Lovullo takes stock of ‘24 as D-backs turn page to ‘25
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/torey-lovullo-discusses-d-backs-2024-looks-ahead-to-2025
Potential D-backs Free Agency Target: Josh Rojas
Report: Diamondbacks Sign Ildemaro Vargas to Minor League Deal
How Can the Diamondbacks Extend Gabriel Moreno?
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/how-can-diamondbacks-extend-gabriel-moreno
Arizona Diamondbacks: One Move to Rule Them All
Prospect stats of the year — each team’s best of 2024
https://www.mlb.com/news/one-standout-prospect-stat-from-each-team-2024?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
After being traded twice in a day, new Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz is eager to settle in
https://sports.yahoo.com/being-traded-twice-day-pirates-151322490.html
Trevor Hoffman leads 4-member class into Cactus League Hall of Fame
Nolan Arenado Reportedly Uses No-Trade Clause To Block Deal With Astros
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/nolan-arenado-has-reportedly-blocked-trade-to-astros.html
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/december-19
The Battle of the Bulge in WW2 started 3 days ago.
Sherman tank in its winter camouflage driving through the Ardennes for the Battle of the Bulge 80th anniversary
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/December_19
New parents lose around 750 hours of sleep in the first year of their firstborn’s birth.
On average, new parents will only get an average of 4-5 hours of sleep a day due to the newborn’s many needs. During the first year of a newborn’s life, new parents will lose about 59% of their resting time to cater to their newborns.
In Elizabethan England, the spoon was so novel and prized that people carried their own folding spoons to banquets.
In the 13th century, the coronation of every British king was preceded by a ritual where the new king would be anointed by a ceremonial spoon.
Bananas get their curved shape by growing towards the sun.
All bananas go through a process known as negative geotropism which indicates that they will grow towards the source of sunlight. This is also why it is rare to see a straight banana.
