MONDAY/ TUESDAY
Q. Whose
43-year-old franchise never went to the postseason without him?
Hint: They
went seven times while he played for them.
Hint: It’s
been over 25 years.
Twint: He
won batting titles in three different decades*.
A. George Brett (Royals last postseason
appearance was in in 1985 when they won the World Series;
Batting titles in 1976,
1980,
1990)
FCR - Jason
Schmidt, New York
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
pitched for his for his local high school team even though he had dropped out
of school in the 4th grade?
Hint: His
academic status didn’t prevent him from being featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Hint: About
school, he explained, "I got as far in school as the Second Reader, only I didn't learn it all."
Hint: In
the majors, he once pitched a three-hit shutout on the same day his rookie teammate
brother pitched a no-hitter.
Twint: He
responded to critics of his vocabulary with, "A lot of folks that ain't
saying ain't, ain't eatin’."
A. Dizzy Dean (Time cover 15-Apr-1935;
Paul Dean’s
no-hitter 21-Sep-1934;
Dizzy’s ShO)
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first Pittsburgh Pirates player to win the league Most Valuable Player
Award?
Hint: He
was the first 20th century National League player to collect 200
hits in a season for four consecutive years.
Hint: He
also had 200 hits in four of the next seven seasons.
Twint: He
hit .401 for the San Francisco Seals in 1925.
A. Paul Waner (200 H 1927-30)
FCR - David Girdany, Bedford, PA
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first to collect 200 hits in a season for the Atlanta Braves?
Hint: He
managed an existing major league franchise to the best winning percentage in
its history.
Twint: He
also guided the San Francisco Giants to the 2nd best winning
percentage in their history.
A. Felipe Alou (218 H 1966; .649 for the 1994 Montreal
Expos; .621 for the 2003 San
Francisco Giants)
FCR - Art Springsteen,
Sunapee, NH
SATURDAY
Q. What
pitcher earned a World Series victory on the day his father died?
Hint: He
was the reigning league MVP at the time.
Hint: Although
Stan Musial hit .579 off him, he never had a home run in nineteen at-bats.
Twint: He
is the only pitcher to take the loss in consecutive All-Star games.
A. Mort Cooper (WS W 06-Oct-1943;
1942
MVP; ASG losses 1943,
43)
FCR - Tal Smith, Houston
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the winning pitcher in the fastest nine-inning game ever played in major
league history?
Hint: Three
years later, he no-hit the Phillies.
Hint: He
led the National League in losses for the Braves, was traded to the Giants
where he led the league in wins and was traded back to the Braves where he once
again led the league in losses.
Hint: The
second time he led the league in losses with the Braves, he also led the league
in shutouts.
Twint: His
brother Clark pitched in the minor leagues.
A. Jesse Barnes (Shortest game 28-Sep-1919
0h 51 min; No-hitter 07-May-1922;
1924 Braves 20 L 4 ShO
FCR - Tom Kennedy, Houston
WEEKLY THEME
– Players who had a World Series teammate brother
Player Brother Year Team
1943
Cardinals
1944
Cardinals
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Arieh
Siegal, Austin
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*By at least one commonly-accepted definition of a decade.
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