Today, in the MLB playoffs, the Yankees/Guardians game was delayed by inclement weather. However, the Astros did play and they defeated the Mariners by a score of 4-2. That means that the Astros are just one more game away from advancing to their sixth consecutive championship series!
Congrats to the Astros and good luck to all the teams playing tomorrow.
Don’t look for It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on television this year.
When I was growing up, watching the Charlie Brown holiday specials on CBS and ABC was an annual tradition. Unfortunately, after Apple TV+ bought the rights to all of the Peanuts specials in 2018, ABC stopped airing them. There was enough of an outcry that Apple TV+ partnered up with PBS to air the main holiday specials. However, it appears that not even PBS will be airing them in 2022.
Instead, you’ll have to go to Apple TV+ and watch them. The good news is that Apple TV+ will be streaming the specials for free during the holiday season. The bad news is that it still just doesn’t feel right that none of these specials are going to air on television. Watching Linus wait for the Great Pumpkin or Charlie Brown buy a Christmas tree on television was a part of the holiday season. The specials may have been old-fashioned but watching them was tradition. It was something that I and a lot of other people grew up with. It always felt good to know that, no matter what else was happening, those specials would always air and that, for at least one night, people could set aside their disagreements and watch them. Now, you can only watch them online and hope that there’s not too much buffering. It feels like the end of an era.
It feels like we all got a rock this holiday season.
by Michael Whelan
Galactic horror.
Congrats to the Braves and the Padres, who both won Game 2 of their Divisional Playoffs today and who tied everything up. The Padres beat the Dodgers 5-3. The Braves beat The Phillies 3-0. That means there will at least be a Game 4 for each of these teams.
I was so caught up in all the excitement around the Phillies making the postseason for the first time in 11 seasons, that I think I may have forgotten that they still have to beat two other teams if they’re going to make it to the World Series. Today, the Braves reminded me to not take anything for granted.
For tomorrow, Go Astros!
by Margaret Brundage
From the beginning of the pulp era to the modern day, horror has always been a popular genre. And with horror comes the vampires! Vampires were a popular subject for both the writers and the readers of the pulps. Much blood was spilt between the covers. Here are just a few of the vampires of the pulps:
by Paul Lehman
by John Newton Howitt
by Rafael DeSoto
by Sebastia Boada
by Sebastia Boada
By CC Senf
by H. William Reusswig
by Margaret Brundage
by Robert Bonfils
by Robert Maguire
by Rudolph Belarski
Unknown Artist
It’s not really October until a vampire comes tapping at your window, asking to be invited in.
by Bernie Wrightson
All grown up.
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The Divisional playoff started today.
In Game One, the Yankees beat the Guardians, 4-1.
The Phillies beat the Braves by one run, 7-6.
And the Astros came from behind to beat the Mariners, 8-7.
I should be happy because I’m from Texas and the Astros are the Texas teams in the playoffs but I actually feel bad for Mariners, who really impressed me in the Wild Card and who were leading for most of today’s game. I was glad that the Astros pulled off a win but I was sad that it came at the expense of the Mariners.
I’m also happy for the Phillies and their fans. I know a lot of them were anxious waiting for the Phillies to finally put away today’s game. A Phillies/Astros World Series sounds good right about now. I’d even be happy with a Phillies/Mariners World Series.
Right now, in the last of today’s game, it is the top of the 4th and the Dodgers leads the Padres, 5-0. Usually, I’d say that Dodgers are going to win but, as the Astros proved today, anything can happen before the final out. That’s one of the many reasons why I love baseball.
by Chris Kuchta
The doctor is in.
by Erin Nicole
I took this while standing in the alley. It didn’t come out perfectly but that was exactly the way I wanted it.
Congratulations to the San Diego Padres who, today, won the final game of MLB Wild Card playoffs when they defeated the Mets, 6-0! With the Mets now eliminated from the post-season (which means that we won’t be getting a second Yankees/Mets World Series), the Padres are moving on to play the Dodgers in the Divisional Playoffs.
For the record, even though they didn’t advance today, the Mets still have my favorite mascot of all the teams that did make the postseason:
Congratulations to all the advancing teams!
Through the Shattered Lens