Mariners Moose Tracks, 10/25/17: World Series, Clayton Kershaw, and the Portland Pickles

Good morning everyone! The Dodgers won the first game of the World Series. Clayton Kershaw turned in a gem with 11 strikeouts to secure the 3-1 victory. Now we await the start of Game 2 tonight. Here are some links to get your day started.

In Mariners news...

• Bob Dutton discusses Mariners’ outfield prospect Braden Bishop’s batting adjustment that helped him break out this season in Dutton’s latest piece with Baseball America (paywall warning).
• Bishop and fellow M’s prospect Kyle Lewis have made an early impression in the Arizona Fall League.

Around the league...

• People were angry about the YouTube logo that was behind home plate on the national Game 1 broadcast.
• Did you think Game 1 of the World Series was unusually quick? It was. It was the fastest World Series game in 25 years.
• Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn’t plan to start Kershaw on short rest in Game 4.
• My friends asked me to guess who the three players were without looking. I forgot the Tigers were in the World Series in 2012.

• Wow, look what happened to our friend Hector.

• If you wanted to relive the World Series of years past, look no further.

• Scott Lauber at ESPN talks to players around the sport about how Jose Altuve is able to have his level of success as one of the league’s shortest players.
• A waiter refused to serve Bruce Maxwell at a restaurant because he kneeled during the National Anthem.

Anders’ picks...

• Some local baseball news (also of personal interest to me since I was the radio announcer for the Bend Elks in the same league this summer):

• Looking for some sports-related couples Halloween costumes? Probably not. But here are some not-so-serious options anyway.