Andrew Banks at Kings of Kauffman defends keeping Alec Zumwalt as hitting coach.

“A lot of us knew him from the minor leagues,” Pasquantino said. “He was in charge when I got drafted, so I have a really good relationship with him.

“He knows my swing in and out, he knows what I’m thinking. he said. “There’s a relationship piece there that helps with being comfortable when you show up at the yard.”

Should Zumwalt not get credit for the offensive turnaround in the second half? If he doesn’t, then he shouldn’t get the blame when the bats were ice cold early in the summer.

Dan Rivkin at MLB.com writes about how The Beatles and baseball intersected.

Charlie O’s unrefusable offer — Sept. 17, 1964 It took one of baseball’s biggest personalities – and a staggering amount of money — to convince

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