Elephant Rumblings: Puk was great, A’s are 0-3 in games that don’t count

A’s Coverage:

• Gallegos: Khrush being held out with mild calf strain
• Brazil: Khris Davis Q&A: A’s slugger discusses teammates, favorite breakfast
• Poindexter: The Five Players Who Need To Shine For The Oakland A’s To Topple The Houston Astros
• Brazil: Ryan Christenson tasked with ‘grindy’ chore of getting A’s ready to go
• Rubin: Four things we learned from A’s HQ: Breaking down position races, A.J. Puk’s nasty slider to Kris Bryant ($)

Game Recaps:

• CatfishBunter: Spring Game #1: Cubs’ dozen bests A’s deuce in preseason opener
• baseballgirl: Game #2, #3: A’s Drop Both Games to NL West

MLB News:

• Franco: Padres To Sign Brian Dozier To Minor-League Deal
• AP: White Sox agree to deals with Aaron Bummer and Leury Garcia
• Valenzuela: Yoenis Cespedes is speaking again (as long as no one asks about the accident on his ranch)

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Hill: Oakland Athletics: Jose Canseco wants to replace Rob Manfred
• Paschal: Question: What Would We Name the Team This Day? (American League)
• Schulman: Former A’s pitchers hope to give Giants’ black and orange a green and gold tint ($)
• Blengino: MLB’s Best Cutters And Splitters Are Thrown By Homer Bailey, Anibal Sanchez And Walker Buehler

Today in Baseball History:

• 1926 - Southpaw Eddie Plank, winner of 327 games in 17 years, dies at 51 in his native Gettysburg, PA.
• 1966 - University of Southern California pitcher Tom Seaver is signed by the Braves. The deal will later be voided, and the USC stand-out will be selected by the New York Mets in a special draft.
• 1977 - The Oakland A’s trade Ron Fairly to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor leaguer Mike Weathers and cash. The Macon, Georgia native, who played with the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 1974, will become the first major leaguer to appear with both Canadian teams.

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