Elephant Rumblings: A’s ready to rebound against visiting Astros

A’s Coverage:

• MLB: Beane discusses his three decades with A’s...
• A’s Farm: Brown’s Big Bat Leads Vegas to Victory while Howard & Cohen Help Hounds & Snappers Secure Shutout Wins...
• Boor: Monday’s top prospect performers...

Best of AN:

• Moriarty: A’s Farm Report — Early Season’s Hottest Hitters...
• Fatrolf’s Monday Sketches: Sizzling Khris Davis Edition...

MLB News:

• Sanchez: Gio Gonzalez is making noise as Yankees decision day nears...
• Lauber: Phillies reliever David Robertson hits IL with forearm soreness...
• Torres: Angels place lefty Tyler Skaggs on Injured List with ankle issue...
• Keri: The 30 — Coming off red-hot weeks, Rays and Astros rise to the top... ($)
• Morosi: Second baseman Brandon Phillips intends to play in MLB this season...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Clemens: Fastballs Are Faster (and Rarer) Than Ever...
• Gammons: It’s been a tough start to the season for relievers, but bullpens can shift fast... ($)
• Kelly: Here’s why Pete Alonso could be the next great slugger...
• Garro: The family who got a new puppy because of a Christian Yelich homer gave the pup the best possible name...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1977 - Regulations force Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue to discard his old, discolored lucky cap because it is no longer identical in color, trim and style to those of his teammates.
• 1984 - Dave Kingman of the Oakland Athletics hits three home runs, including a grand slam, in his first three at-bats. In total, Kingman drives in eight runs in a 9 - 6 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Best of Twitter:

• Well done, A’s — another great addition to the Coliseum...

• Will Vlad Jr. be as good as his Hall of Fame father?

• How does this even happen...