I haven’t been scouring, but I haven’t seen anyone note how cool it was that Pedro Martinez and Mariano Rivera, the all-time No. 1 and No. 2 pitchers in ERA+ and two total studs in the twilight of their careers, pitched in the same World Series game last night. They’ve pitched in the same game many times before, of course, but there’s a solid chance it’ll never happen again.

For what it’s worth, the two career ERA+ leaders before them, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove, had a three-year overlap in their careers while pitching in an eight-team American League from 1925-1927, so without doing the research I’d guess they faced each other a few times.

A-Rod is super unclutch again. It’s almost as if players have random hot streaks and cold streaks that are simply amplified by small sample sizes in the playoffs and A-Rod’s lifetime postseason numbers are almost identical to his lifetime regular season numbers. But that can’t be the case, because he was so tight in previous years in the postseason and so loose and relaxed in the first two rounds this year. I’m so confused. (Note: Sarcasm)

One of the many great things about Halloween is that “Monster Mash” gets heavy radio rotation. What a hilarious song. One of my college roommates used to listen to it year-round. Weird dude.

One of the silliest things about Halloween, for what it’s worth, is the ridiculous prevalence of “sexy” costumes. One time at a Halloween party I met a girl dressed as — no joke — a “sexy chicken.” I mean, I’m certainly not going to argue with people’s right to show off their bodies, but at least find a clever way to do so. A sexy chicken? Really?