01-Oct-2012
MONDAY
Q: What player holds the career record for
both bases on balls and intentional bases on balls?
Hint: Despite the fact he surpassed 600 career home
runs, he only led the league twice in single seasons.
Hint: He has third best career at-bat-to-home run
ratio, behind only those of Mark McGwire and Babe Ruth.
Twint: He also holds the all-time record for the
highest single season slugging percentage.
Twint: Unlike his home run record, he led the
league seven times in slugging percentage.
A.
Barry Bonds (2,558 BB, 688 IBB; Career
HR 762, 43 HR in 1993 and 73 in 2001; AB/HR McGwire/Ruth/Bonds:
10.61/11.76/12.92; Slugging
% 2001 .8634, led 1990, 92, 93, 2001, 02, 03 & 04)
FCR – Derek Norin,
Arlington, VA
TUESDAY
Q: Which player did Tommy Lasorda draft in
the 62nd round in 1988, merely as a favor to the player’s father?
Hint: Despite this, he won Rookie of the Year in 1993.
Hint: Having hit over .300 ten times in his
career, he is arguably the best offensive catcher in baseball history.
Twint: He and Roger Clemens are not best friends.
Twint: He coached for Italy in the 2009 World
Baseball Classic, the 2009 Baseball World Cup and the 2010 baseball European
Championship.
A.
Mike Piazza (Mike Piazza’s
father Vince childhood friends with Lasorda, Schwarz, Alan, "Piazza Calls
It Quits After 16 Years and 427 Homers". New York Times 21-May-2008; Career highlights and milestones;
Beaned by Clemens 08-Jul-2000
and avoided Clemens’ projectile 2000 WS. Coaching history)
FCR
– Steven Young, Middletown, MD
WEDNESDAY
Q: Which “clubhouse problem” player was
traded to the Dodgers in 2008 after helping Boston win two World Series after
their championship drought of 86 years?
Hint: He was also the 2004 World Series Most
Valuable Player.
Hint: He and David Ortiz were considered one of
the most fearsome tandems during the Boston seasons of 2004-2007.
Twint: In each of his 8 year stints with Boston and
Cleveland, and his 3 year career with the Dodgers, he hit over .300.
Twint: However, in his limited time at Tampa Bay in
2011, he only managed a .059 BA.
A.
Manny Ramirez (.312/.313/.322/.059
Cleveland/Boston/LA/TB http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramirma02.shtml Clubhouse problem, Ortiz battery mate: www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Manny_Ramirez)
FCR – Ron Kaufman, Thornhill, ON
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q: After the worst complete season of his
career in 2010, which switch-hitter was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for
their Championship 2011 season?
Hint: Selected 16th overall in the 1997 amateur
draft by the Astros, he signed for a $1 million bonus.
Hint: In 2009, he matched teammates Carlos Lee
and Alex Rodriguez as the only three players to hit 20 home runs per year from
2000-2009.
Twint: In 2012 he a poked this jab at Selig:
"I feel basically like the commissioner extorted Jim Crane into moving the
Astros."
Twint: He also criticized Selig for moving an
Astros vs. Cubs game to Miller Field because of Hurricane Ike, where Carlos
Zambrano blanked the Astros with a no hitter.
A.
Lance Berkman (.248 2010 BA
HOU/NYY with career avg of .299 prior to this from http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berkmla01.shtml
. Other hints/twints referenced from www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lance%20Berkman)
FCR – Peter Cottrell,
Gaithersburg, MD
THURSDAY
Q: Who leads active players with a career
OBP of .4189?
Hint: In 2000 he led the majors in batting
average (.372), slugging percentage (.698), OPS (1.162), doubles (59) and RBI
(147), and the National League in hits (216).
Hint: That same year, he missed the triple crown
finishing 10th in the majors with “only” 42 home runs.
Twint: In his fourteen complete seasons in the
majors, he has only once failed to hit .300.
Twint: He ended his 2012 season August 6th
electing to have season- (and possibly career-) ending hip surgery.
FCR – David Matchett,
Toronto
THURSDAY BONUS
Q: In 2002 which player led the majors in plate
appearances, at-bats, runs, stolen bases and total bases and hits?
Hint: Despite 46 home runs in 2006, he had the
unusual circumstance of having fewer than 100 RBI due his status as a lead-off
hitter.
Hint: His home run total that year still stands
as a franchise record for one season.
Twint: He is one of only four players to ever hit
forty home runs and steal forty bases in a season.
Twint: He also hit forty doubles that year, creating
the first 40‑40‑40 club.
A. Alfonso
Soriano (Turns out he *only* led the NL in steals that year. 46 HR
record for Montreal/Washington)
FCR – Judah Kaplan,
Teaneck, NJ
FRIDAY
Q: Who has the best fielding percentage
for a shortstop in MLB history (with at least 10 years’ experience)?
