and THAT team forced a game 5…
Team News
Revisiting Diamondbacks offseason moves: Suarez trade, Pederson signing pay off
“I think the base of this team is a very good baseball team,” general manager Mike Hazen said last week. “I think the team that’s walking out of here is a very good baseball team, unfortunately, without the ability to say that they were a playoff team, and that hurts. But I do think, from a talent perspective, this was a good baseball team and it will be moving forward.”
https://arizonasports.com/story/3560490/diamondbacks-last-offseason/
Q&A with D-backs Prospect Dylan Ray at Fall League
“On what he is working on at the Fall League, Ray said, “I’m trying to execute better with two strikes. Trying to develop the cutter this Fall League. Executing with two strikes is probably my biggest thing for the Fall League. Felt like I did a pretty good job burying some pitches, just didn’t get any swings tonight.”
Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Season Review: August
Keep your eyes on these AFL sleepers — one from each MLB organization
D-backs: Kyle Amendt, RHP Pitching at High-A, Double-A and Triple-A, the 2023 ninth-rounder out of Dallas Baptist posted a 40.3 percent strikeout rate that ranked fifth among 1,852 Minor Leaguers with at least 40 innings in 2024. Amendt throws with an over-the-top delivery and can get ride on his 89-92 mph fastball, but during his time with Triple-A Reno, he went more to his upper-80s cutter and upper-70s curveball — two pitches worth watching in Statcast games at Salt River.
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/sleeper-prospects-in-the-afl-2024?t=arizona-fall-league-coverage
Other Baseball
Roof at Rays’ Tropicana Field ripped off by Hurricane Milton as storm makes landfall in Tampa
It’s a full article, with other videos as well.
It keeps getting worse pic.twitter.com/OCwaxAiDmY
— Bill Carl Johnson (@BC_Johnson) October 10, 2024
Francisco Lindor’s grand slam lifts Mets by Phillies, into NLCS
SLAMCISCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/le3temNIK7
— x – New York Mets (@Mets) October 9, 2024
@SugarDiaz39 | #LGM pic.twitter.com/SJ6JUsIViU
— x – New York Mets (@Mets) October 10, 2024
Postseason heartbreak continues for Bryce Harper, Phillies
“Every loss is kind of the same, man,” Harper said. “Any time you lose and don’t finish the job of a World Series, it’s the same — if it’s the next round or the World Series round, it all feels pretty similar.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41709086/postseason-heartbreak-continues-bryce-harper-phillies
Jazz enjoying KC heat: ‘Never seen nobody boo a bum’
“I wanted it. That’s the reaction I wanted,” Chisholm said. “I’m glad that we got it. It got our juices flowing. It got us going. It got the team going. We loved it.”
https://www.mlb.com/news/jazz-chisholm-enjoys-boos-from-royals-fans-in-alds
Tigers on cusp of 1st ALCS since 2013 thanks to pitching chaos
https://www.mlb.com/news/tigers-win-alds-game-3-2024
Facing elimination, Dodgers bust out to force winner-take-all G5
https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/dodgers-win-nlds-game-4-2024
shutouts by either team in EACH of first 3 games of postseason series:
2024 ALDS CLE 1, DET 2
1905 WS NYG 2, PHA 1 (all 5 games of series were shutouts) https://t.co/taoFNGOVWV— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 9, 2024
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/october-10
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_10
A year ago last night, the DBacks took a 2-0 series lead in the NLDS against the Dodgers.
Jessica Campbell makes history and becomes first ever female assistant coach in the NHL
“The year ahead is going to be a lot of fun. But to know and to understand that obviously there’s still at the forefront the thoughts of other women and other people who have the same aspirations as I do,” she told NHL.com. “So, to carry that torch every day and keep my focus on being a coach, but it definitely puts meaning into the work.”
Jessica Campbell makes her official debut as the first female coach in NHL history pic.twitter.com/SakrqflbOB
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) October 8, 2024
The world’s largest pyramid cannot be found in Egypt.
The Great Pyramid of Cholula is found in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico and holds the record for the largest pyramid in the world. This structure is four times as big as the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt.
Some hospitals have beer.
No, we doubt you can ask for a pint in the E.R., but some hospitals do keep a supply of beer for alcoholic patients. This is to avoid possible complications from withdrawals.
My first job was in the dishroom at the hospital my mom worked at for a long time. Can confirm.