Elephant Rumblings: City, county locked in dispute over Coliseum ownership

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Matt Olson’s HR supports Chris Bassitt’s terrific outing in A’s win...
• Jackson: Bassitt brings his ‘A’ game against former club...
• Matier: The Oakland-Alameda dispute over who will own Coliseum site heats up...
• Poindexter: A’s week in review: Bassitt’s arm and Olson’s bat help salvage a split of Chicago... ($)
• Slusser: Could Jesús Luzardo be a September option for A’s?
• Slusser: Bout of flu provides A’s Yusmeiro Petit a little break...
• Jackson and Jennings: A’s move from Coliseum would be insult to East Oakland residents... (h/t Notcom)

Best of AN:

• Baker-Gillman: Game #119 — Olson Thwarts Strong Start from Giolito...
• Hall: Oakland A’s prospect watch — Jesus Luzardo returns to action after latest injury...
• Nico: Saturday Potpourri — July Mirages, Character Matters...
• Fatrolf’s Sunday Sketches: BoMel700 Edition...

MLB News:

• Torres: Shohei Ohtani’s ‘free and easy’ bullpen session encouraging to Angels brass...
• Fortier: Nationals outfielder Juan Soto day-to-day with right ankle sprain...
• Tolentino: Rays sign former top prospect Dylan Cozens to two-year minor league deal...
• Roster Roundup: Phillies add former A’s backstop Nick Hundley on minor league contract...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Fink: Bad-Ball Blasts — Out-of-Zone Home Runs in 2019...
• Stark: The Useless Info Dept., History Watch Edition... ($)
• Szymborski: The Cubs Are Slowly Pulling Away...
• Castrovince: The crazy story behind MLB’s last forfeit...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1952 — A Texas League game between the Fort Worth Cats and Beaumont Roughnecks is stopped for several minutes by seagulls landing on the field. The seagulls harrass the players before settling in deep centerfield to watch the game.
• 1996 — Geronimo Berroa hits three home runs in the Athletics’ 11 - 1 win over Minnesota. He becomes the 10th player in history to have a pair of three-homer games in the same season. Berroa accounts for 5 of Oakland’s runs and Mark McGwire accounts for 4 with a pair of homers himself. McGwire‚ who missed 30 games‚ now has 41 homers.

Best of Twitter:

• Yikes...

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• The young talent in today’s game is insane...