— Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 5 (18)
It is 2:52am right now; Freddie Freeman just hit a walk-off homer in the 18th inning.
Tied for the longest game in World Series history.
Dodgers lead series, 2-1; Game 3 starts in like……17 hours.
Shohei Ohtani homered twice, hit two doubles, then was walked intentionally four times and kind of intentionally a fifth time
Ohtani is in Barry Bonds territory now; never pitch to him in a big situation, unless you absolutely have to. Never.
When Bo Bichette played 2B for Toronto in Game 1, it was the first time in his then-755 major league games that he played second base.
— Chiefs 28, Commanders 7
Mahomes threw for 299 yards, three TD’s.
For first time in his career, he threw INT’s on KC’s first two drives.
Chiefs’ next five drives: 43 plays, 336 yards, four TD’s.
Chiefs won/covered four of their last five games.
Washington lost four of its last five games.
Commanders in 2nd half: 20 plays, 81 yards, no points.
Under Quinn, Commanders are 2-6 ATS as a road underdog.
Commanders allowed 354+ yards in six of last seven games.
— In Week 8, AFC teams were 7-1 SU against NFC teams, but for the season, NFC teams still lead, 26-18.
— Vikings’ QB Carson Wentz had a shoulder operation, is out for the year; he had been playing through a dislocated shoulder that included a torn labrum and fractured socket, all of which apparently happened October 5th.
— NFL divisional trends:
AFC East
Home teams 2-4 ATS divisional games
13-9 ATS non-divisional games
AFC North
Home teams 4-0 ATS divisional games
7-15 ATS non-divisional games
AFC South
4-2 ATS non-divisional favorite
7-8 ATS non-divisional underdog.
AFC West
8-5 ATS non-divisional home games
3-7 ATS non-divisional road games
NFC East
6-5 ATS non-divisional favorite
4-5 ATS non-divisional underdog
NFC North
5-2 ATS non-divisional home favorite
2-4 ATS non-divisional road favorite
NFC South
12-14 ATS non-divisional games
NFC West
13-7 non-divisional games
— College football trends, conference games:
American
Favorites 19-11 ATS
ACC
Road teams 22-17 ATS
Home favorites 10-12 ATS
Big 18
Underdogs 24-19 ATS
Big X
Home teams 23-15 ATS
Favorites 24-15 ATS
Conference USA
Home teams 12-7 ATS
Mid-American
Home teams 21-6 ATS
Mountain West
Home teams 11-10 ATS
SEC
Home teams 20-16 ATS
Home favorites 13-10 ATS
Sun Belt
Home teams 18-10 ATS
Famous birthdays, October 28th:
Lenny Wilkens, 88
Dennis Franz, 81
Annie Potts, 73
Randy Wittman, 66
Bob Melvin, 64
Jami Gertz, 60
Steve Atwater, 59
Julia Roberts, 58
Terrell Davis, 53
Jarrett Jack, 42
— New Mexico Lobos are 4-0 at home for the first time since 1962.
— Good news: Vanderbilt’s football team is in the top 10 for the first time since 1941.
Bad news: big $$$ teams are going to be coming after coach Clark Lea, much like they did for James Franklin back when he was winning at Vanderbilt.
— Lakers’ start Luka Doncic is out at least a week; he has a left finger sprain and a lower left leg contusion. He scored 92 points in his first two games this season, but now he is hurt.
— Baltimore Orioles hired Craig Albernaz as their new manager; he was associate manager for the Cleveland Guardians the last couple years. Albernaz managed two years in the low minor leagues, after a nine-year career as a minor league catcher, mostly with Tampa Bay.
— Los Angeles Angels only gave their new manager Kurt Suzuki a one-year contract; there is speculation that there may not be a 2027 season because of labor issues, so if that happens, will be interesting to see if they take care of Suzuki for 2027, or let him go elsewhere.
— RIP to the great actress June Lockhart, who passed away over the weekend, at age 100.
Best known for starring roles in Lassie and Lost In Space, she also appeared in one of the better episodes of Magnum PI in that show’s first season, with Jose Ferrer. Overall, she had 179 acting credits.
RIP, ma’am.
