“Nothing, it was a strikeout and, ultimately, we lost. After the fact, I don’t have time to dwell on it. In the moment, yeah, I disagreed, but the umpire said it was a swing and it is what it is.” --Yandy Diaz, postgame reaction to his check swing to end Game 2 of the WS.

“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” ― Marcel Proust Salon Proust at the Ritz Hotel, Paris Photo Credit: Andreas Meichsner/The New York Times

October 25, 1938: London fog, Hyde Park. Photo Credit: Getty Images

What a World Series Game. Whatever an opposing team puts up, the Brewers just bat it back down. Game 2 was Milwaukee's 6th come from behind win during this postseason. Incredible!

Interesting finish to GM 1 of the WS. The day is drawing near when a team will think they won the World Series; but upon further review, the call is overturned, but unlike what happened last night, the team given another chance-will flip the script-and turn the game upside down.

"Early Evening, Piccadilly Circus" --Rob Pointon

Source: Talkin' Baseball

Tremendous Game 1 to the Fall Classic. The Game 1 winner has gone on to win the World Series 77 times out of 121—63.6%, according to MLB’s historical tally through the 2025 World Series. That’s roughly two out of every three times.

``God isn’t dead, as some theologians have suggested. It’s just that He’s moved to St. Louis.’’ --Bud Collins (Boston Globe Columnist) after the Boston Red Sox dropped Game 7 to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967 at Fenway Park

If it's October 23, it must be National Boston Cream Pie Day!

Here’s the official broadcast schedule for the 2026 World Series. Historically, a team that wins Game 1 has about a 63% chance of winning the World Series—roughly two chances in three, leaving the Game 1 loser with about a 37% chance of coming back to win the title. Source: MLB

The illustration was L’Âge du papier (“The Age of Paper”), by Félix Vallotton, published on the cover of Le Cri de Paris on January 23, 1898. It was an immediate expression of support for Émile Zola’s J’accuse…!, which had appeared in L’Aurore ten days earlier, on January 13.

A Twofer! Shohei Ohtani doesn't need surgery this offseason; and Pope Leo XIV's lung cancer surgery last week was a success and no further treatment is required, the Vatican says! All is right with the world!

I'm looking forward to the World Series, but I'm not looking forward to Ken Rosenthal & Tom Verducci's interviews with managers while the game is in progress. They shouldn't be allowed. Let players play and managers manage without sticking a microphone in their face.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness" ― C. Dickens-A Tale of Two Cities Photo: Reuters

51 years ago, October 21, 1975, Carlton Fisk drove one deep into the Boston night, giving Boston a dramatic 12th inning win over the Reds before a capacity Fenway Park crowd of 35,205 to force a Game 7 showdown in one of the most dramatic walk-offs in postseason history.

Prince William of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales, looking very regal at a state banquet at Windsor Castle. King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosted it in honor of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman during his state visit to the United Kingdom. Photo: Greg Williams

The corner of dimly lit, Dean Street, Soho, London, August 1955. Photo Credit: BIPS/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

October 20 is the National Day on Writing • Every two hours, a new word is added to the dictionary! • The word ‘mogigraphia’ means ‘writer’s cramp’. • The word ‘colygraphia’ means ‘writer’s block’.