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A’s Coverage:
- Adler: Rickey’s 61!? Here are 12 fun facts for his birthday...
- Kleinschmidt: A’s Marcus Semien, Liam Hendriks on MLB’s 2019 breakout players list...
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Baseball Interest Stories:
- Hoornstra: The moments that will define baseball in the 2020s... ($)
- Fegan: Edwin Encarnación inches White Sox that much closer to contention in 2020... ($$$)
- Simon: These stat lines had never been done before ‘19...
- Callis: Here are the 10 best farm systems of the decade...
- Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 93, Ozzie Smith... ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1919 — Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee makes a secret agreement to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $100,000 (one-fourth cash, plus $25,000 a year at 6 percent) plus guaranteeing a $300,000 loan with Fenway Park as collateral. The transaction will be announced publicly in one week.
- 1993 — Free agent pitcher Dave Righetti signs a contract with the Oakland Athletics.
Best of Twitter:
- The GOAT has spoken...
Our family wishes you all peace and joy today!! #MerryChristmas and #HappyHolidays !!
— Mike Trout (@MikeTrout) December 25, 2019
- Plouffe definitely has a future in a front office or broadcast booth...
This is how relaxed I was hitting against you. https://t.co/Z6Lx92mUso
— Trevor Plouffe (@trevorplouffe) December 26, 2019
- This might be missing a couple A’s moments, but it does have the most important one...
Gifting you some of the most impressive pitching feats of the decade.
— MLB (@MLB) December 25, 2019
What was most memorable to you? pic.twitter.com/yMaMtMNH1a