Elephant Rumblings: A’s induct 5 into team Hall of Fame

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: A’s drop final home game, maintain WC lead...
• Shea: A’s lose home finale, hit road for final week... ($)
• Woo: How Chris Bassitt’s new role is shaping the A’s potential postseason bullpen... ($$$)
• Shea and Slusser: ‘Juiced’ baseball fuels MLB conspiracies and home runs - ‘Just tell us’... ($)
• Sanchez: A’s prospects deliver in walk-off AFL victory...
• Lockard: How a five-person analytics department keeps the A’s on the cutting edge of baseball’s numbers game... ($$$)
• Shea: A’s Marcus Semien emerges as legitimate MVP candidate - ‘He’d get my vote’... ($)
• Gallegos: McGwire among 5 inducted into A’s Hall of Fame...
• Shea: A’s Lou Trivino has oblique, ribs soreness after ‘embarrassing’ fall in shower... ($)
• Gallegos: A’s hope Montas provides late-season lift...
• Simmons: For A’s starter Tanner Roark, it’s not quite Catch-22, but it’s getting close... ($)

Alex at the Examiner:

• Hall: Tony La Russa, Vida Blue among five inducted into A’s Hall of Fame
• Hall: Mike Fiers beats Rangers on his own bobblehead night
• Hall: A’s rout Rangers for second straight game
• Hall: A’s drop home finale to Rangers but still win series

Best of AN:

• Baker-Gillman: Game #156 - Ranger Danger...
• Hall: Marcus Semien’s 40th double puts him in select company in A’s history...
• Nico: Whether Or Not By Design, A’s Are Unveiling The Future Of Bullpens...
• Hall: Liam Hendriks and the Oakland A’s reliever strikeout record...

MLB News:

• Acee: Padres fire manager Andy Green; communication issues cited...
• Heyman: MLB teams showing interest in former A’s righty Zach Neal
• Rosenthal: Sources say Don Mattingly took a significant pay cut with contract extension... ($$$)
• Flanagan: Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi re-injures shoulder, done for season...
• Rogers: Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant to undergo MRI on injured ankle Monday...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• McDowell: Anxiety, depression, panic disorder - Royals pitcher Danny Duffy reveals silent pain...
• Lindbergh: How Luis Severino and the Other MLB Reinforcements Could Play Postseason Hero...
• Szymborski: No, Nicholas Castellanos Is Not Getting a $100 Million Contract...
• Posnanski: No team has ever had a pair of pitchers quite like Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander... ($$$)
• Clemens: Which Hitter is Most 2019?
• Stark: The Useless Info Dept., What to Watch in the Last Week Edition... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1988 — Oakland’s Jose Canseco becomes the founder of baseball’s 40-home run, 40-stolen base club by stealing two bases in a 9 - 8, 14-inning win over Milwaukee. He also hits his 41st home run.
• 2011 — The movie Moneyball receives its theatrical release across the United States. Starring Brad Pitt and based on Michael Lewis’s book of the same name, the story focusses on Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane and his unconventional statistics-based approach that made the team surprisingly competitive during the 2002 season in spite of a tiny payroll. The film will earn a number of Academy Awards nominations.

Best of Twitter:

• The A’s have fans in high places...

• Words of praise from a rival manager...

• Marcus had a historically great night on Saturday...