Elephant Rumblings: Behind Chip Hale, Nationals push World Series to Game 7

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Five rising A’s outfield prospects - Former first-round darling, fall HR leader... ($)
• Slusser: A’s top young infielders to battle it out next spring... ($)
• Anderson: Oakland Athletics top prospect list 2020 - Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk and Sean Murphy provide instant help...

MLB News:

• Castrovince: Strasburg neutralizes Astros, wills fired-up Nationals to G7...
• Baggarly: Giants have interviewed former A’s manager Bob Geren...
• Heyman: Dodgers to name Mark Prior new pitching coach...
• Allen: Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama to file for MLB free agency...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Stark: If the Nationals win the Series, they would wipe out 95 years of…well, what exactly? ($$$)
• Edwards: Stephen Strasburg is a Postseason God...
• Wolfe: Why Has the World Series Felt Boring?
• McCullough: ‘I just thought it looked pretty cool. I wanted to do it’ - Before Juan Soto mimicked Alex Bregman, he launched a World Series-altering home run... ($$$)
• Mooney: ‘Here we go, baby’ - Inside the interview where David Ross landed the Cubs’ manager job... ($$$)
• Bogage: I tried to be a robo-ump. I left with more questions than answers... ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1945 — Branch Rickey signs blacks players Jackie Robinson and John Wright to a contract with Triple-A Montreal of the International League for 1946. It is the beginning of integration.
• 1974 — Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics is named the American League Cy Young Award winner. He led the league with 25 wins and a 2.49 ERA.

Best of Twitter:

• Frankie Montas is staying sharp in the Dominican League...

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