Team News
Diamondbacks fall to Padres; Geraldo Perdomo hits 20th home run https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2025/09/27/dbacks-padres-carroll-marte-out-after-elimination/85979914007/
Perdomo smacks 20th home run as D-backs wind down on 2025
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/geraldo-perdomo-hits-20th-home-run-of-2025-season
Diamondbacks’ Lefty Ambushed in Lopsided Loss
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-game-day/diamondbacks-lefty-ambushed-lopsided-loss
Geraldo Perdomo is a 20-home run hitter: ’A lot of people were very proud of that’
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/geraldo-perdomo-20-hr/3597456/
Zac Gallen reluctant to take off Diamondbacks uniform after last start before free agency“It’s tough for me to take off,” Gallen said of his uniform. “Kind of lingered on the mound a little bit too when (manager Torey Lovullo) was coming out. Wearing this uniform for seven years now. As much as I spent some other time in organizations, I think of myself as a D-back. “If it’s the last time, a tough pill to swallow. A lot of fond memories here. I know the last two years didn’t go the way we wanted it to. This year didn’t go the way I envisioned for myself. But, every fifth day I put the uniform on, it was an honor, I was proud to put the uniform on. I went out there every fifth day and just tried to give these guys everything I had and obviously just this year wasn’t enough.”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/zac-gallen-start/3597391/
Torey Lovullo Describes Diamondbacks With 3 Words
“They were passionate. They were engaged and relentless, despite some very tough times, some tough outcomes. And they decided amongst themselves at some point that they were going to go out and compete and expect to win baseball games and put us in this position,” Lovullo said.
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/torey-lovullo-describes-diamondbacks-3-words
Geraldo Perdomo Gave Honest Assessment of Manager Torey Lovullo
“I feel he did a great job,” Perdomo said. “Even if he got a really good team in the beginning and they, for some reason, made a lot of changes, I feel like he handled it really well. At the end of the day, it’s not about him, it’s about the players. If we don’t perform how we’re supposed to perform, nothing is going to be the way they want. … it’s the players’ responsibility to perform the way we need to perform.”
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/geraldo-perdomo-honest-assessment-manager-torey-lovullo
Diamondbacks Give Blaze Alexander Injury Update
“It’s just a contusion. The pitch struck him in a decent spot. The x-rays were negative… but we’re going to see how he feels in the morning and go from there,” Lovullo told reporters postgame. https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/diamondbacks-blaze-alexander-injury-update
Other Baseball
Guardians clinch playoff berth in wild finish; Astros out
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46404061/guardians-clinch-playoff-berth-wild-finish-astros-eliminated
Detroit Tigers clinch playoff berth for 2nd consecutive year
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46402003/detroit-tigers-clinch-playoff-berth-2nd-consecutive-year
Reds top Brewers, can clinch wild-card spot with win Sunday
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46404415/reds-top-brewers-clinch-wild-card-spot-win-sunday
Eliminated Astros feel pain of first playoff absence since ’16
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46405865/eliminated-astros-feel-pain-first-playoff-absence-16
Walk-off HBP (!) sends Guardians to postseason, punctuating remarkable run
https://www.mlb.com/news/guardians-clinch-2025-postseason-berth
Tigers punch playoff ticket, still in hunt for division title
https://www.mlb.com/news/tigers-clinch-2025-playoff-berth
Reds head into climactic Game 162 one win away from playoff spot
https://www.mlb.com/news/reds-beat-brewers-on-cusp-of-clinching-nl-wild-card-spot
Abel shows mettle with 6-scoreless, 9-strikeout gem vs. old friends
https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/mick-abel-throws-impressive-scoreless-outing-against-former-team
Ford picks up first career hit — with his childhood hero standing at first
https://www.mlb.com/mariners/news/harry-ford-records-first-mlb-hit?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Verlander ends his ’25 season on high note, leaves door open to SF return
https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/justin-verlander-ends-his-2025-season-with-quality-start-win-vs-rockies
Yesavage’s gem sets up pivotal Game 162 for Blue Jays, AL East
https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/trey-yesavage-blue-jays-keep-pace-in-al-east-race
Postseason bracket, tiebreakers, clinch scenarios, more
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-picture-and-bracket-2025
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-28
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/September_28
4% of the Normandy beaches are made up of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings. More than 5,000 tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on the Axis powers as part of the prelude to the Normandy landings. Scientists who have studied the sand on the beaches of Normandy and they’ve found microscopic bits of smoothed-down shrapnel from the landings.
A Japanese fighter pilot once dropped wreaths over the ocean to commemorate the dead from both sides during WWII. During a sea battle in the Pacific Ocean in December 1940, two Royal Navy ships, the HMS Prince of Wales, and the HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese fighters. The following day, Japanese Flight Lieutenant Haruki Iki flew to the location of the battle and dropped two wreaths over the seas.
New Zealanders have more pets per household than any other country.
68% of households in New Zealand have a pet, which is more than any other country in the world.
Traditional vampire folklore depicts vampires with arithmomania.
This is known as the obsessive compulsion for counting. Many vampires were said to have such a bad habit of this that you would have enough time to run away from them while they count.
