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A’s Coverage:
- Slusser: A’s Robbie Grossman joins 3 teammates as Gold Glove finalists... ($)
- Gallegos: Luzardo enters ‘20 looking like an ace...
- Melchior: Which Arizona Fall League standouts could we see in 2020? ($$$)
Best of AN:
MLB News:
- Doolittle: Admitting ‘we were wrong,’ Astros fire assistant GM Brandon Taubman...
- Jennings and Rosenthal: Red Sox interview Rays’ Chaim Bloom for GM job...
- Zolecki: Joe Girardi reaches 3-year deal to manage Phillies...
- Passan: Padres to hire Jayce Tingler as next manager...
- Carig: Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks to undergo Tommy John Surgery...
- Feinsand: This offseason’s 6 most divisive free agents...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Kaplan: The Astros fired Brandon Taubman. Now what about those responsible for the team’s false accusations? ($$$)
- Ben-Porat: Let’s Talk about Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence...
- Rosenthal: For Kurt Suzuki, a long but worthwhile journey from walk-on to World Series hero... ($$$)
- Brisbee: Counting down the worst commercials of the 2019 MLB postseason... ($$$)
- Clemens: You’re Gosh Darn Right We’ve Got More Intentional Walks...
- Posnanski: So about that intentional walk in Game 2… ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1955 — The Cleveland Indians trade Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, to the Chicago White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.
- 1987 — In a World Series in which neither team lost a game in its home park, the Minnesota Twins win the World Championship behind starter Frank Viola and reliever Jeff Reardon, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 2, in Game 7. The franchise’s last championship came in 1924 as the Washington Senators.
Best of Twitter:
- I’m so sorry...
The #WorldSeries is in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the first time in 86 years and you—yes, you!—can and will be the hit of your viewing party by using these location-themed jokes!*
— Anthony Castrovince (@castrovince) October 25, 2019
*Warning: It’s also possible you will be asked to leave. pic.twitter.com/f9FgY7RPnp
- The playoffs truly are a crapshoot...
Astros offense in the 2017 postseason
— Astros Stats (@astro_numbers) October 24, 2019
.315 wOBA, .338 xwOBA
Astros offense in the 2018 postseason
.362 wOBA, .326 xwOBA
Astros offense in the 2019 postseason
.288 wOBA, .332 xwOBA
Luck is the uncontrollable factor in the postseason. Oh, along with the actual baseball.
- All of the Gold Glove finalists...
Who are your Gold Glove winners? pic.twitter.com/2igeUiI5fX
— MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2019