Elephant Rumblings: A’s to place Khris Davis on paternity list

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Roark stumbles for 1st time in A’s uniform...
• Slusser: Treinen stumbles again in A’s loss, Chapman exits after beanball... ($)
• Lombardi: ‘He’s all right’ - After a scary moment in a loss to the Royals, the A’s hope Matt Chapman can return to action soon... ($$$)
• Slusser: A’s Khris Davis goes on paternity leave... ($)
• Gallegos: Source - No. 8 prospect Sheldon Neuse to join A’s...
• Slusser: A’s lose Nick Martini on waiver claim by Padres... ($)
• Byrne: Arguably The Most Underrated Athletic...
• Lockard: Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos and Nick Allen highlight Giants and A’s prospects heading to the Arizona Fall League... ($$$)

Best of AN:

• CatfishBunter: Game #133 - Royals rock Roark, win 6-4...
• Hall: Matt Chapman leaves game after being hit in head by pitch...
• Hall: Nick Martini claimed off waivers by Padres...
• Hall: Oakland A’s 2019 Arizona Fall League preliminary roster announced...

MLB News:

• MLB Network Radio: Cleveland righty Carlos Carrasco (leukemia) to be activated Sunday...
• Flanagan: Royals shut down righty Brad Keller for season with arm fatigue...
• RosterRoundup: Angels sign former top prospect Luiz Gohara...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Carig: ‘It puts people on guard a little bit’ - Broadcasters who also work for teams navigate a gray area... ($$$)
• Szymborski: The Orioles Are Having a Great Last Place Season...
• Edwards: Rumored Royals Sale Would Rank Among Most Profitable...
• Baumann: How Cleveland’s Shane Bieber Followed Jacob deGrom’s Path to Stardom...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1931 — Lefty Grove fans the side in the 1st inning, hands out a walk to Lou Gehrig to start the 2nd, and records three more K’s. Lefty has two K’s in the 3rd but develops a blister from gripping the ball. Gehrig knocks Grove out of the box with a 6th-inning grand slam, but the A’s lefty still wins, 7 - 4. Lou now has 142 RBIs. Jimmie Foxx knocks in five runs for the A’s.
• 1990 — The defending World Champion A’s seemingly lock up another pennant (spoiler alert - they didn’t) by acquiring slugger Harold Baines from the Rangers for a pair of minor leaguers (Ps Scott Chiamparino and Joe Bitker) and OF Willie McGee from the Cardinals for Felix Jose and two more minor leaguers (3B Stan Royer and P Daryle Green). McGee, who will be a free agent at the end of the year, is hitting .335, which will lead the National League in hitting.

Best of Twitter:

• Baseball used to be a very different game...

• This team is as resilient as it gets...

• If you need me, I’ll be busy spending the rest of Matt Olson’s career hoping he never hits a triple...