Elephant Rumblings: Winter Meetings Begin!

A’s Coverage:

MLB News:

Baseball Interest Stories:

1959 - The A's Arnold Johnson gives the New York Yankees an early Christmas present when he gift wraps Roger Maris in pinstripes. The Yankees acquire the slugger in a seven-player deal that sends P Don Larsen, RF Hank Bauer, 1B Marv Throneberry, and LF Norm Siebern to the Athletics.

Best of Twitter:

Would you have any interest in taking Ellsbury and his contract if the A’s also got a couple of good prospects?

Additional moves: "Could they attach a pretty good prospect with Ellsbury to trade him? Yes. But if that was the case, teams would probably pay more for Clint Frazier. Either way, the Yankees will do their best to get rid of him. He has no…