Elephant Rumblings: Liam Hendriks sets A’s relief pitcher strikeout record

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Olson’s 450-foot jack sparks Athletics’ offense...
• Slusser: Big blast by Olson, ‘piggybacking’ help A’s beat Royals... ($)
• Brisbee: A weeknight A’s game is the best sports experience in the Bay Area (for now)... ($$$)
• Slusser: A’s Ramón Laureano makes no excuse for costly misplay... ($)
• Thompson: How Marcus Semien cracked the WAR code and set himself up for a big payday... ($$$)
• Lockard: A’s minor-league season in review - Successful rehabs and the Las Vegas offense were the stories of the season... ($$$)

Best of AN:

• baseballgirl: Game #152 - Olson’s Moon Shot, Brown’s Double and Hendriks’ Electric Bounce-Back Save Lead A’s to 2-1 Win...

MLB News:

• Santelli: Pirates’ All-Star Closer Felipe Vázquez Facing Several Felony Charges, Including Sexual Assault Of Teen He Met At PNC Park...
• Mayo: Prospects set to shine on AFL Opening Day...
• Cotillo: Red Sox likely to shut David Price down for season with wrist issue...
• Acee: Padres shut down rookie Chris Paddack (workload)...
• Curry: Yankees reliever Dellin Betances suffers partial tear of left Achilles’ tendon...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Rosenthal: Why Christian Yelich should still be considered for NL MVP (while Mike Trout is an AL shoo-in)... ($$$)
• Dodd: ‘One of the biggest myths’ - The history of living and dying by the home run... ($$$)
• Fink: Kolby Allard Has Been Quite the Find for the Rangers...
• Sarris: Investigating the weirdest pitches of the year and trying to define the value of strange... ($$$)
• Kram: The Reds Are Refining the Optimal Approach for a Two-Way Player...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1962 — Charlie Finley is denied permission to move the Athletics to Dallas-Ft. Worth.
• 2013 — In his first major league start Reds OF Billy Hamilton reaches base five times and steals four bases, becoming the first player to do so in the modern era. The Reds defeat the Astros, 6 - 5, as Hamilton scores a key run in the top of the 13th.

Best of Twitter:

• This is pretty incredible...

• Going deeper on the Semien/Ruth/Gehrig comparison...

• Hendriks’s 2019 might be even more impressive than Treinen’s 2018...