ghost of miles

Yes, congratulations to L.A., clearly the better team. I had voted for the Dodgers-in-six option on Pinstripe Alley’s pre-series poll, but even that proved to be overly optimistic. The Dodgers have set themselves up nicely for a potential stretch of dominance, what with Glasnow and Ohtani both in the rotation next year and all of their key players still in their prime. Glad that I got to hear John Sterling making his last Yankee calls in the postseason, that I got to follow Judge having one of the most spectacular offensive seasons I’ve ever seen, that Soto fit in so well in the Bronx (it’ll take a truckload of money and he won’t be handing out any hometown discounts, but I think he ultimately stays with New York), and glad to have enjoyed another season of baseball. In this most volatile of election years, it was a more welcome diversion than ever. In the meantime, fire up the hot stove!

Great performance of “After You’ve Gone” by Sidney Bechet and Vic Dickenson on disc 1! Listening to disc 2 right now.

Mine just landed on my front porch, with no shipping notification or tracking, but… I’ll take it! The arrival just brightened my weekend.

Roberts: Ohtani will not pitch in WS …not unexpected.

Very sorry to hear this. I've played her frequently over the years on my daytime afternoon program and will definitely highlight her passing.

Sad news—he was such a baseball sensation in 1981. Eerie timing on the eve of the first Dodgers-Yankees World Series since that very year.

The Organissimo effect at work once again. I picked up this one after somebody (HutchFan, maybe?) expressed enthusiasm for it in this thread. It’s living up to the praise and reminding me once again that the answer to the question “Can one have too much live Ellington” is “not bloody likely.”

Thanks so much, Patrick. The final series line does not reflect how close and hard-fought it was—much, much respect to Cleveland. Those were some great and memorable ALCS battles, with game 3 in particular an instant classic. One thing the Mets have going for them: the decimated L.A. rotation, and Yamamoto and Flaherty unavailable to start today or tomorrow. It’s going to be an epic World Series match-up, whoever ends up emerging from the NLCS. I’ll definitely be listening to tonight’s game.

Riveting last couple of games in Cleveland for the ALCS. Weird how just about every game in the NLCS has been a blowout.

Ohtani now 17-20 in his last 20 AB with RISP (setting an MLB record) and 0-21 with nobody on base. Ohtani’s big blast punctuates historic run of clutch hitting

That one has never been reissued on CD, correct? I know it's not part of Mosaic's Gerald Wilson set.

With their shutout last night, the Dodgers have now tied the 1966 Baltimore Orioles postseason record of holding their opponents scoreless for 33 innings in a row.

Buckle up for Mets-Dodgers and Guardians-Yankees!

Florida board members have definitely been in my thoughts these past few days. Live updates: Hurricane Milton still pounding Florida after carving path of destruction

Hurricane Milton shreds Trop roof

… and now the Dodgers are six innings into a potential bullpen shutout. Surely that’s never happened twice in one day in the postseason? Hell, one alone seems pretty darn unusual.

Tigers threw a bullpen playoff shutout! Impressive.

Having a hard time putting this one back on the shelf…. might have to chase it with the Keynote Fabulous Ellingtonians disc:

Only three innings in, and already a barnburner in San Diego!

Sad news. Among his many accomplishments, he threw a 173-pitch complete game against the Reds in game 4 of the 1975 WS. That’s *two* deep starts in one game by modern-day pitch count standards. He was also very entertaining to watch. Pretty much! Every single division series now a 1-1 dogfight.