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A’s Coverage:
- Gallegos: A’s lose series and perhaps another starter...
- CBS News Video: Oakland’s unconventional stadium proposal...
- Slusser: Bat change for A’s Matt Olson as he returns from hand injury...
- McWilliams: The reward for A’s Khris Davis, MLB’s home run king... ($)
- Shea: Recalling Giants, A’s biggest comebacks in honor of Tiger Woods, Clippers...
- Kawahara: Is A’s extending Khris Davis a sign of contracts to come?
- Gallegos: Khris Davis and Oakland are a perfect match...
- Kroichick: Athletics’ Ramon Laureano starting to make opponents stop in their tracks...
- Shea: A’s Josh Phegley is finally the No. 1 catcher — and seizing the moment...
Best of AN:
- Baker-Gillman: Game #24 — Too Little, Too Late...
- Hall: Ramon Laureano makes another ridiculous catch and throw...
- Nico: April Deadweight — Separating The Wheat From The Chaff...
- Fatrolf’s Sunday Sketches: Wasting Away Again in Athleticsville Edition...
- Nico: A Power Bat Hits His Cosmic Norm...
- DeClercq: Khris Davis’ Loud Career...
MLB News:
- Healey: Mets ace Jacob deGrom (elbow) plays catch, may not need MRI after all...
- Nicholson-Smith: Blue Jays righty Matt Shoemaker suffers season-ending ACL tear vs A’s...
- Curry: Aaron Judge placed on IL with what Yankees call “pretty significant” oblique injury...
- Rosenthal: Mets, Brewers among teams in contact with free agent righty Craig Kimbrel...
- Martino: Gio Gonzalez opts out of minor league deal with Yankees...
- Rosenthal: Secrets to the Rays’ success; a very special advisor; draft picks holding Braves back from Kimbrel?; more notes... ($)
- Gilbert: D-backs add catcher Blake Swihart in trade with Red Sox...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Brown: How Eric Byrnes’ relentless, manic drive puts him within range of a Guinness World Record for golf... ($)
- Tangotiger: How much better is it to throw your fastball at 95mph than 91mph?
- Clemens: Pitching Is Winning Baseball’s Latest Tug of War...
- Fegan: Tim Anderson’s one-game suspension ignores a world of context... ($)
- Stark: The Useless Info Dept., Let’s Play 18 Edition... ($)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1916 - Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Jack Nabors tops the Boston Red Sox, 6 - 2. His only victory of the season evens his record at 1-1. Nabors will follow with 19 straight losses to set a major-league record. Teammate Tom Sheehan will be right behind him at 1-16.
- 1969 - In his first major league start, Rollie Fingers of the Oakland Athletics shuts out the Minnesota Twins, 7 - 0, at Metropolitan Stadium, stopping Minnesota’s seven-game winning streak.
Best of Twitter:
- Good morning! Now watch one of the most insane plays in baseball history again...
Wait … WHAT? pic.twitter.com/HAJAnjdJ9A
— MLB (@MLB) April 21, 2019
- It appears all good things must come to an end...
Joey Gallo hit his first sacrifice fly. It came in his 1,337th PA. Only Greg Maddux (1,405) and Steve Sax (1,388) went deeper into their career before getting their first sac fly. Gallo has 96 HRs. Next most HRs before getting first sac fly is 50 by Wily Mo Pena.
— Tim Kurkjian (@Kurkjian_ESPN) April 21, 2019
- Hopefully the Davis extension is just the beginning...
Matt Chapman on a potential contract extension: "I want to be a part of this organization. I love coming to play here. I love the A’s, and I want to be a part of this for a long time. Khris is a step in the right direction for that. Whatever happens, that is out of my control.”
— Martín Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) April 20, 2019