Elephant Rumblings: Frankie Montas to start for A’s on Wednesday

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: A’s WC cushion dwindles after loss to Halos...
• Slusser: A’s lose at Anaheim, wild-card race gets wilder... ($)
• Slusser: Season over for A’s Lou Trivino; Blake Treinen out for playoffs, too... ($)
• Gallegos: Montas makes bittersweet return to Athletics...
• Slusser: A’s Frankie Montas to start Wednesday, how that impacts wild-card decision... ($)
• Kroner: American League wild-card tiebreaker scenarios for A’s, Rays, Indians... ($)

Best of AN:

• Schmidt: Game #157 - The A’s Get Blooped In Anaheim...
• Hall: Lou Trivino out for season...
• Iversen: The Oakland A’s bullpen could have a secret weapon this postseason...
• Baker-Gillman: Series #52 - Athletics at Angels: Burying the Angels...

MLB News:

• Rome: Astros sit Carlos Correa with recurring back tightness...
• Ladson: Outfielder Curtis Granderson wants to play in Majors in 2020...
• Rogers: Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant diagnosed with Grade 2 ankle sprain, likely done for season...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Rosenthal: The suddenly surging Brewers and their special September magic... ($$$)
• Sarris: What - if anything - predicts a team’s success in the postseason? ($$$)
• Jaffe: Team Entropy 2019 - Is This Thing Even On?
• L’Oiseau: Investigating the Importance of Pitch Selection with Clustering...
• Simon: Honoring the defensive MVPs of all 30 teams... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1980 — In a 6 - 4 loss to the White Sox, Oakland’s Brian Kingman (7-20) loses his 20th game. Kingman will finish 8-20, the last 20-game loser of the century and the first to pitch for a winning team (Oakland will finish 83-79) since Dolf Luque.
• 2016 — Jose Fernandez, 24-year-old All-Star pitcher with the Miami Marlins, dies tragically in a boating accident in Miami Beach, FL in the small hours of the morning. The scheduled game between the Marlins and Braves is canceled in mourning.

Best of Twitter:

• Matt Chapman is still an awesome person...

• Even the players are surprised by the change in the baseballs...

• This is so great...