Elephant Rumblings: A’s lefty Jesus Luzardo pitches in simulated game

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Chapman in the clutch — Slugger cranks GW HR...
• Simmons: Matt Chapman’s eighth-inning homer leads A’s past Brewers...
• Lockard: ‘These guys don’t quit’ — Matt Chapman and the A’s find late magic again against the Brewers... ($)
• Garro: A pitcher’s dazzling show at a stadium speed pitch challenge earned him a deal with the A’s...
• Slusser: A’s July moves reshaped pitching staff for stretch run...
• Watt: Tanner Roark Heads to Oakland...
• Simmons: Newly acquired right-hander Tanner Roark expected to make A’s debut Sunday...
• Brown: A’s acquisition of Tanner Roark a big hit in the clubhouse — ‘It means we’re going for it’... ($)
• Poindexter: The A’s got better at the trade deadline, but their biggest rival truly loaded up... ($)

Best of AN:

• baseballgirl: Game #111 — Chapman’s Blast Secures Game Win, Series Win as A’s Beat Brewers 5-3...
• Iversen: MLB Trade Deadline roundup — What just happened?!
• Hall: Some fun things about new Oakland A’s pitcher Tanner Roark...
• Hall: Oakland A’s place Ramon Laureano and Josh Phegley on injured list...

MLB News:

• Berry: Eight suspended as result of Pirates-Reds fracas...
• Apgar: Henderson quietly tried to lure Arizona Diamondbacks to Southern Nevada...
• Kubatko: Orioles 1B Mark Trumbo considering retirement after injury-plagued season...
• Mitchell: Markets for Blue Jays SS Freddy Galvis and 1B Justin Smoak were nearly “non-existent”...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Rosenthal: The trade deadline is the latest example of the life getting sucked out of the sport... ($)
• Clemens: So Just How Busy Was the 2019 Trade Deadline?
• Bitzer: Trade deadline post-mortem — What worked, what didn’t?
• Lindbergh: What We Learned From the Colossally Lopsided Chris Archer Trade...
• Longenhagen: Ranking the Prospects Moved During the 2019 Trade Deadline...
• Sarris: Which teams, and which positions, improved the most at the trade deadline? ($)
• Passan: Inside the Zack Greinke deal — 24 hours that rocked the MLB trade deadline...
• Stark: Welcome to life after the first ‘real’ trade deadline. Here’s what you need to know... ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1938 — As an experiment, bright yellow baseballs are used in the first game of a doubleheader. The teams go back to the traditional white ball in the nightcap as the Dodgers sweep the twin bill from the Cardinals, 6 - 2 and 9 - 3.
• 1982 — Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6 - 5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season and leaving him with 56 games to break Lou Brock’s single-season record of 118. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice since the modern definition of a stolen base was put in place.

Best of Twitter:

• Regardless of your opinion on Bauer, this was a very classy move and really well done...

• Great news for Oakland’s top prospect...

• Congrats, Ken!