The Funny Indian Newsletter, Vol. 229
October 2025: Dodger Blues
Welcome
Welcome to The Funny Indian Newsletter!
Musings
I went to that epic Game 3 at Dodger Stadium.
18 Innings, tying a record for the longest World Series game.
6:39: Time of game, the second-longest in World Series history.
609 pitches.
19 Runners left on base by the Blue Jays, the most by a single team in World Series history, breaking the previous record of 15 held by six different teams.
130 Combined at-bats by both teams, smashing the record of 118 set by the Dodgers and Red Sox in 2018
9 times Ohtani got on base…
4: Intentional walks to Shohei Ohtani, also a postseason record (six players – including David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Barry Bonds – previously had three)
1 huge win for the Dodgers!
And we needed it, given how badly we got smoked in the subsequent two games.
The ticket price was $576, but given it was exactly the length of two nine-innning games, I told my Gujarati wife it was really $288.
Here’s hoping Yoshinobu Yamamoto can pitch another complete game. Man, gotta love the work ethic of the Japanese. If he were Chinese, we would’ve paid ten yuan but he would’ve broken down in the third inning.
Me to the stranger sitting on my left: “I’ve now spent more time with you than I have with some of my friends.”
Here’s the man in front of us…
…which reminds me of one of my all-time favorite comedies…
Yes, they still cut off alcohol sales in the 7th inning. My friend Alex: “At least everybody drove home sober.” Well, except VIP. But no rich people in LA have a drinking problem.
As the game crept on and on, I thought of A Time to Kill.
“It’s only not worth it if Carl Lee dies.”
Which was really just an excuse to pull up this pic.
At some point, we wondered whether this was a cricket test match.
The much-maligned Dodgers bullpen essentially pitched a complete game shutout.
We saw Freddie Freeman become the only person in history to hit two World Series walk-off homers. (It’s called a “walk-off” because the opposing team walks off the field. The Dodgers danced off.)
We all left Dodger Stadium chanting, “Freddie! Freddie!” Donald Trump had to be happy. Even Latinos were celebrating a White man.
This had to rank in my top five sporting events I’ve seen live.
2025: Freddie Freeman’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the record-tying 18th inning in the 2025 World Series Game 3.
2022: Super Bowl LVI—Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium—except the ending.
2002: Derek Lowe’s no-hitter at Fenway Park.
1995: Michael Jordan scores a quiet 29 points as the leader of the greatest NBA team ever—the 72-10 Chicago Bulls—at Gund Arena in Cleveland.
1985: Pete Rose’s 4192.
Yes, I’ve been lucky.
Updates
See
Future:
10/31: Rise Comedy Club (Denver, CO)
11/01: Charity Gala (Newport Beach, CA)
Past:
10/2 & 10/3: STEM Connect Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
10/12: Indian Dental Association (Diamond Bar, CA)
10/18: Shaheen & Riyaz’s 25th Wedding Celebration (Chino Hills, CA)
10/26: Gujaratis of North America Conference (Ontario, CA)
Watch
I’ve launched a series of roundtables. Here are a couple of clips. Go to my Instagram Reels for a lot more.
Watch
I’ve started dropping clips from my Crowd Work standup comedy special. I was happy with this one.
Laugh
Since this is a FUNNY Indian Newsletter, I present here the 5 funny things that I saw, heard, wrote, or remembered for the last month... otherwise known as FIVE - Funny Indian's V Events. Enjoy.
Plan B.
I mean, who hasn’t been there?
That’s the way you do it.
Is this AI? If so, well done.
I hung out with him in LA, NY, and Austin. His Trump impression has greatly improved.
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Love,
- Rajiv