bad play. I hope they don't cut him after the game. doesn't deserve to go out like that.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) June 11, 2018