Elephant Rumblings: A’s, Pirates Make Wild Card Races Fun, Edwin Jackson’s MLB Odyssey

A’s Coverage:

• Game #102: A’s Overturn 8 Run Deficit, Win 13-10 in Extras...
• Normandin: The A’s and Pirates are making the wild card races far more fun...
• Spaulding: 2018 MLB Trade Deadline: Are the Oakland Athletics going to be buyers or sellers?
• Garro: A’s radio broadcaster Roxy Bernstein announced his own catch of a Joey Gallo foul ball...
• Knobler: Edwin Jackson’s MLB Odyssey: From ‘Young Doc Gooden’ to 13 Teams in 16 Years...
• Hall: Oakland A’s injury update: Kendall Graveman to have Tommy John surgery...

MLB News:

• Crasnick: Yankees trade three prospects to Orioles for closer Zach Britton...
• AP: Mets place OF Yoenis Cespedes on 10-day DL with heel issues...
• AP: Fire alarm interrupts Austin Gomber’s no-hitter; Cards win in 11...
• Axisa: Padres eye Syndergaard and Archer...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Dale Murphy: Should a man who never juiced be rewarded for the home runs he never hit?
• Kram: Beyond 2018, Upcoming Free-Agent Classes Still Look Poised to Change Baseball...
• Mintz: The best career moments from each 2018 Hall of Fame inductee...

Today in Baseball History:

• 2002 - The Athletics obtain 2B Ray Durham from the White Sox in exchange for AAA pitcher Jon Adkins.
• 2012 - The Athletics crush the Blue Jays, 16 - 0, for their 7th straight win, handing the Jays the most lopsided loss in team history. Coco Crisp homers twice in support of A.J. Griffin as the A’s erupt for 8 runs in the 2nd inning off Ricky Romero. If that isn’t enough, Brandon Inge fouls a ball off C J.P. Arencibia’s bare right hand, breaking a bone, then RF Josh Reddick rubs some salt in the wound by making a Spiderman catch in the bottom of the frame, climbing the fence and holding on with his right hand for a pair of seconds before catching the ball, robbing Travis Snider of extra bases.

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