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Elephant Rumblings: Melvin Wins TSN Manager of the Year, Shadiness Defines Playoffs

Athletics Nation | October 18, 2018

Related Topics: Playoffs, Baseball, Oakland Athletics, World Series, Cincinnati, Blue Moon Odom, Rollie Fingers, Johnny Bench, Dick Williams, Jack Billingham

Watching the mookie play again and again. Without those Astros fans, 98 percent he catches that ball.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) October 18, 2018

Joe West did the best he could on the Betts-Altuve call; many umps would have called it the same way. Hinch made a good point about assuming Mookie makes the catch, but even that is difficult to process in the moment. None of the replay angles were definitive.

— David Brown (@AnswerDave) October 18, 2018
  • Will the aces get off the playoff schneid?

David Price, who warmed up several times Wednesday, and will be pitching on short rest, still will start in Game 5, Alex Cora said.

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