Whicker: Alex Wood turns a red-letter day Dodger blue

HOUSTON — His parents got engaged on Oct. 28. His fiancee Suze was born on Oct. 28.
His friend Chance Veazey, his roommate at Georgia who was supposed to walk on baseball fields with him forever, lost those dreams on Oct. 28, eight years ago.
Alex Wood woke up Saturday with the date imprinted deep inside his head. He would pitch the essential game of his life on this Oct. 28, with one start under his belt since Sept. 26 and with his Dodgers a step behind the Astros in the World Series, and