Elephant Rumblings: Jeter, Walker elected to Hall

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Stockton at heart of Braden’s immortality with A’s...
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MLB News:

• Castrovince: HOF 2020: Jeter nearly unanimous; Walker gets in...
• MLB: Complete 2020 Hall of Fame election results...
• Bowman: Marcell Ozuna signs one-year, $18M deal with Braves to play LF...
• Abraham: Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia (knee) suffers ‘significant setback’...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Stark: Five things we learned from the 2020 Hall of Fame election... ($$$)
• Baumann: Derek Jeter and Larry Walker Took Different—Yet Equally Deserving—Paths to the Baseball Hall of Fame...
• Jaffe: The Hall Calls - Two for 2020, Derek Jeter and Larry Walker...
• Simon: What’s next? Top storylines for ‘21 HOF ballot...
• Edwards: Scott Rolen Was Dominant...
• McCullough: ‘So leave a like, subscribe, all that good stuff’ - Phil Hughes on going from MLB pitcher to YouTube trading-card star... ($$$)
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 66, Robin Yount... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1901 — Philadelphia Athletics manager-GM Connie Mack signs a 10-year lease on grounds at 29th and Columbia to be called Columbia Park. A contract is set for construction of single-deck stands to hold 7,500.
• 1998 — Free agent outfielder Rickey Henderson signs on for a fourth tour of duty with the Oakland Athletics.

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