Elephant Rumblings: Dodgers acquire Betts in three-team blockbuster

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• Kleinschmidt: A’s pitcher A.J. Puk shares late-night story of first MLB call-up...

MLB News:

• Gurnick: Dodgers land OF Mookie Betts, LHP David Price from Red Sox; OF Alex Verdugo to Boston, RHP Kenta Maeda to Twins, more...
• Bollinger: Angels to get OF Joc Pederson from Dodgers; deal still developing...
• McEnery: Billionaire Steve Cohen’s bid to buy Mets is on life support...
• Guardado: IF Wilmer Flores, Giants agree to multiyear deal...
• Johns: Mariners extend LHP Marco Gonzales through 2024...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Gonzalez: ‘The ‘20s are going to be the Dodgers’ decade’ - L.A. starts new chapter with Mookie Betts trade...
• Rosenthal: Mookie Betts still has his eye on free agency, even if a trade changes the equation... ($$$)
• Baumann: The Utter Disgrace of the Mookie Betts Trade...
• Diamond: Christian Yelich Is a Baseball Star. He Wants to Be So Much More...
• Drellich: After Kris Bryant loses landmark grievance, players may push to change service-time system... ($$$)
• Springer: The Astros, Psychological Safety, and MLB Front Office Culture...
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 52, Adrián Beltré... ($$$)
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 53, Buck Leonard... ($$$)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1897 — Pitcher Charley Radbourn dies in Bloomington, Illinois, at age of 42. In an 11-season career, Radbourn played for the Providence Grays, Boston Beaneaters, Boston Reds and Cincinnati Reds, compiling a 309-195 record with 1830 strikeouts and a 2.67 ERA. He posted at least 20 wins in nine seasons, including 59 in 1884 and 48 a year before. Affectionately nicknamed “Old Hoss”, Radburn will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939.
• 1934 — Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama. After a one-year stint with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues and two years in the minors, Aaron will make his major league debut with the Milwaukee Braves on his way to set a then-major league record 755 home runs.

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