Elephant Rumblings: Five Lessons From Yankees Series, Tigers’ Broadcasters Involved in Altercation

A’s Coverage:

• Game #141: A’s Induct Hall of Fame Class, Then Down Yankees, 8-2...
• Lee: Oakland pride abounds in A’s 1st HOF class...
• Pashelka: Reggie Jackson on possibility of A’s leaving Oakland: “It would break my heart”...
• Slusser: A’s Shawn Kelley injured himself in dishwashing mishap...
• Harvey: Five lessons we learned from Yankees-A’s...

MLB News:

• Gonzalez: Shohei Ohtani slams 2 homers after Tommy John surgery recommendation...
• ESPN: Todd Frazier admits he showed rubber ball to sell ‘catch’...
• Axisa: Cubs bracing for possibility closer Brandon Morrow will not return before end of season...
• Roscher: Tigers announcers reportedly involved in ‘physical altercation’...
• Baer: Trevor Story’s Statcast-record 505-foot shot wasn’t his only absurd homer of the night...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Jaffe: Luke Voit Has Been the Best Hitter of the Trade Deadline...
• Brisbee: The misremembering of McGwire-Sosa...
• Epstein: The best hitter in baseball is a 17-year-old Cuban...
• Lacques: Life of a journeyman — Brewers catcher Erik Kratz finally has playoff shot...

Today in Baseball History:

• 2002 - The Oakland Athletics’ 20-game winning streak is snapped as Brad Radke pitches the Minnesota Twins to a 6 - 0 victory at home. The Athletics fall short of matching the second-longest winning streak in history. The Chicago National League teams of 1880 and 1935 both won 21 straight.
• 2009 - Ichiro Suzuki gets his 2,000th Major League hit, a double off Gio Gonzalez in the 1st inning. He is the second fastest to the milestone, taking 1,402 games, 12 more than Hall of Famer Al Simmons. Ichiro’s Mariners lose to Oakland, however, as Scott Hairston hits a decisive grand slam in the 5 - 2 game.

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