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A’s Coverage:
- Hall: Sean Manaea will start wild card game for A’s...
- Slusser: How A’s Sean Manaea went from nearly out of rotation to wild-card starter... ($)
- Thompson: Sean Manaea just might be the perfect starter to reverse the A’s wild-card fortunes... ($$$)
- Lombardi: Thanks to Sean Manaea’s resilience in recovery, the A’s are confident leading up to their wild-card showdown... ($$$)
- Schultz: A’s wild-card game vs. Rays expected to sell out - Mount Davis included... ($)
- Gallegos: Raucous Coliseum awaiting Rays, A’s in WCG...
- Shea: Rays have plenty of pitching, former A’s... ($)
- Slusser: Stephen Piscotty left off A’s wild-card roster - ‘It’s definitely disappointing’... ($)
- Gallegos: A’s bring ‘quiet confidence’ to Wild Card Game...
- Shea: Chapman, Olson open up about their rare combination... ($)
- Slusser: A’s reliever Yusmeiro Petit gets better with age — ‘like wine,’ he says... ($)
- Slusser: A’s Matt Olson facing off against former tee-ball teammate Austin Meadows... ($)
- Longenhagen: Postseason Preview - The AL Wild Card Game...
- Matier and Ravani: Oakland’s curveball - City sues county over plans to sell Coliseum site to the A’s... ($)
Best of AN:
- Frijoles: Embrace the anxiety, A’s fans...
- Iversen: Scouting report - Charlie Morton, Oakland A’s Wild Card Game opponent...
MLB News:
- Collier: So WILD! Nats stun Crew, head to NLDS...
- Sheldon: Reds hire Driveline pitching guru Kyle Boddy as coordinator...
- Wittenmyer: David Ross, Mark Loretta, Will Venable among internal candidates for Cubs managerial position...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Dodd: Juan Soto’s moment - After wild comeback, Nationals feel like anything’s possible... ($$$)
- Ehalt: What it’s like to be a starting pitcher in a wild-card game...
- Corcoran: The 2019 Postseason Misery Index - Which playoff team’s fanbase has had it the worst? ($$$)
- Fink: The Patrick Corbin Signing Made the Difference for Washington...
- Kagan: The Challenge of Explaining the Home Run Explosion...
- Posnanski’s Baseball Things: Records upon records and bidding the regular season goodbye with some awards... ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1908 — Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps tosses a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox. The future Hall of Famer wins a 1 - 0 decision over Ed Walsh in one of the greatest pitching duels in major league history. Joss strikes out only three batters, while Walsh fans 15.
- 2012 — The Athletics tie the Rangers for the AL West lead with a 3 - 1 win over Texas for their fifth straight victory. Oakland trailed the Rangers by 13 games on June 30th, but now have a chance to win the division outright as the two teams face each other one final time tomorrow.
Best of Twitter:
- You truly can’t predict baseball...
Josh Hader faced 66 LH hitters this year. He gave up a single to one of them.
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) October 2, 2019
He hadn’t allowed 2 singles in the same appearance since May 27.
But. That. Just. Happened.
- Morton is doing everything he can to make it hard to root against him...
Charlie Morton might be one of the most thoughtful baseball players I've been around and I just don't see him very often. "The A's being good is good for baseball," he says. Also credits Sean Manaea for remarkable comeback after tough rehab from shoulder surgery.
— Janie McCauley (@JanieMcCAP) October 1, 2019
- They’re beautiful...
You've asked. We found the answer.
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) October 1, 2019
The A's will be bashin' in the best uniforms in baseball tomorrow night.#BASHletics pic.twitter.com/h4vW0JyBg2