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A’s Coverage:
- Gallegos: Inbox - What changes might come to A’s in 2020?
- Poindexter: A’s year in review - A typically excellent season followed by a typically abrupt exit... ($$$)
- Lockard: Lefties Jesús Luzardo and A.J. Puk and catcher Sean Murphy lead the A’s top-30 prospect list... ($$$)
MLB News:
- Martino: Mets doing background work on Carlos Beltran for managerial opening, mutual interest between player and team...
- Heyman: Padres looking into Ron Washington as potential manager...
- Coskrey: Yokohama DeNA BayStars to post slugging outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugo this offseason...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Stark: Suppose the Rays shock the world... ($$$)
- Epstein: For the Love of Baseball...
- Baumann: The Nationals Are on the Brink of Elimination, but Davey Martinez’s Pitching Decisions Aren’t to Blame...
- Gammons: What aspiring MLB managers can learn from those who made it to October... ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1930 — George Earnshaw finishes off the Cardinals, 7 - 1, to win the World Series for the Philadelphia Athletics. Earnshaw is clearly the pitching star of the Series with two victories and a 0.72 ERA.
- 1972 — In Game 2 of the American League Championship Series, Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics throws his bat at Detroit Tigers pitcher Lerrin LaGrow after being hit by a pitch. Both players are ejected and Campaneris is suspended for the rest of the series.
Best of Twitter:
- What a personality...
What confidence does the team have in Justin Verlander pitching tomorrow?
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) October 7, 2019
Zack Greinke: "I don't know who is pitching tomorrow."
It was just announced that it's Justin Verlander
Greinke: "I haven't had enough time to digest that."
- The A’s aren’t the only team fighting a playoff curse...
UPDATED (Through 2019 ALDS)
— Bob Vetrone Jr. (@BoopStats) October 8, 2019
Longest Postseason Losing Streaks, By Sport --
MLB ----16 . . . Twins, 2004-19 (current)
NHL --- 16 . . . Blackhawks, 1975-79
NBA --- 13 . . . Knicks, 2001-12
NFL ----- 9 . . . Lions, 1991-2016 (current)
- These look pretty sweet...
A few of the new renderings from the BCDC presentation deck: pic.twitter.com/sa4PZXFSuJ
— Oakland Fan Pledge (@FanPledge) October 7, 2019
This one is pretty nuts. Shows what the views to the will be from the roof towards downtown. Also makes it clear that the field views will only be from the edge of the park. pic.twitter.com/SAfQiTRSdi
— Oakland Fan Pledge (@FanPledge) October 7, 2019
