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A’s Coverage:
- Game #69: Astros complete sweep of A’s behind Verlander...
- Hart: The ex-A’s first baseman that’s returned to baseball through an analytic lens...
- Lee: Chapman to undergo MRI for hand discomfort...
- Peterson: Ex-A’s outfielder pleads no contest to domestic battery, avoids jail...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Giants’ Evan Longoria fractures finger on HBP in win over Marlins...
- AP: Rob Manfred says MLB working to remove video of Terry Collins’ dispute with umpire...
- ESPN: Twins option slumping 3B Miguel Sano to the minors...
- Axisa: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says talk about a universal DH has ‘probably moved a little bit’...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Sawchik: Two Million Baseball Fans Are Missing...
- Edwards: A Bigger Strike Zone Is a Bad Idea...
- Brisbee: The best and worst of Major League Baseball realignment and expansion...
- SI’s College World Series Preview: Power Ranking the National Title Contenders...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1928 - Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics steals home for the 54th and final time in his 24-year career to extend his major league record. It comes in the 8th inning against the Cleveland Indians. The Athletics beat Cleveland, 12 - 5, as Lefty Grove is the winning pitcher.
- 1976 - Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley attempts to sell three of his star players. Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers are sent to the Boston Red Sox for $1 million apiece and Vida Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million. Three days later, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn will void the moves, saying they are “not in the best interests of baseball.”
Best of Twitter:
- Chapman on his pop-up troubles yesterday...
Chapman: "To be honest, I’m not very comfortable wearing sunglasses. I don’t mind it with fly balls, but with ground balls, especially when you’re playing in there close ... I just need to either figure out how to wear them or get some flips, but I’ll make sure I got it covered."
— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) June 14, 2018
- A pair of top picks signed...
2nd-rder Jameson Hannah passes physical, will sign tomorrow w/@Athletics for $1.8 million (pick 50 value = $1,414,200). Underrated Dallas Baptist OF w/feel for hitting, at least plus speed, defensive prowess in CF. @MLBDraft
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 15, 2018
Missouri State SS Jeremy Eireman, the A’s third pick (70th overall), signs for $ 1.232 million I’m told, $350k over the slot.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 15, 2018
- You appreciate the enthusiasm, but...
Strikeout Call of the Day featuring Doosan's Yang Eui-ji getting hit in the back of the head by the ump pic.twitter.com/XFWvNLWB2n
— Dan Kurtz (@MyKBO) June 14, 2018
