Elephant Rumblings: A’s Five-Point Plan For Success, Club Extends Condolences to Lockard Family

A’s Coverage:

• A’s extend condolences to Lockard family...
• Killion: A five-point plan for the A’s continued success...
• Petriello: The record you didn’t know the A’s could set...
• Slusser: Key to A’s offense? Long at-bats that leave opposing pitchers in foul mood...
• Ham: Aggressive by nature, Matt Chapman learns patience to become A’s star...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Three and out — Rangers turn rare 5-4 triple play against Angels...
• ESPN: Mets set franchise record with 24 runs behind Jose Bautista’s 7 RBIs...
• ESPN: Yasiel Puig suspended 2 games, fined; Nick Hundley also fined...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Cantion: Marcus Stroman believes social media is a positive, powerful force...
• Szymborski: The Redisappearance of Matt Kemp...
• Baumann: Ronald Acuña and Juan Soto Already Look Like Hall of Famers, but Who’s Gonna Have the Better Career?

Today in Baseball History:

• 1985 - Reggie Jackson hits his 522nd career home run off Oakland’s Bill Krueger to move past Ted Williams and Willie McCovey into 8th place on the all-time list.
• 2004 - As she enters Raley Field at 6:27 p.m., five-year-old Olivia Perez is honored by the Sacramento RiverCats as she becomes the four millionth fan in franchise history. The Triple A affiliate of the Oakland A’s reaches the milestone faster than any club in minor league baseball history.

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