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A’s Coverage:
- Game #134: A’s Lose a Heartbreaker, 5-4...
- Lee: Cahill’s road woes continue...
- Peterson: Tony La Russa loses World Series ring where only one person could find it...
- Slusser: Shawn Kelley turning in strong work for A’s after being dumped by Nats...
- McWilliams (Athletic Subscription): Astros’ walk-off win magnifies issues with the A’s thin starting rotation...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Christian Yelich hits for first career cycle, goes 6-for-6 vs. Reds...
- Rome: Astros place Charlie Morton on disabled list with shoulder discomfort...
- ESPN: Angels’ Albert Pujols undergoes left knee surgery, out for season...
- Anderson: Astros reportedly agree to extension with manager A.J. Hinch...
- Caruso: Josh Donaldson expected to be traded by Friday’s waiver deadline...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Townsend: Umpire’s ‘unusual call’ gives Reds pitcher chance at home run history...
- Hart: How Miles Mikolas learned in Japan to ‘stay within himself’ – and the strike zone...
- Edwards: Mike Shildt and the Cardinals’ 180...
- Gay: A Radical Pitch to Save Baseball...
- Venook: The San Diego Padres Found a Way to Monetize Bad Baseball...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1993 - Oakland P Rich Gossage breaks his right wrist when he trips over a ball bag prior to the Athletics’ game with Toronto. The Blue Jays beat Oakland, 4 - 2.
- 1996 - Mark McGwire pounds his 45th homer and drives in three runs as the A’s beat the Red Sox, 7 - 0. A’s pitchers will record shutouts in their next two games as well.
Best of Twitter:
- The man just keeps making plays...
How did he get there? pic.twitter.com/mqE1CYqjoa
— MLB (@MLB) August 29, 2018
- Fortunately, September is nearly here...
A’s going 4-3 on road trip not bad, but more alarming was the lack of length from rotation. Fiers went the longest at 5 2/3 IP. Got five complete innings just two other times. “At some point in time we need to get a little more distance out of the rotation,” Bob Melvin said.
— Martin Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) August 30, 2018
- Good to see Grant back on the hill...
Nice outing for Grant Holmes tonight in his season debut. Gave up only a solo homer in 3 IP. Struck out 4.
— Melissa Lockard (@melissalockard) August 30, 2018