Varsho went 7-16 (.438) with 3 doubles and two home runs in the series…
Team News
D-backs’ coaching staff likely to have similar look in 2026 “I feel very strongly that we need to create a little sense of
urgency in Spring Training that, when you walk into a big-league season and start a big-league season, it’s not OK to just kind of put your foot on the gas pedal and make a lane change,” Lovullo said. “I want to gas it and get in the fast lane as soon as possible.” https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/diamondbacks-coaching-staff-to-return-tyler-locklear-to-undergo-surgery
Tales from baseball season: Ryan Thompson honors coaches with unique trading card collection
“When I bought the card, I just thought he [Lovullo -Justin] used to be a catcher,” Thompson said. “This picture was taken because he was like the backup third catcher on the bench and he had to go warm up a pitcher in between innings. So he threw on this mask real quick to go warm up the pitcher and then they snapped his photo and they turned it into his card as if he was a catcher. So this card’s pretty funny to me.”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/thompson-cards/3598422/
Two of MLB’s top 10 prospects, Diamondbacks best boost Arizona Fall League
The club’s best pure prospect in the league is right-hander David Hagaman. Acquired from the Texas Rangers in the Merrill Kelly deal in July, he has flashed dominant stuff and impressive control, looking like a potential mid-rotation starter – if not more.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2025/10/08/what-to-know-about-arizona-fall-league/86577588007/
4 Deserving D-backs Earn Team Awards
Most Valuable Player – SS Geraldo Perdomo
Most Valuable Pitcher – RHP Ryne nelson
Rookie of the Year – LHP Andrew Saalfrank
Good Guy Award – Zac Gallen
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/4-diamondbacks-awards-gallen-perdomo-saalfrank-nelson
3 Young D-backs Who Must Take Next Step in 2026
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/3-young-diamondbacks-next-step-2026
3 D-backs Stars Nominated for All-MLB Team
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/arizona-diamondbacks-news/3-diamondbacks-nominated-all-mlb-carroll-perdomo-marte
Other Baseball
Blue Jays win ALDS Game 4 to eliminate Yankees from playoffs
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46537524/blue-jays-def-yankees-reach-first-alcs-2016
Blue Jays prove they’re top dog, clinch ALCS berth in the Bronx
https://www.mlb.com/news/blue-jays-win-alds-2025-vs-yankees
Sports worlds collide as Maple Leafs air Blue Jays’ clincher live
https://www.mlb.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-show-blue-jays-alds-win-in-arena
Fueled by grit and belief, Tigers knot ALDS to force decisive Game 5
https://www.mlb.com/news/tigers-win-alds-game-4-2025
Cubs erupt in historic 1st inning, then hold off Crew to extend NLDS
https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-win-nlds-game-3-2025
Schwarber’s pair of HRs (including 455-footer!) ignites Phillies’ NLDS Game 3 win https://www.mlb.com/news/kyle-schwarber-hits-long-home-run-in-2025-nlds-game-3
Key storylines for today’s two pivotal NLDS Game 4s
https://www.mlb.com/news/storylines-for-both-2025-nlds-game-4s
Here are each organization’s Prospects of the Year
https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/each-team-s-prospects-of-the-year-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-9
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/October_9
100 million years ago, the Sahara Desert was inhabited by galloping crocodiles. Back then, the Sahara Desert was a lush oasis full of life and full of predators. In 2009, fossil hunters found the remains of crocodiles that had large land-going legs that were capable of galloping across the land at breakneck speeds!
One man survived both the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and then later Nagasaki. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a 29-year-old Naval Engineer on a three-month business trip to Hiroshima. He survived the atomic bomb on August 6th, 1945, despite being less than 2 miles away from ground zero. On August 7th, he boarded a train back to his hometown of Nagasaki. On August 9th, while being with colleagues at an office building, another boom split the sound barrier. A flash of white light filled the sky. Yamaguchi emerged from the wreckage with only minor injuries on top of his current injuries. He had survived two nuclear blasts in two days.
The directors of the film Despicable Me wrote their own language for the Minions.
It may sound like total gibberish, but the famed (or infamous) Minions of the Despicable Me franchise speak an actual language. The directors combined Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Filipino (Tagalog), French and Russian to create Minionese.
Polar bears charge at a group of walruses while hunting.
They attack those that are crushed or left behind during the mass panic. Seeing a polar bear directly attack its prey is considered rare according to observations and studies.
