Elephant Rumblings: Full Squad Arrives in AZ, A’s Drop Off Local Radio, Tim Hudson News

A’s Coverage:

• Vitale: Tim Hudson leaning on playing experience as he enters first season as Auburn’s pitching coach
• Ferris: How A’s Cast made Oakland the digital gem of MLB
• Vazquez: Photos: Oakland Athletics full squad reports to spring training
• Gallegos: Melvin on Barreto: ‘This is his best shot’
• Slusser: New pitch for A’s Paul Blackburn, welcome return of old one for A.J. Puk ($)
• McCauley: A’s Liam Hendriks helps fire victims back home in Australia
• Coffey: Armed with kinship and confidence, the 2020 A’s look at each other and like what they see ($$$)

Best of AN:

• Ciderbeck: No Bay Area Radio Broadcast for A’s in 2020, Instead Will Offer Free Online Audio Stream
• Iverson: MLB’s newest rule changes are a mixed bag

MLB News:

• Todd: Scott Kazmir Begins Auditions In Search Of Comeback Opportunity
• Collins: Red Sox Sign Jonathan Lucroy to Minor League Deal
• Watt: Brewers Sign Brock Holt, Human Swiss Army Knife
• Fischer: Astros’ Francis Martes suspended 162 games for PEDs
• Adams: Braves Extend Alex Anthopoulos, Brian Snitker
• Castrovince: Manfred addresses discipline, retaliation, trophy

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Watt: Minor Leaguers To Be Paid More, Not Enough
• Edwards: John Henry Said What?
• Walker: When baseball almost banned [radio] broadcasts

Today in Baseball History:

• 1957 - The Kansas City Athletics ship pitchers Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, and Jack McMahan, and infielders Clete Boyer, Curt Roberts and Wayne Belardi to the Yankees. In return they receive pitchers Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman and Jack Urban, OF Irv Noren, plus infielders Billy Hunter and Milt Graff. The veteran Shantz and Boyer will be valuable pick-ups for New York, with Shantz leading the American League in ERA this year, and Boyer a tough defensive 3B for eight years in pinstripes. The A’s will eventually admit that when they signed Boyer for a $40,000 bonus in 1955, it was on behalf of the Yankees, with the understanding that they’d ship him to NY as soon as he became eligible to be sent down to the minors.
• 1977 - The Oakland A’s sell P Paul Lindblad to the Texas Rangers for $400,000, calling into question Bowie Kuhn’s policy on player sales. Kuhn had previously voided an Oakland sale of players (on June 18, 1976) as “not being in the best interest of baseball,” but had not specified the maximum amount allowable in a player sale.
• 1987 - After signing a contract as a free agent with the A’s less than a month ago, Vida Blue unexpectedly retires from baseball.

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