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OCTOBER
WATCH
BIRTHDAYS
▶ Boston Red Sox
READYFOR AWILD TIME? 7 rightfielder Mookie
Betts celebrates his
26th birthday.
(National League wild-card game: October 2, ESPN;
American League wild-card game: October 3, TBS)
Los Angeles Sparks
8 guardChelsea Gray is 26.
Since 2012, MLB
has used an Rightfielder Andrew
elimination game 10 McCutchen of the
to determine the San Francisco Giants
wild-card team in each turns 32.
league, and the stakes
make for exciting ▶ Pittsburgh Steelers
baseball. In the NL 11 linebacker T.J. Watt
game last season, the celebrates his 24th birthday.
Diamondbacks gave up
a 6–0 lead, held a Calgary Flames center
12 Sean Monahan is 24.
one-run advantage in
the eighth inning, then
won 11–8. Two winners Dallas Mavericks
14 shooting guard
of the play-ins have
Wesley Matthews turns 32.
made the World Series,
and they did it in the
▶ Arsenal midfielder
same year: The Giants 15 Mesut Özil is 30.
beat the Royals to win
the ’14 Fall Classic. ▶ Seattle Storm
16 guard Sue Bird
celebrates her
38th birthday.
Stanley Cup
Finals Rematch READ Leftfielder
25 Juan Soto
(October 10, 8 p.m. ET, Lu of the Washington
check listings) Nationals turns 20.
(Available
Capitals captain
October 23,
Alex Ovechkin ages 10 and up) Cincinnati Bengals & SCHUSTER CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING (LU); WINSLOW TOWNSON (BETTS); JUSTIN BERL/GETTY IMAGES (WATT); SHAUN BOTTERILL/GETTY IMAGES SARAH SACHS/ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS/GETTY IMAGES (DIAMONDBACKS); DAVID E. KLUTHO (FLEURY, OVECHKIN); CAITLYN DLOUHY BOOKS/SIMON
(far right) finally 29 quarterback
The fourth
brought an NHL Andy Dalton is 31.
and final
title to D.C., (ÖZIL); ADAM PANTOZZI/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (BIRD); MELISSA MAJCHRZAK/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES (BOOKER)
installment in the Track series
helping his ▶ Phoenix Suns
by Jason Reynolds focuses on
team beat Vegas 30 shooting guard
Lu, the co-captain of the
4–1 in the finals. In Devin Booker turns 22.
Defenders team. On the way to
the first week of the 2018–19 season,
the championships, Lu and his Left wing
Washington will try to make it five wins in a
friends face challenges, and 31 Nick Foligno
row over the Golden Knights, while
changes to their routines— of the Columbus Blue
Marc-André Fleury (above left) and his and learn about the importance Jackets celebrates
team will attempt to prove their first-
of having integrity. his 31st birthday.
season dominance was no fluke.
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