Team News
A Diamondbacks depth chart check-in before the offseason gets going
https://arizonasports.com/story/3561567/diamondbacks-depth-chart-check-in/
D-backs Top 40 Prospects in 2024: No. 40 Jacob Steinmetz
Diamondbacks 2024 Player Reviews: Matt Bowman
Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Player Review: Logan Allen
Zac Gallen expected to receive north of $100M+ in free agency
https://burncitysports.com/2024/10/19/zac-gallen-expected-to-receive-north-of-100m-in-free-agency/
Other Baseball
As free agency looms, Juan Soto powers Yankees to World Series
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41897612/as-free-agency-looms-soto-powers-yankees-world-series
Soto’s latest superstar swat propels Yanks to 1st WS since ‘09
https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-win-alcs-2024
Stanton wins ALCS MVP as peers agree: ‘This is what Big G lives for’
https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-homers-vs-guardians-alcs-game-5-2024
Cleveland Guardians ‘hurting’ after emotional ALCS loss
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41896501/cleveland-guardians-hurting-emotional-alcs-loss
Mets’ Sean Manaea ‘ready to go’ in Game 6 of NLCS after ‘hitting a wall’ in last start
https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-sean-manaea-ready-game-230124877.html
extra-inning HR in LCS-clinching win:
2024 ALCS G5 Juan Soto
2003 ALCS G7 Aaron Boone
1997 ALCS G6 Tony Fernández
1983 ALCS G4 Tito Landrum https://t.co/IMJ5BTwJvD— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 20, 2024
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/october-20
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_20
One year ago today, was game 4 of the NLCS, this was the game Alek Thomas had the PH HR in. If the Dbacks lost this contest, they would have fallen behind 3-1 in the series.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI202310200.shtml
Talking in your sleep is known as somniloquy.
Sleep talking is scientifically known as somniloquy. Much like sleep walking and sleep paralysis, it is a sleeping disorder. It’s not really a serious condition, but it can be treated and avoided.
Pigs have free speech in Florida.
The 1838 Constitution of Florida guarantees the right to privacy, the freedom of speech, and the right of pregnant pigs to be free from cages.
The heart symbol was inspired by ancient birth control.
Do you remember how shocked you were when you discovered in biology class that our hearts weren’t shaped like the cute symmetrical shape we see everywhere? Your next question probably would’ve been, “Well, how did they come up with that butt shape?” A theory suggests that the shape came from the silphium, a type of now-extinct plant that the ancient Greeks and Romans consumed for medicine, food, and birth control. Silphium seeds were shaped like our modern heart icon.
95. The Circus Maximum in Rome is still the largest capacity sports arena ever built. It was used for the execution of prisoners, part of the Roman Triumph, and chariot racing. Historians believe the Circus Maximum could hold between 150,000 – 250,000 people at any given time.
96. Spartans were so rich that nobody had to work. Ancient Sparta was an immensely wealthy country. Mainly due to their conquest and domination of their neighbors, the Helots. When a Spartan boy reached adulthood and became a man, the Spartan state awarded him with an allotment of public farmland. They also rewarded him with a constituent of Helot slaves to work it.
