Elephant Rumblings: Jesus Luzardo Hires Scott Boras, Liam Hendriks Thrives

A’s Coverage:

• Game #144: Nice Smelling Athletics Defeat Odorous Rangers...
• Adams: Athletics’ Jesus Luzardo Hires Scott Boras...
• Wagaman: Versatile Hendriks thriving in 2nd shot with A’s...
• Shea: How upstart A’s could be factor in MVP voting...
• Hall: Ramon Laureano off to historic start to career...

MLB News:

• AP: Injured team captain David Wright thinks he will be cleared by Mets this year...
• Anderson: White Sox rookie Michael Kopech likely to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss 2019 due to torn UCL...
• Townsend: Cubs, Nationals were reportedly at odds over postponement...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Karraker: 10 players who got snubbed out of a September call-up in 2018...
• Axisa: Yadier Molina, Christian Yelich among first players to commit to 2018 Japan All-Star Series...
• ESPN: Red Sox, Yanks miffed at Indians’ acquisition of Josh Donaldson...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in his NFL debut with the Atlanta Falcons. He is the first player to accomplish both these feats in the same week at the professional level.

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