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A’s Coverage:
- McTaggart: Kotsay interviews for Astros’ manager job...
- Slusser: A’s Matt Chapman wants extension for Marcus Semien, Matt Olson — and himself... ($)
- Slusser: Asked about A’s stadium hunt, team president says: ‘Get the shovels ready!’... ($)
- Gallegos: Fiers ready to move on; A’s ‘have his back’...
- Slusser: Mike Fiers draws loudest cheers and MVP chants at A’s FanFest... ($)
- Coffey: Mike Fiers says he’s ready to move forward. Will baseball move with him? ($$$)
- Slusser: ‘Saying he’s a rat ... is just wrong’: A’s back whistle-blower Mike Fiers... ($)
- Kleinschmidt: A’s fans confident in team, Mike Fiers heading into 2020 MLB season...
- Gallegos: Luzardo sets goals ‘pretty high up there’...
- Matier: For all the talk of a pedestrian-friendly new A’s stadium, fans expected to drive... ($)
- Brazil: Why A’s players don’t mind trade-offs with extended protective netting...
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MLB News:
- Speier: Mookie Betts trade talks evolving with Dodgers, Padres...
- Morosi: Reds are now frontrunners for free agent OF Nick Castellanos...
- Harding: Rockies extend SS Trevor Story for two years, $27.5M...
- Kramer: RHP Brandon Kintzler, Marlins agree to one-year deal worth $3.25M...
- Silver: 1B Ryan Zimmerman returning to Nationals on one-year, $2M contract...
- Bastian: Cubs have MLB deal with free agent OF Steven Souza Jr...
- Randhawa: Marlins add former A’s OF Matt Joyce on minor league deal...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Glaser: Renowned Coach John Altobelli Killed In Helicopter Crash With Kobe Bryant...
- Plaschke: How can Kobe Bryant be gone? His legend wasn’t supposed to end this way...
- Kelly and Randhawa: Baseball world mourns loss of Kobe Bryant...
- Rosenthal: Why the Red Sox might trade Mookie Betts... ($$$)
- Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 61, Arky Vaughan... ($$$)
- Mayo: Breaking down the MLB Pipieline Top 100 Prospects list...
- Clemens: For Your Enjoyment, a Home Run Rate Refresher...
- Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 62, Smokey Joe Williams... ($$$)
- Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 63, Steve Carlton... ($$$)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1953 — In another deal that general manager Frank Lane pulls over the protests of manager Paul Richards, the Chicago White Sox send slugging first baseman Eddie Robinson along with outfielder Ed McGhee and shortstop Joe DeMaestri to the Philadelphia Athletics for two-time batting champ Ferris Fain and another player.
- 1997 — The Boston Red Sox send designated hitter Jose Canseco and cash to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for pitcher John Wasdin.
Best of Twitter:
- Oops...
At NY BBWAA dinner, Verlander accepted AL Cy Young Award and noted how the Astros were “technologically and analytically advanced” as a way to praise the organization. But that phrase caused some in the audience to guffaw. Verlander waited until noise subsided before resuming
— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) January 26, 2020
- Interested to hear thoughts on this from anyone who attended Fan Fest...
Something to consider: FanFest drew 32K to the same area, according to the A’s. There were no obvious traffic/parking issues. Of course arrivals were a little more scattered throughout the day. https://t.co/Txdi3zW78s
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) January 26, 2020
- Just heartbreaking. Condolences to all those affected...
Kobe Bryant was an absolute idol to Tyler Skaggs, a huge Lakers fan and even bigger Kobe fan.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) January 26, 2020
His urn currently sits atop Kobe Bryant’s “Mamba Mentality” book. (courtesy of the Skaggs family) pic.twitter.com/G0iGEMQnOl
OCC baseball team mourning loss of coach John Altobelli in helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant. pic.twitter.com/KqwP0xZVG1
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) January 26, 2020
Terrible things happen every day, but when someone like Kobe — who seemed so untouchable, so omnipresent and larger than life — is taken away it really drives home how absolutely nothing is guaranteed and our time here is pretty precious
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) January 26, 2020
