Alyssa Milano Hearts the Dodgers

Super Mario Bros. 3 is released in Japan.

Paul's Boutique is being recorded at Mario G's in LA.

The nation falls in love with Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper when the Wonders Years debuts in March.

The year was 1988 and it was the Dodgers' world. The first victory came in dramatic fashion: a longball by Kirk Gibson in Game 1 for a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics. The last was a charge to the championship led by Orel Hershiser.

Joe Torre's 2008 Dodgers were surrounded by chants of "Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!" from the crowd of 56,000 exactly 53 years to the day the Brooklyn Dodgers clinched their only World Series title in New York.

While Hiroki Kuroda tossed 6.1 scoreless innings of six-hit ball, James Loney provided a two-run double in the first and Russell Martin added an RBI double in the fifth off banged-up Chicago Cubs starter Rich Harden, whose boyish charm didn't cut it this time.

LA will face the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the NLCS, which is set for this Thursday.

Alyssa Milano had this to say on her blog:

"To all my readers in your twenties: Enjoy it. Don't rush. Bask in the glory of this time in your life."

Noted.

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