MONDAY
Q. What St. Louis Cardinals pitcher has finished 3rd, 2nd and 1st in Cy Young Award voting?
Hint: He led National League pitchers starts, batters faced and innings pitched in 2011.
Hint: His first career home run was a grand slam.
Hint: He drove in two additional runs that day, a record for a Cardinal pitcher.
Twint: He was a Pioneer and then played in the Pioneer League the following season.
A. Chris Carpenter (CYA 3rd 2006, 2nd 2009, 1st in 2005; GSHR 01-Oct-2009 vs. Kip Wells; Trinity High School Pioneers [Manchester, NH] 1989-93, 1994 Medicine Hat Blue Jays)
First Correct Respondent - Derek Norin, Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
Q. What perennial All-Star switch-hitter was the only batter to get a hit off Derek Holland in Game Four of the 2011 World Series?
Hint: He is neither particularly big nor fat, but has nicknames containing each word.
Hint: He’s the only former Yankees position player still suiting up in this year’s postseason.
Twint: He was the Most Valuable Player of the 1998 AAA World Series.
A. Lance Berkman (Game 4; “Big Puma”, “Fat Elvis”; 2010 Yankees)
FCR - Tom Kennedy, Houston, TX
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who led the National League in ERA despite a lackluster 11-9 record?
Hint: After Sandy Koufax in 1963, he was the next National League pitcher to win a Cy Young Award the season after a teammate won it.
Twint: He is one of six players traded away by the Indians who later won a Cy Young Award.
A. John Denny (1976 2.52 ERA; CYA 1983, Steve Carlton 1982
FCR - Randall Chandler, Germantown, TN
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What former Texas Ranger hit two grand slams in one inning?
Hint: He hit them both lefty—otherwise it would have been a switch-hitter record.
Twint: He built a church in his home town where the dominant religion is baseball.
Twint: Sammy Sosa could have probably afforded it better.
A. Fernando Tatis (GSs 23-Apr-1999 off Chan Ho Park; Church in San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic)
FCR - Frank DiPrima, Morristown, NJ
THURSDAY
Q. Who lent Fernando Tatis his bat which Tatis then used to hit his two grand slams in the same inning?
Hint: In 415 career stolen base attempts, he racked up an impressive 84% success rate.
Hint: He is the only Cincinnati Reds player to hit a home run in his first World Series at-bat.
Twint: Marge thought he was a malingerer.
A. Eric Davis (66 CS; WS HR 16-Oct-1990 1st inning off Dave Stewart; his lacerated kidney was mis- or under-diagnosed by team owner and non-doctor Marge Schott.)
FCR - Judah Kaplan, Silver Spring, MD
EXCITING WORLD SERIES BONUS
Q. Who was the manager who let Chan Ho Park pitch to Tatis again in the same inning?
Hint: He is the only manager to keep a team in first place from Opening Day to the last day of the regular season and fail to win the World Series.
Twint: He was a teammate of both Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh.
Twint: This former Aggie is again managing in the majors after a ten-year hiatus.
A. Davey Johnson (N.B. All R on the 2nd GS unearned due to an Eric Karros throwing error earlier in the inning; 1997 Orioles; w/Aaron 1965-72 Atlanta Braves, w/Oh 75-76 Yomiuri Giants; Attended Texas A&M University, Mgr. 2011 Nationals, last managed 2000 Dodgers)
FCR - J.R. Richardson, Clarksville, MD
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Whom did Ernie Banks succeed as the Chicago Cubs shortstop?
Hint: He was the last shortstop to lead the National League in strikeouts.
Hint: He compensated for that by turning one more double play than he had strikeouts that season.
Hint: He married a famous former teammate’s sister that same season.
Hint: He also hit for the cycle that same year.
Twint: His son was the first Yankee shortstop to hit more than fifteen home runs in a season.
Twint: He managed the Silver Sox to a championship.
A. Roy Smalley, Jr. who passed away last week (114 K in 1950; Married Gene Mauch’s sister Jolene 05-Aug-1950; Cycle 28-Jun-1950; Roy Smally III 16 HR in 1982; 1961 Reno Silver Sox in the California League.
FCR - Dave Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
FRIDAY
Q. Who was the last Yankee pitcher to lead the American League in strikeouts?
Hint: He once struck out the side on nine pitches.
Twint: He was the only player in uniform at both Roger Maris' 61st season home run game and Hank Aaron's 715th career home run game.
A. Al Downing (217 K in 1964; 9-strike inning 11-Aug-1967 2nd, K’ing Tony Horton, Don Demeter & Duke Sims; w/Yankees 01-Oct-1961 & w/Dodgers on 08-Apr-1974)
FCR - Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
SATURDAY
Q. Who holds the record for spoiling the most no-hitters with a home run?
Hint: He was the lead-off hitter for two different World Series champions and led six additional teams to playoff berths.
Twint: He appeared to be picking nits off the shoulders of his uniform as he headed toward first base after hitting most of his 297 major league home runs.
Twint: Probably the most famous person born in Chicago on Christmas Day.
A. Rickey Henderson (81 career lead-off HRs; WS w/1989 A’s & 1993 Jays, also to postseason with 1981, 90, 92 A’s, ’96 Padres, ’99 Mets & 2000 Mariners, b. 25-Dec-1958)
FCR - Derek Norin, Arlington, VA
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who was kept on the Giants’ roster in spite of his 9.45 ERA because of the Bonus Baby rule?
Hint: He surrendered Hank Aaron’s 500th career home run.
Twint: Before coming to the majors, he once struck out 26 batters in an American Legion game.
A. Mike McCormick (High ERA in 1956; Aaron HR 14-Jul-1968)
FCR - Michael Frank, New York
SUNDAY
Q. Who was the first player to hit a home run in a 1-0 game three times in one season?
Hint: He hit 20 home runs in a season for six different franchises, a record.
Hint: He hit 35 home runs in a season for four of them, the only player who can make that claim.
Twint: He, Carl Everett and Elijah Dukes attended the same high school (although not necessarily at the same time).
A. Gary Sheffield (1-0 HRs 2001; 20/35 HR: 33 w/1992 Padres, 42 w/1996 Marlins, 43 w/2000 Dodgers, 39 w/2000 Braves, 36 w/2004 Yankees, 25 w/2007 Tigers; Hillsborough High School [Tampa, FL]
FCR - Jerry Wachs, New York
WEEKLY THEME – National League Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award winners who were on American League teams their prior season.
Player Season Team Previous
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Gregg Gaylord, Chicago
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