Elephant Rumblings: Cahill Likely To Join A’s Next Week
A’s Coverage:
- Baker-Gillman: Series #5 Prview - Athletics at Mariners - Crumbling Throne...
- Lockard: Jonah Heim making a strong first impression with the Oakland Athletics...
- Hall: Oakland A’s prospect watch: Single-A Beloit Snappers throw combined no-hitter...
MLB News:
- AP: Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki diagnosed with broken hand, joins Travis d’Arnaud on DL...
- Lauber: Yankees’ Phil Nevin says gesture by Red Sox manager Alex Cora was ‘unprofessional’...
- Heyman: Nats sign Mark Reynolds to MiLB pact...
- Baer: Reflections as Joe Mauer joins 2,000 hit club...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Snyder: Gregory Polanco sure looks like he’s at the beginning of a long-awaited breakout year...
- Cwik: This fourth-grader ditched school to go to a Cubs game and ran into his principal...
- Sullivan: Freddie Freeman Is Joey Votto Now...
- Fangraphs: Max Schrock is still a Fringe-Five darling...
- Nightengale: MLB rule changes have cut mound visits in half, as time of game dips slightly...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1970 - The Oakland Athletics use gold-colored bases during the club’s home opener. The Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.
- 1988 - Rick Honeycutt of the Oakland Athletics becomes the second pitcher in as many days to tie the American League’s 28-year-old balk record by committing four balks in four innings while saving a 12 - 7 win over Seattle. A major league record 924 balks will be called this season after umpires are instructed to interpret the complete stop rule more strictly.
Best of Twitter:
- Soon...
A strange night for Trevor Cahill at @nashvillesounds; 5 2/3 IP, one hit, three runs, four walks and seven strikeouts. He’s likely to be called up Tuesday.
— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) April 13, 2018
- This has certainly been a week of dramatic escalation...
Joe Maddon responds to Clint Hurdle's criticism of Javier Baez and Willson Contreras: "It reveals you more than it reveals the person you're talking about."
— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) April 13, 2018
- The Mets just can’t catch a break...
#Mets catchers are the new Mets pitchers.
— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) April 13, 2018
- Finally, yesterday’s best defensive effort...
Are you kidding?! Austin Hedges makes an incredible double play! #LetsGoPadres
— FOX Sports San Diego (@FOXSportsSD) April 13, 2018
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