Texas at Arizona, 5:03 PM PDT, TV: Fox. Texas leads the Series three games to one.
The Rangers send RHP Nathan Iovaldi (4-0, 3.52 ERA postseason) out to try to win the Series. RHP Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks (2-2, 5.27 ERA postseason) will try to extend it.
- 1942 The Dodgers replace team president Larry MacPhail, who accepted a commission in the U.S. Army in September, with Branch Rickey, formerly the Cardinals’ vice-president before resigning three days ago. Brooklyn’s new boss will guide the team to two pennants during his eight-year reign in the “The Borough of Churches.”
- 1966 In the final time when there is only one selection from both leagues, Dodger southpaw Sandy Koufax becomes the first three-time recipient of the Cy Young Award. The 30-year-old left-hander, recipient of the prestigious pitching prize in 1963 and 1965, posted a 27-9 (.750) record and an ERA of 1.73 for the National League champs.
- 2001 The first major league game ever started in November becomes memorable when the Yankees, for the second consecutive night, make a dramatic comeback in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and go on to a World Series Game Five victory in extra innings. Scott Brosius hits a game-tying two-out two-run homer to knot the game at 2-2, and Alfonso Soriano singles in Chuck Knoblauch in the 12th, giving the Yankees a 3-2 victory and 3-2 lead in the Fall Classic over the Diamondbacks.
- 2005 The unveiling of a bronze sculpture capturing the friendship of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson takes place at Brooklyn’s KeySpan Park, home of the Mets’ Single-A team. The William Behrends sculpture captures the moment when the Dodger captain showed support by putting his arm around his black teammate’s shoulder, hushing an unruly crowd hurling racial slurs at his teammate at Crosley Field in 1947.
- 2010 Edgar Renteria, who drove in the Marlins’ winning run against Cleveland during Game 7 of the 1997 Fall Classic, joins Yankees legends Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and Yogi Berra as only the fourth player in baseball history to collect two World Series-winning hits. The Series MVP’s three-run homer off Cliff Lee in the seventh inning leads to San Francisco’s 3-1 victory over the Rangers, bringing a World Championship to the Giants for the first time since 1954.
NPUT
https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1722081615348916723
The Arizona Fall League ASG is on MLBTV tonight, with a couple Dodgers prospects in the pen. Dodgers’ LHP Kopp has his gopher ball working.
When baseball season ends, there’s an enormous vacuum that’s oh-so-slow to fill.
I agree.
Glenohumeral-and-Capsul-Surgery.
https://dodgersnation.com/clayton-kershaw-news-what-does-glenohumeral-and-capsule-surgery-look-like-whats-the-recovery-time/2023/11/03/
Kershaw announces on his Instagram account that he has undergone shoulder surgery, a repair of the gleno-humeral ligaments and capsule. He hopes to return to pitching next summer.
Sounds like he plans on pitching in 2024.
Little more detail from SI.
He doesn’t say whether he wants to pitch for the Dodgers or the Rangers when he comes back.
Justin Turner declined his player option and is now a free agent.
A great Dodger, but I wouldn’t expect him back. He’s no longer a good fit.
The Dodgers have twelve free agents.
Player Pos 2024 age*
Ryan Brasier RHP 36
Kiké Hernández IF/OF 32
Jason Heyward OF 34
Clayton Kershaw SP 36
Jake Marisnick OF 33
J.D. Martinez DH 36
Shelby Miller RHP 33
Jimmy Nelson RHP 35
David Peralta OF 36
Amed Rosario 2B/SS 28
Julio Urías SP 27
Kolten Wong 2B/SS 33
*age as of June 30, 2024
I’d bring back Kershaw, if he wants to return.
Otherwise, only Hernandez and Heyward for sure.
Martinez, if we don’t sign Ohtani, and the former might jump for a big deal and longer contract in the interim.
Brasier and Miller would be nice, but I expect each will be offered bigger deals than the Dodgers will.
Quique’s said he wants to come back.
Muncy will be back for two more years with a club option in 2026.
https://twitter.com/DodgerInsider/status/1720187594510934182
Remember I said Jon Rahm would throw out the first pitch at Chase Field for Game Four? He did so, and he wore his Masters green jacket to do it.
https://twitter.com/TheMasters/status/1719508801131311385
The surname surprised me for a Spaniard but, as it happens, he’s Swiss-German in descent.
104 days till the start of 2024 Dodger Spring Training when pitchers and catchers report on Feb.13.
Yay Rangers, yay Seager.
This sums it up pretty well. https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1719768050621399075
Well, that was disappointing for Arizona fans, even as it was delightful for Texas fans. And now we wait for spring training and the results of whatever machinations Friedman performs to find a cure for the Dodgers’ early exit problem.
Except for elimination of the Trashtros, the whole thing was a major disappointment for baseball fans.
Seags wins the MVP!
For the second time in his short career!
Rangers and Dodgers have very similar won-loss winning % in WS.
Dodgers 7/20=.350
Rangers 1/3=.333
Texas wins their first World Series!
Mild Card Cup…
Thanks Debbie
Besides – Texas tied Houston for the division and then beat them in the postseason. How are they not the division champs?!
Because of Manfred’s fraudulent tie-breaker.
And that’s going to end the MLB season tonight. 5-0.
The meltdown is complete.
Tough error.
Ugly error.
Snakes are roadkill.
On to the 9th.
Huge K of Pham after having a 3-0 count.
Ok Corey. Win yourself an MVP right here.
For taking a walk…
If he scores, Rangers win the WS tonight very likely.
This is a fun, tight game. Love baseball.
If you view it as an individual game, yes. If you view it as a farce of format, no.
Why would I do the second thing? Choose joy my friend.
The format is a disgrace to the game.
Or choose grumpiness. Good call.
Gnice play by ex-Gnat (and Devil Ray).
Foul ball
Until it went fair. I actually thought it clipped his foot initially.
I was hoping Gallen would blow it in the ninth.
Yeah he really pitched like a wild card pitcher for sure tonight.
You misspelled “mild.”
U-less ain’t sharp tonight, but still getting it done.
Meanwhile, down south, the Paddies appear to be resorting to payday loans. https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/1719822257118384510
The cure for that is winning.
Filling the ballpark ain’t enough?