Reggie Jackson only saw three pitches in the strike zone during Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. He put each one in the Yankee Stadium seats – and that, folks, is how Mr. October got his nickname. ow.ly/lC0v50ZYKCQ

Looks like the Beckett website is starting to return slowly

@JeffPassan tweeted Game 4 of the ALCS has been postponed. It will be played Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. Game 5 has been moved to Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.

MLB playoffs: we don’t know when the game will be or what station but we can promise you it will happen at some point. We are Building The Game

The start times and broadcast schedule for the 2026 World Series have been announced!

Not frivolous but a house. The frivolous thing i would get with money left over would be a few expensive sports cards. 😅

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

question for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?

What’s weird about this is these are the only two guys in major league baseball to go by Will Smith, there’s been Billy’s and Willy’s and Bill’s but these are the two guys who went by Will, it was truly their Willenium

TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 2d ago

For the first time in the 2020s, a player named Will Smith will not win the World Series.👀 One of the Dodgers' catchers and the pitcher who played for the Braves, Astros, and Rangers have featured on a World Series-winning team for the past SIX years.🤯 (via @ESPN)

“There are a lot of troubles in the world today. Playing baseball helps to take your mind off them.” --- POW! --- "I think I'd rather worry about the troubles in the world." ~ Charlie Brown (Classic Peanuts - 1981) ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #Playoffs #Postseason #WorldSeries

Still MLB's last three-peat.

Ohtani bombs are back, it's 4-0 Dodgers

Brewers trying to be the first MLB team to answer a postseason sweep by sweeping a playoff rematch the next year 2 in NHL 1930 Canadiens v Bruins (Stanley Cup Final) 1942 Red Wings v Bruins (Semifinals) 2 in NBA 1954 Syracuse Nationals v Celtics (East Finals) 1968 Lakers v Warriors (West Finals)

FOX keeps telling the “Jake Bauers only didn’t quit baseball because his wife was pregnant and his family wouldn’t have healthcare otherwise” story like it’s a charming story and not a complete failure of this country. Which, of course, is very fitting for baseball.

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the brewers have the juice

once again the dodgers best offensive chance comes from brewers oopsies (brewpsies, per @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social)

If you’re curious, no game in postseason history has ended 1-0 with the run coming on a leadoff home run Yet

Jackson Chourio's leadoff home run

There is no way I am firing my dad either. Especially right before Thanksgiving.

Keith Law@keithlaw.bsky.social · 5d ago

oh no

i think i am too stupid to understand why all the people profiting off ai are telling us that it will destroy civilization

Yahoo Finance@yahoofinance.com · 6d ago

Anthropic warns AI could 'self-replicate' across smart home devices, become ‘challenging’ to shut down

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🌟Call for sports fans🌟 I am looking to interview queer fans of men's sports about how their identity affects/engages with their relationship to sport! This is for a book project on queerness in high-level sports. If this sounds like you, hit my line (DM's or replies) and I'll get in touch!

WNBA and Dream found a good fix to the scheduling problems with State Farm Arena. They are moving games to different days, and the Atlanta Hawks have moved the start time of one of their games to accommodate the Dream. Game 3 will now be on Oct 21, and game 4's tip is now at 1 pm ET

I'm a little bit of both. 😅 Just depends on which teams and players I'm talking about.

Dolphin Pilot@theamitie.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Flip Play was 25 (!) years ago today. The context makes it even more incredible: It was Game 3 of the ALDS with NYY down 0-2 in the series. They won that game 1-0, then went on to win the series. Box score: www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OA... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoJ...

Derek Jeter makes "The Flip" to nab Giambi at the plate in the 2001 ALDS

YouTube video by MLB

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AUSTIN WELLS:

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 6d ago

guess I did not realize that Victor Mesa Jr had an arm like that

In all best-of-seven postseason series, teams with a 2-0 lead have gone on to win the series 79 of 95 times (83%) In series with the current 2-3-2 format, teams taking a 2-0 lead at home have gone on to win 46 of 57 times (81%)

Shohei confounded

When they call NYC the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, this is what they mean.

Joel Siegel@joelsiegel.bsky.social · last wk.

This is a new one - at least for me: Guy selling plants on a random subway platform - on a Sunday night, no less. Only in New York.

I want these guys to basically be forced into using hand signals again lol just for funsies

Matt Trueblood@matrueblood.bsky.social · last wk.

Crowds should always, always, always get loud as hell when the opposing pitcher has even the slightest PitchCom problem. Get loud and make their job hard.

Go Brewers, specifically Brewer Jackson Chourio