Oh yeah, the NL Pennant winner won the World Series last night. I think they wear blue jerseys or something.
Floater, centerfield, the Diamonbacks are World Champions!
Last Halloween the Dbacks lost game 4 to the Rangers 11-7. That was the bullpen WS game…
Team News
Is there any? I honestly just feel obligated to report on the conclusion of the World Series. Here are a couple of things from SI Dbacks related.
Stay tuned, Snakepit Staff will be beginning player reviews shortly, and there will be plenty of other things to read and talk about during the offseason. Jim has an article going up this afternoon about important offseason dates for the Dbacks/MLB.
When Will Important MLB Awards Be Announced?
Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Player Review: Eduardo Rodriguez
D-backs Top 40 Prospects in 2024: #35 Ivan Luciano
Other Baseball
Walker Buehler had the worst regular season of his career.
He was starting for the Dodgers in October out of necessity.
He pitched 5 shutout innings in Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
2 days later, he got the final 3 outs to win it all.pic.twitter.com/IAPdXFA8o8
— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) October 31, 2024
World Series 2024: Dodgers prove they are not only MLB’s most talented team but also its toughest with World Series victory
“Gerrit was throwing the ball great,” Freeman said. “He still threw the ball great the whole time. When Mookie came up and hit the squibber and was able to beat it out, you could just feel the excitement. … I got one right there, and I was able to foul it off and see another next pitch and, thankfully, hit the ball up the middle. And then credit to Teo. Right-on-right against Gerrit Cole is a very tough at-bat to put into the gap like he did. When you’re given extra outs and you capitalize in that kind of game, that’s huge. For us to get it back to even, you could just feel the momentum just coming along.”
Los Angeles Dodgers, all of them, are World Series champs
Freeman named World Series MVP after record-setting homer spree
“I did a lot of work in between the NLCS and the World Series,” Freeman said. “Thankfully, my ankle got into a good spot where I could work on my swing, and I found a cue that really worked for me. I was able to slow things down. All you’re trying to do is swing at strikes, take balls and hit the mistakes. Thankfully, I was able to do that for five games.”
https://www.mlb.com/news/freddie-freeman-2024-world-series-most-valuable-player
Daniel Hudson retires after Dodgers’ World Series title
“This was the only reason I came back — to go out on top,” Hudson told reporters Wednesday night. “And that’s what’s happening.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42110635/daniel-hudson-retires-dodgers-world-series-title
Yankees lament fifth-inning meltdown in World Series finale
“This is like as bad as it gets,” Cole, the Yankees’ starter, said.
Yanks’ Juan Soto on free agency: Will hear ‘every single team’
“I’m really happy with the city, with the team, but at the end of the day we will see,” Soto said. “We’re going to look at every situation, every offer that we get. I don’t know what teams want to come after me, but definitely I’ll be open to listen to every single team. I don’t have any doors closed or anything like that, so we’re going to be available for all 30 teams.”
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42106425/yanks-juan-soto-free-agency-hear-every-single-team
Latest On Aaron Boone
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/latest-on-aaron-boone.html
Manfred: MLB To Test Ball-Strike Challenge System In Spring Training
“What I can tell you 100% is we are going to test the challenge system in Major League Spring Training in 2025,” Manfred told Russo. “I think that’s an important step forward.” That isn’t a stepping stone to implementing the system in regular season games by next year. Manfred said in May that he didn’t believe the technology would be sufficiently ironed out to put the automatic strike zone in place for meaningful games by ’25.
Here are the Arizona Fall League’s top Statcast performers
Of the 49 runs scored in this Fall Classic, 30 were via homer
That’s 61.2 percent of runs scored via homer, the highest in any World Series, surpassing 57.4% in 2017 (39 of 68 runs)
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 31, 2024
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/october-31
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_31
55 fun Halloween facts that are wicked good
https://www.today.com/life/holidays/halloween-facts-rcna35785
The legs of a bat are so thin, they can’t walk.
Only two species of bats can walk on their front and hind legs: the Vampire bat and burrowing bat.
A solar eclipse once ended a six-year war.
In 585 BCE, the sky suddenly darkened during a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. The soldiers saw it as a sign to stop fighting.
Penguins can jump as high as 9 feet in the air.
These creatures may be known for their adorable waddling, but they’re actually quite the action stars. One of the fun facts about these fun creatures: Depending on their species, penguins can jump up to 9 feet. How do these boxy birds do it, you ask? The magic happens underwater – penguins wrap their bodies in air bubbles from their wings and use this to propel themselves up to the surface.
73. The first known artworks date back roughly 100,000 years ago. It is believed to have begun with the Homo Sapiens during the Upper Paleolithic era. The oldest known artworks were found in a cave in what is now France.
74. During World War II, Americans called hamburgers “liberty steaks.” This was because “hamburger” sounded a little too German. Also, during World War II, sauerkraut was re-dubbed “liberty cabbage.”
