Elephant Rumblings: Trayce Traded, Trivino Optioned; How Manaea Unlocked His Arsenal

A’s Coverage:

• Sarris (Athletic Subscription): How the A’s Sean Manaea unlocked his arsenal...
• Shea: A’s call free game ‘great success,’ might offer another in future years...
• Cut4: Daniel Mengden received a package in the mail with an unexpected message on it...
• Slusser: Adding first-base coach Al Pedrique a coup for A’s...
• Chicago Tribune: White Sox trade Tyler Saladino to Brewers, pick up Trayce Thompson from Athletics...
• Adler: Athletics’ Lou Trivino optioned back to Triple-A...

MLB News:

• MLBTR: Blue Jays Promote Lourdes Gurriel Jr...
• Rosenthal (Athletic Subscription): Company that offers minor leaguers up-front payments drawing scrutiny within baseball...
• ESPN: Mets’ Matt Harvey no lock for next start, Mickey Callaway says...
• Roscher: Alex Rodriguez’s nephew kidnapped after Lamborghini sale went south...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Perry: Why a Manny Machado trade at the deadline seems more likely by the day for the Orioles...
• Edwards: Yoan Moncada’s Approach Is Actually Working...
• Boyd: Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray has a challenging load as a 2-sport star, but the MLB draft could make his path clear...
• Lindbergh: Pounding the Strike Zone Is Going Out of Style...
• High school baseball coach ‘sick’ after his team posts 82-0 victory...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1912 - The Boston Red Sox play the first game in the history of Fenway Park, after three previous attempts to play the opener have been rained out. The Red Sox open up with an 11-inning, 7 - 6 victory over the New York Highlanders, the predecessors to Boston’s arch-rivals, the New York Yankees. Tris Speaker delivers the game-winning RBI before a crowd of 27,000 fans. Minutes later, the Detroit Tigers christen their Navin Field with a 6 - 5 win over the Cleveland Naps.
• 1916 - The Chicago Cubs play their first game in the newly-built Federal League Weeghman Park, which will be renamed “Wrigley Field” in 1926. The stadium, minus the upper deck added later, seats 14,000, but 20,000 fans are on hand. Greeting fans on the Addison Street side is JOA, a bear cub owned by Cubs (partial) owner J. Ogden Armour. Everyone goes home happy as Vic Saier’s 11th-inning sacrifice fly gives the Cubs a 7 - 6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
• 1997 - Mark McGwire becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit a home run over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium. The Athletics first baseman joins Harmon Killebrew (1962), Frank Howard (1968), and Cecil Fielder (1990) as the only players to accomplish the feat.

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