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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.
Best of Twitter:
- Seems like a solid adjustment!
Franklin Barreto is 3-for-4 tonight with a HR and 2 2Bs for the @nashvillesounds. He's hitting .382 with 5 HRs and 15 RBIs in the 15 games since making some stance, feet, and pre-pitch routine adjustments. #Athletics
— Jeff Hem (@JeffHemPBP) August 23, 2018
- Joe Mauer has a particularly difficult career to judge; it feels like something of a disappointment given the early promise, but then you see numbers this like...
#MauerMilestones
— Dustin Morse (@morsecode) August 23, 2018
Joe Mauer looking to become the 3rd @Twins player to score 1000 runs:
1.Puckett - 1071
2.Killebrew - 1047
3.Mauer - 999
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Joe Mauer is looking to pass Rod Carew on #MNTwins all-time hits list:
1.Puckett - 2304
2.Carew - 2085
3.Mauer - 2084