Elephant Rumblings: A’s fall flat in opener vs Angels

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Pair of HRs not enough as Anderson struggles...
• Ostler: Brand-new Angels sock it to A’s, 8-3...
• Gallegos: Treinen throws off flat ground; A’s encouraged...
• Ostler: Matt Chapman was snubbed by fans in All-Star vote...
• A’s Cast: The Farm... (ft. Alex Hall and Bill Moriarty!)
• Effectively Wild Episode 1395: Trade Dreams and Low Seams... (ft. invisibleinkwell!)

Best of AN:

• Urquhart: Game #83 — A’s Can’t Overcome Crooked Number in Anaheim...
• fatrolf: Oakland A’s Player Profile — Brian Schlitter...
• Baker-Gillman: Series #28 — Athletics at Angels: Improvements and Implications...

MLB News:

• Topkin: Rays calling up top 1B/LHP prospect Brendan McKay...
• Murray: Brewers recall top 2B prospect Keston Hiura; option infielder Travis Shaw...
• Heyman: Tigers to sign righty Trevor Rosenthal to minor league deal...
• Feinsand: White Sox to designate 1B Yonder Alonso for assignment...
• Hoynes: Baby steps — Cleveland Indians’ Corey Kluber works in bullpen; Carlos Carrasco plays catch...
• Adler and Simon: These are the 2019 All-Star Game starters...
• Matthews: Mets official on Jason Vargas — ‘We’re all angry with him’...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Rosenthal: My All-Star picks include great players at every position — but some stars are conspicuously absent... ($)
• Jaffe: We’ve Reached the Point of “Too Many Homers”...
• Watt: What Mike Trout Proved in May...
• Glanville: Baseball culture tolerates a lot of things no normal office would. And that can be a problem... ($)
• Sarris: How good is Zack Wheeler, really? And how valuable is he as a trade target? ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 2001 — After 20 seasons in San Diego, Padre outfielder Tony Gwynn announces he’ll retire at the end of the season. The future Hall of Famer has the highest lifetime batting average (.338) among all active players.
• 2017 — Walking on the Roberto Clemente Bridge near PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA, umpire John Tumpane sees a woman climb over the railing. Realizing she is suicidal and about to jump into the Allegheny River below, Tumpane reaches and grabs her, and then gets assistance from other passers-by to prevent her from making the fatal leap until emergency workers can arrive on the scene.

Best of Twitter:

• If you ever wonder why hitters swing at pitches out of the strike zone, it’s largely because they look like this...

• Oh, Mets...

• Oops...