Trick or Treat 🎃🕷️👻
Trick or treat!
Halloween.
Here’s a new Smallball to read.
If you don’t,
I don’t care…
You’ll miss highlights everywhere!
Maybe we should just get going with…
MLB ⚾️
The World Series is almost over!
On Tuesday, we watched the Dodgers win Game 3 in 18 innings to take a 2–1 series lead.
But in Game 4, the Blue Jays stormed back to win, 6–2, and tie the series.
It wasn’t Shohei Ohtani’s best game. He didn’t reach base as a hitter and gave up four runs in six innings as a pitcher.
🧠 Want to hear something wild about baseball stats?
Ohtani gave up four runs. But he was only pitching when two of them actually scored! How is that possible?
Because when a new pitcher takes over, any runners already on base are called inherited runners.
If an inherited runner scores, the first pitcher gets the blame! And there were two inherited runners on base when Ohtani left.
Sounds kind of like the ghost runners we learned about as part of baseball’s recent rule changes!
Okay, back to the action.
🎥 With the series tied 2–2, want to see who won Game 5?
Make it 3–2, Blue Jays.
And they have a chance to win the World Series in Game 6 tonight (Friday) in Toronto.
If the Dodgers win, they’ll play Game 7 tomorrow (Saturday).
Let’s move on to the…
NBA 🏀
Best game: Steph Curry and Giannis Antetokounmpo are both among the 10 best basketball players in the world.
And last night, Steph’s Warriors and Giannis’ Bucks played in Milwaukee.
Who came away with the win… and who turned into a pumpkin?
🎥 Hit play on these highlights!
Okay… that was a mean trick. Giannis missed the game with a knee injury.
But Ryan Rollins stepped up with a career-high 32 points to lead the Bucks to a win!
Biggest news: Speaking of 30-point games…
There are seven players right now averaging at least 30 points per game. Giannis is one of them.
🧠 Can you name the team at least one of the other six plays for?
Drop your answer in the comments! 💬
Wildest play: Remember the “No LeBron, no Luka, no problem” thing?
(Pssshhh, Austin Reaves plays for the Lakers if you still need an answer for that question above.)
He “only” had 28 points on Wednesday night when LA played Minnesota.
🎥 But these were two of them!
That buzzer beater has us excited for…
College Football Week 10 🎓🏈
Of the top 25 teams, 20 are playing this week.
And that includes three matchups between ranked teams:
#9 Vanderbilt at #20 Texas
#14 Tennessee hosting #18 Oklahoma
#17 Cincinnati at #24 Utah
Vanderbilt’s quarterback is Diego Pavia. We don’t know what he’s dressing up as for Halloween…
🎥 But we do know he’s a wizard who can make plays like this!
Yes, there was holding. And no, the touchdown didn’t count. But still.
And speaking of wizards…
🎥 Want to see the Georgia Bulldogs (who play Florida this weekend) watch a magic show?
Now, let’s finish with…
NFL Week 9 👔🏈
Thursday Night Football: the 2–5 Baltimore Ravens vs. the 2–6 Miami Dolphins.
Sounds boring, right?
Well, the Ravens may have a losing record… but they got star quarterback Lamar Jackson back. He missed the last few games with an injury.
And he’s always worth watching.
🎥 Click here to see the highlights!
Make that four touchdowns for Lamar, and now a 3–5 record for the Ravens. We’ll see if they can stay hot and get back in the playoff mix over the next few weeks.
The other games this weekend that might mean something for the playoffs?
Vikings (3–4) at Lions (5–2)
Colts (7–1) at Steelers (4–3)
Broncos (6–2) at Texans (3–4)
Chiefs (5–3) at Bills (5–2)
That last game is Patrick Mahomes vs. Josh Allen, so it should be a real treat.
Happy Halloween, and have a great weekend!
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Wemby=Spurs and SGA=OKC and Reaves=LA!!!!!!!!!!