Elephant Rumblings: Butler wins second AL Player of the Week award

MLB news roundup

Happy Wednesday, Athletics Nation!

There’s been a lot of talk about Lawrence Butler round these parts lately, but “Law Dawg” keeps giving us reasons to stay focused on what may be his budding stardom.

Yesterday, Butler was awarded AL Player of the Week honors for the second time this season. He went 14-for-28 with six home runs to earn the nod. In so doing, he became just the sixth Oakland Athletic to win the award twice in the same season. But Law was hardly content to rest on those laurels.

Butler homered yet again in the first inning of last night’s spectacular walk-off victory over the Mariners, tying the franchise record of eight consecutive games with an extra base hit.

It should be pretty safe to wager that Law will lead off for the A’s in tonight’s Game Three against the Mariners in Oakland, and the way he is crushing the baseball, that franchise XBH record is at great risk of extinction.

Many of us A’s fans are crushed and heartbroken over the franchise’s pending exodus from Oakland, but it may be hard to turn away from the team if Lawrence Butler keeps leading the offensive charge the way he is.

A’s Coverage:

• A’s walk-off for second night in a row over Mariners
• A’s Lawrence Butler in rare company after second AL Player of the Week honor ($)
• New A’s Tristan Gray and Janson Junk eye stability after being called up ($)
• Injuries & Moves: Soderstrom to begin rehab assignment
• A’s Bringing Former Greats For Alumni Sundays vs. Yankees, Tigers
• A’s Fans Bring “SELL” to SFMOMA in Last Act of Defiance Towards Owner John Fisher
• Bido aims to ‘finish the season strong’

MLB News & Interest:

• MLB Power Rankings: Tigers, Cubs on the up and up; September priorities for each team ($)
• Sean Manaea Expected To Opt Out Of Mets Deal In Offseason
• Why front-office changes for most underachieving MLB teams appear unlikely ($)
• Paul Goldschmidt Plans To Continue Playing In 2025
• Baseball slang 101: A guide to talking like you’re in an MLB clubhouse ($)
• Johnny Cueto Elects Free Agency
• Today in Baseball History

Best of X:

A tenacious performance from Ginn.

I’m too old to understand what “Trimmmmmm” means, but I’m quite impressed with the rest.

Big week for Logan Davidson.

Parking enforcement, puppet show canceler, two jobs I’m glad I don’t have.

Oakland’s all-time XBH leaders.