Eye of the Beholder

<p>We start off the last week of the regular season by setting up Wildcard Weekend, and looking to next year with <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34703493/shohei-ohtani-make-30-million-2023-record-amount-arbitration-eligible-player">Ohtani’s record deal</a> and yet another return of Miggy. There was so much news about hair that we created a whole segment – Gunnar Henderson is Minor League Player of the Year, <a href="https://theathletic.com/3630317/2022/09/28/harold-ramirez-autism-blue-rays/">Harold Ramirez</a>’s blue hair for autism awareness may inspire more postseason blue for the Rays, and cross-training with hockey introduces us to  <a href="https://theathletic.com/3646056/2022/10/01/seattle-kraken-team-mascot/">Buoy the Sea Troll</a>, the new mascot of the Seattle Kraken, who sports long blue hair as a “nod to hockey flow.”</p><p><br>The Cubs celebrate <a href="https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-cubs-celebrate-30th-anniversary-of-a-league-of-their-own-with-scre">A League of Their Own</a> in fine style, leading to a question about when is a baseball bat not a baseball bat – when it is a cane belonging to 95 year old <a href="https://twitter.com/justinebaseball/status/1575117479524806658">Maybelle Blair</a> and please let her take it on the plane. We love the weeks when Police Blotter can focus on <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34680821/miami-marlins-richard-bleier-ties-mlb-record-3-balks-inning-gets-tossed-vs-mets">multiple balks</a> in one at bat. World Baseball Classic news focuses on <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/pakistan-baseball-has-high-hopes-at-world-baseball-classic-qualifier?t=world-baseball-classic">Pakistan</a>, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/panama-world-baseball-classic-qualifier-guide">Panama</a>, and the seriously stirring and intimidating <a href="https://www.newzealand.com/us/feature/haka/">Haka</a> done by the New Zealand team as a pregame ritual. <a href="https://www.mlb.com/es/news/yadier-sera-manager-de-puerto-rico-en-el-world-baseb