Well, tommorrow... Arizona Sports� year in review: The top storylines in 2023 https://arizonasports.com/story/3540504/arizona-sports-year-in-review-top-stories-of-2023/Diamondbacks 2023 Player Reviews: Kevin Ginkel https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/analysis/diamondbacks-2023-player-reviews-kevin-ginkelCaleb Roberts� Versatility Could Open a Path to the Roster https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/prospects/caleb-roberts-versatility-could-open-a-path-to-the-rosterBraves add veteran Sale in deal with Red Sox https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-sale-trade-to-bravesBraves Briefing:...

Well, tommorrow...

Arizona Sports� year in review: The top storylines in 2023

https://arizonasports.com/story/3540504/arizona-sports-year-in-review-top-stories-of-2023/
Diamondbacks 2023 Player Reviews: Kevin Ginkel

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/analysis/diamondbacks-2023-player-reviews-kevin-ginkel

Caleb Roberts� Versatility Could Open a Path to the Roster

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/prospects/caleb-roberts-versatility-could-open-a-path-to-the-roster

Braves add veteran Sale in deal with Red Sox

https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-sale-trade-to-braves

Braves Briefing: Vaughn Grissom pens goodbye note to Atlanta

https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/news/braves-briefing-vaughn-grissom-pens-goodbye-note-to-atlanta

Prospect stats of the year � each team�s best of 2023

D-backs: 30 homersIvan Melendez, 3B/1B (No. 7)Fifteen Minor Leaguers hit 30 homers or more in 2023. Only two reached the mark in 100 games or fewer � Cardinals slugger Luken Baker (33 homers, 84 games) and Melendez (30 homers, 96 games). The 2022 Golden Spikes Award winner set the High-A Hillsboro club record with 18 long balls in only 58 contests before getting a promotion to hitter-friendly Double-A Amarillo and adding 12 more there in only 38 games. That�s par for the course for a former Texas Longhorn who set a Division I BBCOR-era record with 32 dingers in his final spring on campus.

https://www.mlb.com/news/one-standout-prospect-stat-from-each-team-2023?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

10 of the wildest box score lines from 2023

https://www.mlb.com/news/unlikely-mlb-stat-lines-2023

Anything Goes

This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/day/december-31

This day in baseball:
Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash, in 1972.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/December_31

The NHLs winter classic will be tomorrow, in TMobile park, home of the Mariners.
https://www.nhl.com/events/2024-nhl-winter-classic-fan-guide

One of two Scottish singers I really like (the other being Amy MacDonald). Julie Fowlis has CDs of songs sung in Gaelic, etc.

Growing up, my Scottish Grandparents were always next door. We would do a tradition on New Years Day called the first footer. Our version would just be, my grandparents bringing over some food and a bit of money and then us bringing over something. To us anyway, it signified good luck and prosperity in the New Year.

The History of Hogmanay

�First footing� (or the �first foot� in the house after midnight) is still common across Scotland. To ensure good luck for the house the first foot should be a dark-haired male, and he should bring with him symbolic pieces of coal, shortbread, salt, black bun and a wee dram of whisky. The dark-haired male bit is believed to be a throwback to the Viking days, when a big blonde stranger arriving on your door step with a big axe meant big trouble, and probably not a very happy New Year!

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-History-of-Hogmanay/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CFirst%20footing%E2%80%9D%20(or%20the,a%20wee%20dram%20of%20whisky

Beer was a soft drink in Russia.
Did DC move to Russia 13 years ago? Maybe that�s why they changed it!

Before 2011, any drink in Russia with less than 10% alcohol content was legally classified as a soft drink.

The most successful predator is a wild dog.

According to research, canines have an 85% success rate when hunting. This is higher than that of a lion or cheetah. A lion only has a 17-19% success rate.

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