Elephant Rumblings: Football is done - it’s baseball season

A’s Coverage:

• Brazil: Mike Fiers Q&A - Top California getaway, favorite A’s teammate to watch...
• Kleinschmidt: Matt Chapman vows A’s will give fans reason to attend more games in 2020...

Best of AN:

• Nico: The Race Between Shovels And Schadenfreude...
• ConnorAshford30: 3 Things to Watch in February...

MLB News:

• Speier: Red Sox’ decision to trade Mookie Betts could come within days... ($)
• Murray: Twins sign RHP Jhoulys Chacin to MiLB deal...
• Cotillo: Cubs agree to minor league contract with former A’s 2B Corban Joseph...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Stark and Sarris: Does electronic sign stealing work? The Astros’ numbers are eye-popping... ($$$)
• Distelheim: James Holzhauer on Baseball Betting, Revisited...
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 54, Chipper Jones... ($$$)
• Mayo: Here’s the 411 on best prospects in the game...
• Rosenthal: One big move could decide the NL East. Which team wants to make it? ($$$)
• Carig: Curtis Granderson gave all of himself, on and off the field... ($$$)
• Simon: Josh Gibson - A larger-than-life legend...
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 55, Bob Feller... ($$$)
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 56, Joe DiMaggio... ($$$)
• Sullivan: A pair of brothers, a pair of MLB journeys...

Today in Baseball History:

• 2006 — Miguel Tejada hits a three-run home run to help the Dominican Republic’s Licey Tigers rally past Mexico’s Mazatlan Reindeer, 10 - 6, in the Caribbean World Series. In the second game, Marco Scutaro hits a grand slam to propel the Caracas Lions of Venezuela to a 6 - 1 victory against Puerto Rico’s Carolina Giants. Scutaro and his Caracas teammates are 2-0 in round-robin play. The Dominican Republic is also undefeated after two games.

Best of Twitter:

• Too soon...

• Football is over - it’s officially time for baseball...

• We’re only a few short weeks away...