Elephant Rumblings: Who Would Start For Oakland in Wild Card Game, A’s Hire New Architect

A’s Coverage:

• Game #127: A’s Drop Series Finale to Rangers, 4-2...
• Peterson: Are you into ‘pragmatic utopian’? Chances are you’ll love A’s new ballpark...
• Kelly: Handicapping the divisions — AL West...
• Thornburg: A’s prospect Murray named OU starting QB...
• Ross: Which A’s pitcher should start potential AL Wild Card Game?

MLB News:

• AP: MLB slate includes regular-season games in Tokyo, London and Mexico...
• Adams: Rockies To Select Contract Of Matt Holliday...
• Crasnick: Leonys Martin will miss rest of season...
• Harvey: Aroldis Chapman lands on DL one day after exiting with knee pain...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Passan: The failure of the Bryce Harper Era...
• Hall of Famer Goose Gossage rips today’s MLB: ‘They’re going to have nerds in the dugout’...
• Edwards: The Battle Between Payroll and Parity...
• Weiner: Team USA women’s baseball players describe the paths they took through ignorance and sexism to play their sport on its biggest stage...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1980 - A’s owner Charlie Finley sells the club for $12.7 million to the Haas family of San Francisco, CA, owners of the Levi Strauss clothing empire, thus keeping the team in Oakland.
• 1992 - Dennis Eckersley, who previously set the record for most consecutive saves (40), becomes the first pitcher to record 40 saves in four different seasons.

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