Elephant Rumblings: Chapman leads A’s over Rays in roller coaster ninth inning

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Chapman caps crazy A’s rally with walk-off blast...
• Schulman: A’s win on Matt Chapman walkoff homer to end a crazy ninth inning...
• Hall: Chapman walks off, A’s beat Rays in series opener
• Gallegos: Melvin misses Thursday’s game for doctor visit...

Best of AN:

• Urquhart: Game #76 — A’s Stun Rays With Ninth Inning Rally...
• Hall/Jackson: Finn the Bat Dog is the Most Valuable Pup of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators...
• grover: Oakland A’s 2019 draft — Signings and bonus pool review...
• Hall: Oakland A’s injury updates — Chris Herrmann begins rehab, Nick Hundley has knee surgery...
• Baker-Gillman: Series #26 — Athletics vs Rays: The Tampreal Ex-Rays...

MLB News:

• Passan: Rays to explore splitting games with Montreal...
• Rosenthal: Plans are fluid for the surprising D-Backs; things looking up for Angels; Kluber’s future; more notes... ($)
• Hoch: Yankees to activate star outfielder Aaron Judge on Friday...
• Hoynes: Indians expected to place righty Mike Clevinger back on injured list with ankle injury...
• Groke: Rockies shortstop Trevor Story to miss multiple weeks with right thumb sprain...
• Gurnick: Dodgers lefty Rich Hill (flexor tendon strain) hopeful that he will return this season...
• Sickels: Top 100 prospects (UPDATED)... ($)

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Stark: Home Run Madness — it can’t just be the baseballs…or can it? ($)
• Ghiroli: ‘It’s just a flawed system’ — Players are speaking out about All-Star snubs. Here’s what they’re saying... ($)
• Edwards: Lance Lynn, AL Pitcher WAR Leader...
• Hayes: Shades of the 2014-15 Royals? Up-and-coming Twins following a similar path... ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1986 — Bo Jackson, college football’s Heisman Trophy winner in 1985 and the first pick (by Tampa Bay) in the NFL draft, stuns observers nationwide by signing with the Kansas City Royals instead.
• 2000 — The Oakland A’s defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 10 - 3, as Eric Chavez becomes the first Oakland player to hit for the cycle at home since the team moved to Oakland in 1968.

Best of Twitter:

• The league is finally admitting the ball has changed...

• Willians Astudillo is a national treasure...

• You’re going to want to watch this again...and again...and again...