Elephant Rumblings: A’s third baseman Matt Chapman day-to-day with sore ankle

A’s Coverage:

• Simmons: Mark Canha leads A’s power surge in victory over Seattle...
• Gallegos: Bailey keeps momentum going in A’s debut...
• Lockard: Homer-happy A’s at it again in Homer Bailey’s debut start... ($)
• Simmons: A’s All-Star Matt Chapman exits game with ankle soreness...
• Gallegos: A’s drop slumping Davis from cleanup spot...
• Ross: A’s team with ‘Baseball For All’ to inspire girls pursuing careers in baseball...

Best of AN:

• Doan: Game #97 — A’s Sink Mariners, 10-2...
• invisibleinkwell: Valuing the A’s most likely trade targets...

MLB News:

• Perry: Yankees trade for pinch-runner extraordinaire Terrance Gore with playoff roster in mind...
• Heyman: Pirates righty Jordan Lyles, outfielders Corey Dickerson, Melky Cabrera likely available...
• Rosenthal: Angels’ pursuit of pitching; Who’s on third? A guide; help from an unlikely source; more deadline notes... ($)
• Passan: 10 things to watch in the two weeks prior to the MLB trade deadline...
• Badler: MLB Targeting International Draft As Soon As 2020...
• Johns: Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger cleared to resume baseball activities...
• Flanagan: Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi hits IL with partial shoulder dislocation...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Kram: The NL Central Race Could Be the Tightest in MLB History...
• McDaniel: 2019 Trade Value — #21 to #30...
• Gawlowski: Jimmie Sherfy and a Fair Chance...
• Brock: ‘The Double’ — The hit that made Edgar Martinez a legend and saved baseball in Seattle... ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 1921 — Babe Ruth hits the 139th home run of his career, passing Roger Connor to become baseball’s all-time home run leader. The blast off Bert Cole at Navin Field in Detroit, MI is estimated by some to have traveled upwards of 575 feet, the longest in major league history.
• 1927 — The Philadelphia A’s Ty Cobb makes what is celebrated at the time as his 4,000th hit, a double off Sam Gibson of Detroit. Detroit wins, 5 - 3, over Lefty Grove. Research will later reveal that he had two fewer hits than was thought at the time, and that number 4,000 actually three days later, on July 21st.
• 2012 — The A’s improve to 10-2 in July with a 4 - 3 win over Texas, capped by a 9th-inning walk-off homer by Brandon Hicks off Michael Kirkman, his first major league long ball. Ryan Cook, the A’s sole representative at last week’s All-Star Game, picks up the win. The hot month has put the A’s in surprising contention for a wild card spot.

Best of Twitter:

• Think the baseballs might be juiced?

• The Lazer is on fire...

• Matt Chapman is pretty much the best baseball player ever. Get well soon, Chappy...