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A’s Coverage:
- Gallegos: A’s reflect on ‘bittersweet end to the story’...
- Slusser: A’s unlikely to have room for free-agent starters Anderson, Bailey, Roark... ($)
- Slusser: A’s see bright future, have much motivation after wild-card loss... ($)
- Lombardi: ‘I don’t want to play in any more wild-card games’ - The A’s look back on 2019 and to the promise of 2020... ($$$)
- Killion: A’s wake up from recurring October nightmare selling the future, again... ($)
- Posnanski: Billy Beane vs. Nietzsche, and the luck that would not turn in Oakland... ($$$)
- Brown: After the A’s bats go silent in an elimination loss, Matt Chapman says: ‘I’m sorry to our fans that we let them down’... ($$$)
- Kawakami: It was another bitter loss, but this is not the end of an A’s era, it’s actually barely the beginning... ($$$)
- Slusser: A’s expect Khris Davis to bounce back strong after tough season... ($)
Best of AN:
MLB News:
- Rogers: ‘We got what you need’ - Clutch Cardinals claim Game 1 over Braves...
- Gurnick: Buehler, Dodgers overwhelm Nationals...
- Puma: Mets fire Mickey Callaway...
- Rome: Astros unsure if they can re-sign ace Gerrit Cole...
- O’Brien: Braves righty Chris Martin to miss postseason with strained oblique...
- Moura: Rookie Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo (oblique) unlikely to return for postseason...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Laurila: Nelson Cruz Talks Hitting...
- Tusa: Nine Shortstops in a Field of Dreams...
- Glanville: On Trent Grisham’s misplay, and the calculations players must make... ($$$)
- Lindbergh: How Ronald Acuña Jr. and the Braves’ Young Stars Saved an Endangered Rebuild...
- Edwards: Postseason Players Missing a Ring in 2019...
- The Athletic Staff: Roundtable reaction - Mickey Callaway is out. Where the Mets might turn to find his successor... ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
- 2002 — The Oakland Athletics hit four home runs as pitcher Barry Zito leads his club to a 6 - 3 win over the Minnesota Twins. Oakland has a two games to one lead in their ALDS. Ray Durham hits an inside-the-park home run to open the game. Scott Hatteberg, Jermaine Dye and Terrence Long also homer for Oakland.
- 2015 — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers becomes the first pitcher since teammates Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson in 2002 to strike out 300 batters in a season. He picks up 7 K’s in an abbreviated start against the Padres to finish with 301.
Best of Twitter:
- I’d love to see Super Sam latch on somewhere...
Talked to three people employed by other teams today about the Pirates managerial opening.
— Colin Dunlap (@colin_dunlap) October 3, 2019
All three said Sam Fuld is a name that keeps coming up inside the game.
- Historically bad...
Hunter Strickland has now allowed 8 HR in relief in his postseason career (in 12 outings).
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 4, 2019
That's the most HR allowed as a relief pitcher in postseason history.
- If you’ve recovered from the Wild Card Game, Friday is going to be an excellent day full of baseball...
Friday had a chance to be one of the best baseball days of the year.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 4, 2019
2p ET: Rays at Astros, Glasnow vs. Verlander
4:30p: Cards at Braves, Flaherty vs. Folty
7p: Twins at Yankees, Berrios vs. Paxton
9:30p: Nationals at Dodgers, Strasburg vs. Kershaw
That’s the good stuff.