Elephant Rumblings: After (exhausting) series split, A’s travel to Tampa Bay
A’s Coverage:
- Slusser: A’s hold off Rangers, win 9-8 to split long series...
- Gallegos: Davis’ homer, Montas’ 10 K’s just enough for A’s...
- Slusser: A’s to call up Harvard grad Tanner Anderson to start Monday...
- Slusser: Puk, Luzardo to make first rehab appearances on Tuesday in Stockton...
- Lockard: Although not related to Brian McCann, A’s draft pick Kyle McCann offers a similar skill set... ($)
- Slusser: A’s Mark Canha, Rangers’ Adrian Sampson rev up division rivalry...
- Gallegos: Melvin recalls fun personality of Rangers’ Beltre...
Best of AN:
- Baker-Gillman: Game #67 — A Three Hour, Twenty Five Minute Torture Fest...
- Hall: Oakland A’s place Nick Hundley on injured list, recall Beau Taylor...
- Nico: Blog-Fodder — Answers To The Questions You Probably Have...
- Hall: Oakland A’s Prospect Watch — Franklin Barreto catching fire in Triple-A...
- Hall: 87% of Oakland A’s fans approve of Logan Davidson as 1st-round draft pick...
MLB News:
- Kaplan: Astros promote top prospect Yordan Alvarez...
- Davidoff: Yankees’ pain, Stroman and Bumgarner — Trade route now bears intrigue...
- Camerato: Rays prospect Brent Honeywell fractures elbow, out for season...
- Zolecki: Phillies righty Seranthony Dominguez considering season-ending elbow surgery...
- Castrovince: Yankees righty Domingo German (hip) placed on injured list...
- Wagner: Dellin Betances shut down, Giancarlo Stanton close to starting rehab assignment...
- Healey: Mets place Robinson Cano on IL with left quad injury...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Sarris: Understanding exit velocity and sample sizes... ($)
- Edwards: Reds and Mets Game the MLB Draft System...
- McCullough: How baby boomer managers reach these dang millennial players...
- Stark: Useless Info Dept., ‘Field of Inceptions’ Edition... ($)
- Sharma: ‘If I had the checkbook, I’d write you one now’ — How the Cubs signed Craig Kimbrel and what comes next... ($)
Today in Baseball History:
- 1888 — The Athletics play their first official Sunday home game at Gloucester, NJ‚ or so they think. The American Association secretary will later rule the game illegally rescheduled and throw it out of official records.
- 1944 — Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, becomes the youngest player in major league history when he pitches two-thirds of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18 - 0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. He manages to give up 5 walks and 2 hits before Bill McKechnie takes him out. The Cards tie a league record by stranding 18 runners in the most lopsided shutout win in the National League in 10 years. The loser at the end of the day is Bill Lohrman.
Best of Twitter:
- Early candidate for quote of the year...
Muncy: “Bumgarner said ‘don’t watch the ball, run’, and I just told him if he doesn’t want me to watch the ball, go get it out of the ocean.”
— Joe Davis (@Joe_Davis) June 9, 2019
- Oakland’s lengthy road trip continues to drag on...
The A’s trip to Texas just will not end: The Chronicle has learned today’s thunderstorm blew the mobile stairs into the team’s plane, damaging the wing, and the A’s players are still stuck in the clubhouse in Texas for an extra 3 1/2 hours or so.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 10, 2019
A’s travel secretary Mickey Morabito tells The Chronicle he was able to find another plane for the team to take to Tampa but it is being flown in from Northern California and they won’t leave until 10 pm or so.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 10, 2019
The new plane won’t hold all the A’s equipment, Steve Vucinich says, so they’ll have to have air freight a lot of it overnight. Fun times for the A’s this weekend.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) June 10, 2019
- Very glad David Ortiz is safe, and here’s to a speedy recovery...
BREAKING NEWS: According @CDN37 David Ortiz has suffered a shot wound on an apparent attempted robbery at Dial Bar on Santo Domingo Este, he has being transferred to a hospital and his condition is unknown.#ZDigital #ZDeportes @z101digital @ZDeportes
— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) June 10, 2019
Best news we’ve heard so far come from David Ortiz’s father, Leo Ortiz, who told reporters gathered at the clinic that David is currently resting after surgery and that no organs were affected by the bullet. He said the doctors anticipate full recovery. #BigPapi
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) June 10, 2019