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A’s Coverage:
- Game #119: Led by Chapman’s ‘triple-double,’ A’s beat Mariners 7-6...
- Brown: Just because nobody saw the Oakland A’s coming doesn’t mean it’s not real...
- Normandin: Thanks to the A’s and Mariners, the AL West is suddenly up for grabs...
- Peterson: A’s give $100,000 endowment to district that pulled plug on downtown stadium site
- Slusser: Injured A’s Andrew Triggs, Paul Blackburn and Jharel Cotton start throwing...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen says second heart surgery likely after season...
- ESPN: Dodgers’ Brian Dozier has abnormal EKG after complaining of dizziness...
- Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez on bullpen woes: ‘I don’t know what else to do’...
- Axisa: Indians say Leonys Martin was battling a life-threatening bacterial infection days ago...
- ESPN: Cards plan to use Carlos Martinez out of bullpen when he returns...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Freiman: Is there any truth to the idea that, as players move through the minors, the strike zone improves with them?
- Crasnick: The education of Derek Jeter, baseball CEO...
- Robinson Cano and the Impossible Contract: Can any 31-year-old athlete live up to a 10-year, $240 million deal?
Today in Baseball History:
- 1971 - The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the Oakland A’s.
- 1987 - Oakland’s Mark McGwire slugs his 39th home run of the season, off Don Sutton in the 6th inning, in a 12-inning, 7 - 6, win over California, breaking the major-league record for rookies shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. McGwire will finish the season with a then-whopping 49 homers.
Best of Twitter:
- Captain Chapman...
A’s fans, Matt Chapman has a message for you pic.twitter.com/wrNg5OxJTm
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) August 14, 2018
- Melvin on Matt...
Melvin, asked about Chapman as MVP candidate, notes there's lots of time left, A's have many contributors, but points to metrics and says, “He’s going to end up being one of those guys, one of those top-flight guys you talk about every year in that conversation.”
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) August 14, 2018
- If you believe this, it’s really interesting given how many people will tell you baseball is dying...
The best way I can explain difference in the minors from 1998 to 2018. In 1998, teams wouldn't have promoted Eloy vs. Vlad Jr. as an event because too few fans would have cared. Now it's an obvious promotion that will bring fans out. And they'll buy shirseys when they are there.
— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) August 14, 2018
