Elephant Rumblings: A’s target Wieters re-signs with Cardinals

A’s Coverage:

• Bauman: Oakland Coliseum naming rights deal rescinded amid conflict-of-interest scandal... ($)
• Kleinschmidt: Boston’s JD Martinez understands why Mike Fiers spoke up about Astros...
• Kelly: Kyler Murray still ‘would love’ to play baseball...

Best of AN:

• Nico: Analysis Moves From Parody To Parity...

MLB News:

• Heyman: Catcher Matt Wieters re-ups with Cardinals for one year, $2M...
• Flanagan: Royals, LF Alex Gordan nearing one-year deal...
• Murray: Mets and Pirates re-opening trade talks for OF Starling Marte...
• Flanagan: David Glass, former Royals owner, dies at 84...
• Kelly: Astros to interview Dusty Baker for managerial opening...
• Murray: Blue Jays sign former A’s righty Ryan Dull to minor league deal...
• Gonzales: Former A’s catcher Josh Phegley agrees to minor league contract with Cubs...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Dodd and McCullough: Sign language - The week that shook baseball... ($$$)
• Rosenthal: Inside the Astros’ sign-stealing penalties — the debate continues... ($$$)
• McDaniel: What’s Next For The Astros?
• Greenberg: Yu Darvish has moved past his Astros anguish, but he still wants answers about that World Series... ($$$)
• Klugh: Baseball’s Integrity Isn’t Emotional, It’s Structural...
• Bitzer: BTV January trade tracker update; ranking the Big Four...
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 68, Gaylord Perry... ($$$)
• Kagan: The Physics of the “Seamy” Side of Baseball...
• Leitch: The best new jersey to own on every team...
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 69, Monte Irvin... ($$$)
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 70, Sandy Koufax... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1947 — Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson dies from a brain tumor at the age of 35. Considered by many to be the greatest home run hitter in the history of the Negro Leagues, Gibson will eventually gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1972, when he is selected by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.
• 1997 — Former All-Star outfielder Curt Flood, who challenged baseball’s reserve system all the way to the Supreme Court and made possible today’s mega-salaries, dies at age 59.

Best of Twitter:

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