Elephant Rumblings: Astros fight back to take 3-2 World Series lead

A’s Coverage:

• Dykstra: Toolshed - Deichmann earning A’s in Arizona...
• McCann: 2019’s Best Baseball Cities...
• Berman: Some early free-agency forecasts for the Giants (go after another big name?) and A’s (stock that bullpen)... ($$$)

Best of AN:

• Hall: Fernando Rodney serves up grand slam in World Series Game 4...
• Hall: 4 Oakland A’s among 2019 Gold Glove finalists...
• Hall: Josh Reddick drives in go-ahead run in World Series Game 3...

MLB News:

• Castrovince: Astros take all 3 in DC, just 1 win away from title...
• MLB: These are the finalists for Gold Glove Awards...
• Rosenthal: Pitching concerns for the Astros; how the Nationals got Soto; Bloom and the Red Sox; more notes... ($$$)
• Heyman: Angels add Mickey Callaway as pitching coach...
• Rome: Astros’ Joe Espada gets second interview with Giants...
• Rosenthal: Mets looking at Brewers bench coach Pat Murphy for managerial opening...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Aldridge: While their crowd roared all weekend, the Nationals’ bats have fallen silent... ($$$)
• Lindbergh: The Nats Had No Max Scherzer and No Offense in Game 5 - and Now May Have No Chance...
• Linden: Racism - The Original Performance Enhancer...
• Connolly: Was the 2011 draft the best ever? It’s on full display in the World Series... ($$$)
• Dodd: ‘He didn’t panic’ - How Dave Martinez’s desire to learn Spanish explains his success with the Nationals... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1954 — Major League Baseball owners vote down the sale of the Philadelphia Athletics to a hometown syndicate. A week later, Arnold Johnson will buy a controlling interest in the Athletics from the Mack family for $3.5 million and move the team to Kansas City.
• 1989 — The Oakland Athletics complete a sweep in the World Series with a 9 - 6 win over the San Francisco Giants. Rickey Henderson’s home run supports starter and winner Mike Moore. Dave Stewart is named Series MVP after winning the first and third game of the Series, which was interrupted by an earthquake.

Best of Twitter:

• Unbelievable...

• Some rough umpiring in Game Five...

• The Nationals have an uphill battle ahead of them...