Team News
Catching up with Diamondbacks Prospect Kristian Robinson
Going, going, GONE!@Dbacks prospect Kristian Robinson mashes his 1st homer of the @MLBazFallLeague a whopping 435 feet up the middle. pic.twitter.com/1AUdpK1kbn
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) October 13, 2024
D-backs Arizona Fall League overview
https://www.mlb.com/news/d-backs-arizona-fall-league-overview-2024?t=arizona-fall-league-coverage
Why D-backs sought Marte long before he was All-Star caliber
“His skill set is pretty rare in the game,” Hazen said. “I mean, being a switch-hitter who’s proficient [from] both sides, plays in the middle of the diamond, like you just don’t run across players like that all that often. There’s only so many players that are going to be that star-caliber guy that you’re going to have. I think for as long as you’re doing these jobs, you’re only going to run into a handful of them. And we were lucky to get him when we did.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-trust-in-ketel-marte-pays-off
How Carroll developed a love for baseball cards
Longoria had in his hand a baseball card of Carroll and, he wondered, would the then 22-year-old sign it for him? The request caught Carroll off guard and he was flattered that someone as accomplished in the game as Longoria wanted his signature. “There was just an element of coolness to that for me,” Carroll said. “Like, wow, think about all the things that this guy’s done, and he wants my signature? I haven’t done anything.”
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/corbin-carroll-on-his-baseball-card-collection
Rotation picture and more offseason questions for D-backs
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-2024-25-offseason-questions
Other Baseball
Jack Flaherty, Dodgers set the tone for NLCS with 9-0 victory over Mets in Game 1
Nine years ago, when the Dodgers faced off against the Mets in the 2015 NLDS, in the crowd at Dodger Stadium was a lifelong Dodgers fan who didn’t know it yet but would one day get to play October baseball for his hometown team. That fan was Jack Flaherty.
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“You can’t really put it all into words, but the most important part was coming out here and setting the tone,” Flaherty said afterward. “But to be here and have some family in the stands and see some of them beforehand, it kind of lets you relax a little bit.”
Shaikin: Dodgers’ shutout innings streak looks much different than the original ‘66 record
https://sports.yahoo.com/shaikin-dodgers-shutout-innings-streak-100012840.html
MLB playoffs: How Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman fought to the NLCS
There’s a perfect game hiding inside LA’s scoreless innings record
If that wasn’t good enough, there was a streak within the streak. Before Francisco Lindor led off the fourth inning with a walk to give the Mets their first baserunner against Flaherty, Dodgers pitchers had retired 28 straight batters faced going back to Game 5 of the NLDS, the third most in a single postseason, according to Elias.
The only longer streaks both belong to the Yankees. The 2004 Yanks retired 29 in a row between ALDS Game 4 against the Twins and ALCS Game 1 against the Red Sox, and the 1956 Yankees retired 31 consecutive Brooklyn Dodgers from Games 4-6 of the World Series — including the 27 up, 27 down in Don Larsen’s perfect game in Game 5.
https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-nl-postseason-consecutive-scoreless-innings-record
Yankees will start Carlos Rodón in Game 1 of ALCS; Guardians starting Alex Cobb
Guardians-Yankees position-by-position breakdown
https://www.mlb.com/news/guardians-yankees-alcs-position-by-position-breakdown
Guardians’ middle-infield duo forge brotherhood over baseball
https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/brayan-rocchio-andres-gimenez-guardians-alcs
Luis Arraez Interested In Extension With Padres
After being traded for the second time in as many years back in May when he was acquired by the Padres in a deal that sent a four-player package back to Miami, Luis Arraez told reporters (including MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell) that he’s looking forward to the stability of knowing where he’s going to play next year. Not only that, Arraez even expressed interest in a longer-term deal to keep him in San Diego beyond the end of the 2025 season, when he’s scheduled to reach free agency for the first time.
“It means a lot of good things,” Arraez said, as relayed by Cassavell. “If they want to sign me, I want to stay here. This is business. I understand the business. But I hope I stay here for a long time.”
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/luis-arraez-interested-in-extension-with-padres.html
Profar reaffirms desire to stay in SD as free agency looms
https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/jurickson-profar-on-padres-tenure-future-with-team-after-nlds-exit
In all best-of-seven postseason series, teams winning Game 1 have gone on to take the series 123 of 191 times (64%)
In series under the current 2-3-2 format, teams winning Game 1 at home have gone on to take the series 66 of 99 times (67%)
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 14, 2024
longest scoreless IP streaks, single postseason:
2024 LAD: 33 *active thru T9 (NLDS G3-pres.)
1966 BAL: 33 (WS G1-4)
1974 OAK: 30 (ALCS G1-4)
1905 NYG: 28 (WS G2-5)h/t @EliasSports
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 14, 2024
Anything Goes
This day in history:
The Battle of Hastings, in 1066.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/october-14
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_14
One year ago today, we were in between series’.
During World War II, the Oscar awards were made of painted plaster.
The prestigious Oscar awards were made of painted plaster for three years following the metal scarcity of WWII. After the war, the Academy offered to replace the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones.
Paint used to be kept in pig bladders.
In the 19th century, pig bladders were used to store an artist’s paint. The organ would be sealed with a string and pricked to get the paint out. Because it would often break open, the American painter John G. Rand eventually made paint tubes from tin and screw cap.
In Ancient Asia, death by elephant was a popular form of execution. They could be taught to slowly break bones, crush skulls, twist off limbs, or even execute people using large blades fitted to their tusks. In some parts of Asia, this method of execution was still popular up to the late 19th century.
