MONDAY
Q. Who
is the only Brave to play 1,000 games for the team in Milwaukee and 1,000 games
for the team in Atlanta?
Hint: He
made Milo Hamilton’s call immortal.
Twint: He
and his brother hit more home runs than any other brother combination in major
league history.
A. Hank Aaron (Indianapolis
Clowns 1952, last ML season 1976; Hamilton’s 715th
HR call 08-Apr-1974;
He & Tommie
hit 768 HR.)
FCR - Paul
Hirsch, Danville, CA
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first National League player to hit his 400th career home
run during the 1970s?
Hint: He
holds the National League career record for grand slams.
Hint: He
hit two triples in his first major league game off a future Hall of Famer.
Twint: He
became the National League’s left-handed home run king when he hit his 513th
career home run off of Dennis Lamp on 14‑Jun‑1979.
A. Willie McCovey (400th HR 15‑Jul‑1973;
18 GS; Debut 30‑Jul‑1959;
HR 513 14‑Jun‑1979,
passing Eddie
Mathews)
FCR - Paul
Hirsch, Danville, CA
TUESDAY TWAIN
Q. Who
was the first American League player to hit his 400th career home
run during the 1970s?
Hint: He
was the first National League player to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
Twint: He
was the only batter to work Sandy Koufax to a full count in Koufax's perfect
game.
A. Billy Williams (400th HR 12‑Jun‑1975;
1,000th straight G 30‑Apr‑1970;
Full count 09‑Sep‑1965)
FCR - Saul
Wisnia, Newton Center, MA
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which
player's autobiography was sub-titled, "An Inspiring Story of Success at
the Game of Life and Baseball"?
Hint: He
is the only player to hit two home runs in an inning for two different teams. (ERROR!
See below…)
Hint: Jose
Mesa surrendered his 400th career homer.
Twint: He
won an outfielders Gold Glove for a team that now occupies a different city.
A. Andre Dawson (2 HRs in same inning both
times done for Montreal: 30-Jul-1978
and 24-Sep-1985;
400th HR 15—Apr‑1993;
GG for Montreal Expos 1980-83)
FCR - Matt Gibson, Barboursville, WV
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
was Stephen Strasburg’s college baseball coach?
Hint: His
.313 batting average is the lowest to win a National League batting title.
Twint: His
first 100-RBI season came when he was 37 years old.
A. Tony Gwynn (San
Diego State U.; .313 in 1988; 119 RBI in 1997)
FCR - Pete Cottrell, Gaithersburg, MD
THURSDAY
Q. Who
is the only Cincinnati Red with more stolen bases than Barry Larkin?
Hint: A
Hall of Famer himself, he partnered with another Hall of Famer for 21 years.
Twint: Barry
Bonds broke his record for career bases-on-balls for a National Leaguer.
A. Joe Morgan (406 SB to Larkin’s
379 [Bid
McPhee had 568 for that franchise,
however, all but 316 were earned for the AA’s Cincinnati Red Stockings]; John
Miller [Technically not a Hall of Famer, but winner of the Ford Frick Award in
2010.] and he teamed as broadcasters for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball
1990-2010; 1,799 NL BB)
FCR - Bob Newton, Bethesda, MD
FRIDAY
Q. Who
holds the record for doubles in All-Star competition?
Hint: He
is the only member of the 3,000 hit club to collect 1,000 hits in each league.
Hint: He
once quipped, “I have no problem with Bruce Springsteen.”
Twint: He
once evolved from “Mr. May” to “Mr. Jay”.
A. Dave Winfield (7 AS 2b; 1,134 H in NL,
1,976 H in AL; Quote in response to a question about conflict with “The Boss”;
Led the 1992
Toronto Blue Jays to WS
championship ending his reputation for performing better at the beginning of a
season.)
FCR - Judah Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
SATURDAY
Q. Who
is the last second baseman to capture a league home run crown?
Hint: He
once held the record for consecutive errorless games among second basemen (a
record now held by Placido Polanco).
Twint: He
won a Baseball Digest Player of the Year
Award in the 1980s and again in the 1990s.
A. Ryne Sandberg (40
HR 1990; GG 9 straight years 1983-91; BB Digest POY 1984 & 1990)
FCR - Dave Wise, Hyde Park, NY
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the only player to win an MVP the year after he was traded from a National
League team to another National League team?
Hint: He
wasn’t a malingerer. It was his knee!
Twint: A
trunk full of marijuana likely delayed his election to the Hall of Fame.
A. Orlando Cepeda (MVP in 1967 with the Cardinals
after being traded by the Giants for Ray Sadecki
08-May-1966; Drug
bust 1975, HOF 1999)
FCR - Jim McCoy, Melrose, MA
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the only member of the Big Red Machine in uniform with the Reds when they
won the World Series in 1990?
Hint: He
played more than ten seasons in the majors after his last All-Star Game.
Hint: He
managed for parts of two seasons in the majors, the second coming in the year
after he was elected to the Hall of Fame.
Twint: He
met former teammate Pete Rose at first base when Rose got his 3,000th
hit.
A. Tony Perez (Coach in 1990;
Last ASG 1976,
Ret. 1986; Mgr. 1993
Reds, 2001
Marlins, HOF in 2000; Rose’s
3,000th H 05‑May‑1978)
FCR - Doug Rose, Crestwood, KY
WEEKLY THEME
– National League Hall of Famers who played at least once played a game as a designated
hitter in the majors.
Name G @ DH
Aaron 202
Cepeda 168
Dawson 171
Gwynn 15
McCovey 9
Morgan 5
Perez 82
Sandberg 1
Williams 251
Winfield 419
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
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