Hint: In 2007, passed Ozzie Smith for most career
double plays.
Hint: He won eleven Gold Gloves at shortstops, nine
consecutively with the Indians, and three years later two consecutively with
the San Francisco Giants.
Hint: The White Sox allowed him to wear retired
#11 with the permission of Luis Aparicio.
Twint: In 2008, he passed Aparicio in career games
at shortstop.
Twint: In 2009, he also passed Aparicio for most
career hits by a player born in Venezuela.
Twint: Two days ago, he played the final of his
2,968 major league games.
A.
Omar Vizquel (Career Fielding %
.9847 24 yrs. Tulowitzki .9852 with 7
years play http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/fielding_perc_ss_career.shtml
Other hints: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Omar%20Vizquel)
FCR – Diane Firstman,
Queens, NY
BEGINNING OF THE
WEEKEND BONUS
Q: Who is the only player to hit a Grand
Slam this century in the World Series?
Hint: On April 13, 2009, he and Jermaine Dye hit
their 300th homers in the majors, the first teammates to do so in the same game.
Hint: They managed the feat in back-to-back
at-bats.
Twint: On May 27th, 2012, he became the
second player after his former teammate Frank Thomas to have hit 400 homers as
a member of the White Sox.
Twint: In 2004, he won the AL Comeback Player of the
Year Award
A.
Paul Konerko (WS GS: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Grand_slam
Other hints: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Paul%20Konerko
FCR – Robert Workman,
Ashburn, VA
SATURDAY
Q: In his first home run of the 2007
season, which Brewer catcher hit an 11th inning walk off home run?
Hint Born in LaCrosse, WI, he hit the home run
on June 27th, LaCrosse Day at Miller Park.
Hint: The next day, he tied a franchise record
with 7 RBI in one game including a grand slam and a 2 run homer.
Twint: He was a replacement player during the 1994
MLB strike and was barred from ever joining the player’s union.
Twint: Also as a consequence, his name does not
appear on any of the official merchandise from his 2001 Arizona Diamondback
World Series winning team.
FCR – Randall
Chandler, Germantown, TN
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
Q: In 1995 which player finished 2nd
in Rookie of the Year voting to Marty Cordova of the Twins?
Hint: In 2003 he won All-Star Game MVP and won
the Home Run Derby, the first to do so since Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1991.
Hint: He is one of only seven players to have a
30 home run season with more home runs than walks.
Twint: He established the Angels team record for
grand slams with eight.
Twint: He established the Angels team record for
RBIs in a game with ten.
Twint: He now works for Fox Sports West as an
Angels pregaBillme and postgame reporter.
A.
Garret Anderson (2000 35 HR/ 24 BB; 8th
GS 21-Aug-2007;
10 RBI, same game; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret_Anderson)
FCR – Wayne McCombs,,
Claremore, OK
SUNDAY
Q: Who replaced Cal Ripken, Jr. after his
last season in the majors?
Hint: In 2001, after a dismal start, the Blue
Jays put his name on waivers and were stunned when the Baltimore Orioles
claimed him, putting him directly into their line-up.
Hint: He then went three for four with a home run
in his first game with his new team against his former teammates.
Twint: He is perhaps best remembered for his highly
unorthodox open batting stance where he stood at the back of the box almost
directly facing the pitcher.
Twint: In 2004 with the Expos and weakened by
mononucleosis, he went into a severe slump that included a record tying
major-league record five strike outs in a 9-inning game.
A.
Tony Batista (2001 taken off
waivers by the Orioles, and he started at 3rd base 2002 after Ripken
retired. All hints/twints: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tony%20Batista)
FCR – Bill Kreifeldt,
Midvale, UT
THEME: Players with an RBI in the 2002 All
Star Game (7-7 tie).
AL –
Ramirez 1 RBI 4th inning 1b off Odalis Perez
Soriano 1 RBI 5th inning HR off Eric Gagne
Anderson 1 RBI 7th inning FC off Mike
Remlinger
Batista 1 RBI 7th inning 1b off Byung-Hyun Kim
Konerko 2 RBI 7th inning 2b off Byung-Hyun Kim
NL –
Piazza 1 RBI 2nd inning FC off Derek Lowe
Helton 1 RBI 3rd inning 1b off Roy Halladay
Bonds 2 RBI 3rd inning HR off Roy Halladay
Miller 1 RBI 5th inning 2b off Mark Buehrle
Berkman 2 RBI 7th inning 1b off Kazuhiro
Sasaki
First Correct
Respondent to Identify Theme – Joe Ullian, Santa Barbara
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