I haven't looked closely, but I don't think my bracket's in good shape.
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Destiny’s Child – Survivor
Quite a day of baseball yesterday.
Happy Birthday–October 9
Dave Rowe (1854)
Al Maul (1865)
Rube Marquard (1866)
Joe Sewell (1898)
Mike Hershberger (1939)
Joe Pepitone (1940)
Freddie Patek (1944)
Bob Moose (1947)
Steve Palermo (1949)
Brian Downing (1950)
Randy Lerch (1954)
Felix Fermin (1963)
Danny Mota (1975)
Brian Roberts (1977)
Mark McLemore (1980)
Jason Pridie (1983)
Derek Holland (1986)
David Phelps (1986)
Starling Marte (1988)
Steve Palermo was a major league umpire from 1977-1991, when he was shot and paralyzed while trying to prevent a robbery. He became Supervisor of Umpires in 2000 until his death in 2017.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS' dad.
Wild Card Games : Day 2
Rays – Guardians
ALWC ESPN2
3:07p Mariners – Blue Jays
ALWC Game 2 ESPN
6:37p Padres – Mets
NLWC Game 2 –ESPN
7:37p Phillies – Cardinals
NLWC Game 2 – ESPN2
October 8, 2022: Homebrew
I hacked* my Wii and made it region free. Also got rid of that annoying lobby music.
*uploaded a program.
Happy Birthday–October 8
Ping Bodie (1887)
Donie Bush (1887)
Doc Crandall (1887)
Wally Moses (1910)
Danny Murtaugh (1917)
Catfish Metkovich (1920)
Ed Kirkpatrick (1924)
Don Pepper (1943)
Paul Splittorff (1946)
Rick Stelmaszek (1948)
Enos Cabell (1949)
Jerry Reed (1955)
Mike Morgan (1959)
J. T. Bruett (1967)
Olmedo Saenz (1970)
Antoan Richardson (1983)
Cody Eppley (1985)
Taylor Featherston (1989)
Right-hander Jerry Reed was drafted by the Twins in the eleventh round in 1973, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish E-6 a very happy birthday.
Ethel Cain – Thoroughfare
Wild Card Games : Day 1
Throwing up a game log for today's games
AL Wild Card Game 1: Tampa Bay at Cleveland ESPN
NL Wild Card Game 1: Philadelphia at St. Louis 1:07pm ABC (!!!!! network tv!)
AL Wild Card Game 1: Seattle at Toronto 3:07pm ESPN
NL Wild Card Game 1: San Diego at NY Mets 7:07pm ESPN
October 7, 2022: Champion
Congrats to you, sir. ben handily won the WGOM fantasy baseball league this year.
Happy Birthday–October 7
Fleet Walker (1856)
Brickyard Kennedy (1867)
Bill Walker (1903)
Chuck Klein (1904)
Frank Baumholtz (1918)
Grady Hatton (1922)
Bud Daley (1932)
Phil Ortega (1939)
Jose Cardenal (1943)
Rich DeLucia (1964)
Evan Longoria (1985)
Alex Cobb (1987)
Mookie Betts (1992)
Kohl Stewart (1994)
Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker is credited as the first African-American to play major league baseball. A catcher, he appeared in forty-two games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884, until rival owners and players demanded that he be removed from the roster. In those forty-two games, he batted .263/.325/.316.