Team News
D-backs Top 40 Prospects in 2024: No. 38 Kristian Robinson
Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Player Review: Kyle Nelson
Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Player Review: Thyago Vieira
Randy Johnson reflects on if he would thrive in today’s MLB
https://burncitysports.com/2024/10/26/randy-johnson-reflects-on-if-he-would-thrive-in-todays-mlb/
Other Baseball
Yamamoto shuts down Yankees as Dodgers take 2-0 World Series lead
https://arizonasports.com/story/3562672/yamamoto-dodgers-yankees/
Dodgers take 2-0 World Series lead behind Yamamoto’s Game 2 gem
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42024081/dodgers-take-2-0-world-series-lead-yamamoto-game-2-gem
‘Encouraged’ Dodgers say Ohtani has partially dislocated shoulder
“The whole stadium went silent,” Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez said of watching Ohtani go down. “You know how big Shohei is for this team. Hopefully he’s OK and the day off tomorrow will help him get back on the field on Monday.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42023471/dodgers-ohtani-exits-injury-world-series-game-2
World Series 2024: Shohei Ohtani’s shoulder injury casts a shroud of uncertainty even as Dodgers take 2-0 series lead
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/october-27
Yesterday was the gunfight at the OK Corral, in 1881. That name sounds better than, “in an adjacent, vacant lot next to a photography studio.”
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_27
This date last year was game 1 of the World Series, Adolis García hit a walkoff home run in the 11th for the Rangers.
170 year-old champagne was found under the Baltic Sea.
The bottles would have been traveling from Germany to Russia in the 1800s before sinking in the sea. With temperatures between 2-4°C, the ocean floor was perfect for wine aging. Oenologists described the flavor profile as “sometimes cheesy,” with “animal notes,” and elements of “wet hair.”
Polar bears charge at a group of walruses while hunting.
They attack those that are crushed or left behind during the mass panic. Seeing a polar bear directly attack its prey is considered rare according to observations and studies.
No one knows why flamingos stand on one foot.
Flamingos usually pose with one foot tucked under their bodies. A theory suggests that they do it to conserve body heat in the cold water of their feeding areas, but it has not been confirmed. Astonishingly, a study showed that this behavior does not cause muscle strain in their legs, meaning they can do it without physical effort.
Technically, the first President of the United States was not George Washington.
Before the United States had the Constitution (which established the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of government), they had the Articles of Confederation. Under this legislation, the central authority of the United States was the Second Continental Congress. John Hanson was the first politician elected as President of the Continental Congress (a largely administrative role). Several other men held the title of President before George Washington’s election in 1789 (the Constitution was ratified in 1787).
