MONDAY
Q. What
pitcher holds the record for the most saves in a season?
Hint: A
few weeks later after this accomplishment, he signed a three-year, $37 million
contract with a new team.
Twint: K-Rod
A. Francisco Rodriguez (62 S in 2008 with
the Angels;
Signed with the Mets
10-Dec-2008; Nicknamed “Frankie” and “K-Rod”)
FCR - Michael
Daponde, Sacramento
TUESDAY
Q. Who
converted 84 consecutive save opportunities?
Hint: He
reached the career 100 saves plateau in fewer appearances than any other
pitcher in history.
Twint: He
is the only pitcher to win the Cy Young Award while having a losing season.
A. Eric Gagne (Between 28-Aug-2002
and 05-Jul-2004,
he converted 84 consecutive save chances; 100th S 05-Sep-2003
in his 203rd career G; CYA
2003 w/ a record of 2-3)
FCR - Tom
Kennedy, Houston
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
edged out Dan
Quisenberry and Kent Hrbek
for major awards in the same season?
Hint: His
team’s dominance probably put him over the top.
Twint: He
was 1-9 in his only stint as a starter.
A. Guillermo (“Willie”) Hernandez (1984 AL
MVP & CYA; 1984 Tigers
were 104-58; Started for the 1980 Cubs)
FCR - J.R.
Richardson, Clarksville, MD
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was the first pitcher to win a league Most Valuable Player Award with fewer
than 20 wins?
Hint: It
was the only year in his eleven-year MLB career that he made the All-Star
squad.
Hint: He
was teammates with Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Billy Herman and Bucky Walters during
his career.
Twint: He
still whizzed them, or so his nickname would imply.
A. Jim Konstanty (MVP 1950 w/16-7 record; 1950 ASG;
1950 Phillies
nicknamed “The Whiz Kids”)
FCR - Paul
Hirsch, Danville, CA
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was known as “The Terminator”?
Hint: Dennis
Eckersley replaced him as the Cardinals closer.
Hint: He
claimed he was just a simple carpenter from Missouri.
Twint: In
his retirement from baseball, he is very involved in the Special Olympics.
FCR - Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, MD
THURSDAY BONUS
Q. What
pitcher was the first to appear in 1,000 games without ever starting?
Hint: Mariano
Rivera passed him this year on a key leader board.
Twint: He
took over as the Pirates' closer after Rich Gossage
signed with the Yankees.
FCR - Mark
Jones, Birmingham, AL
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the only active pitcher to win the Rolaids Relief Award in both leagues?
Hint: Only
Rollie Fingers, Lee Smith and Randy Myers have duplicated that feat.
Hint: He
holds his franchise’s record for consecutive shutout innings pitched.
Twint: His
nickname is “Papa Grande”, but you wouldn’t be wrong to call him Joe
Greenvalley.
Twint: In
2011, he was a perfect 49 for 49 in save opportunities.
FCR - Mark DeLodovico, Rockville, MD
SATURDAY STARTER
Q. Who
delivered the line, “No matter how far out of first we are, it's cool. You know, it keeps us from getting shut out at
our favorite hotels and restaurant-type places.”?
Hint: He
wore #99 for the Indians.
Twint: Life
imitates art.
A. Rickey Vaughn (Fictional pitcher in the
movie “Major League”; Charlie Sheen portrayed
him and has delivered quotes even more bizarre.)
FCR - Abbey
Garber, Dallas, TX
SATURDAY
Q. Who
holds the American League record for most wild pitches in an inning?
Hint: It’s
more than the most strikeouts he ever had in an inning.
Hint: He
earned a suspension for daring to pitch inside to Big Papi.
Twint: The
Florida Marlins set a record by having four different pitchers achieve at least
thirty saves in a season for four consecutive seasons.
Twint: His
was the record-setting fourth.
A. Kevin Gregg (4 WP 25-Jul-2004;
Suspension 18-20-Jul-2011; 2004 Armando
Benitez 47 S, 2005 Todd Jones
40 S,2006 Joe
Borowski 36 S, 2007 Gregg 32 S)
FCR - Joe
Haardt, McLean, VA
SATURDAY SLEEPER
Q. Which
pitcher earned the victory in the All-Star Game even though he gave up a single
to the only batter he faced?
Hint: He
threw the first no-hitter in Trenton Thunder history.
Twint: He
was the first National League reliever to earn ten decisions in his team’s
first forty games.
Twint: He
ended the season leading that team in wins.
A. Tyler Clippard (2011 ASG;
No-hitter 17-Aug-2006, Thunder; 2010 Washington
Nationals)
FCR - Jesse-Douglas
Mathewson, Greenbelt, MD
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Whose
autobiography was entitled, “I Can See Clearly Now”?
Hint: A
baseball Hall of Famer was named for him.
Hint: His
Hall of Fame manager once said of him, “If he ever hit you in the head, you’d
be in the past tense.”
Twint: The
Angels had hoped to make him the face of the franchise.
A. Ryne Duren (Book;
Ryne
Sandberg, Casey Stengel;
1961 Angels)
FCR - Brian
Engelhardt, Reading, PA
SUNDAY
Q. Who,
after Paul Assenmacher in 1991, was the next Cubs reliever to strike out 100
batters in a season?
Hint: It
was the only season he reached that level.
Hint: He
landed on the DL after severely bruising and spraining his knee by kicking a
fan.
Hint: He
is a member of a professional paintball team, the Tampa Bay Damage.
Twint: He
once landed on the Disabled List as a result of breaking up a dog fight.
Twint: He
attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, but did not play baseball for
them.
A. Kyle Farnsworth (107 K in 2001)
FCR - No
one
WEEKLY THEME
– Bespectacled relief pitchers
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Arieh
Siegal, Austin, TX
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