MONDAY
Q. Al
Spalding
Hint: Bobby
Mathews
Hint: Pud
Galvin
Twint: Cy
Young
A. Progressive career wins record (Spalding
[held record 1871-84 @ 252], Mathews
[1885-87 @ 297], Galvin
[1888-1902 @ 365], Young
[1903-])
FCR - No one
MONDAY MULLIGAN
Q. Lou
Piniella
Hint: Dallas
Green
Hint: Bucky
Dent
Hint: Stump
Merrill
Hint Buck
Showalter
Hint: Joe
Torre
Twint: Joe
Girardi
A. Yankees managers since Billy Martin
was last fired.
FCR - Neil Cohen, Brooklyn, NY
TUESDAY
Q. Yankees,
Pirates, Phillies
Hint: Dodgers,
Cardinals, Orioles
Hint: Tigers,
Royals, Mets
Twint: Twins
A. World Series winners from 1978-87, the
last time 10 different teams won the World Series in a 10-year span.
FCR - Herb Whalley, Houston, TX
TUESDAY TWICE
Q. Rynie
Wolters, Al Spalding, Bobby Mathews
Hint: Tommy
Bond, Bobby Mathews, Pud Galvin
Hint: Cy
Young, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dennis Eckersley
Twint: Jesse
Orosco
A. Progressive record holders for career games
pitched (Wolters
[32 W, set record in 1871], Spalding
[held record from 1872-78 w/347], Mathews
[1879 w/353], Bond [1880-81
w/3878], Mathews again [1883-87 w/578], Galvin [1888-1904
w/705], Young
[1905-67 w/906], Wilhelm
[1968-97 w/1,070], Eckersley
[1998 w/1,071], Orosco
[1999- w/1,252])
FCR - Kevin Epstein, San Antonio, TX
WEDNESDAY
Q. 66,
162, 300, 388, 531, 669, 694, 764, 869
Hint: 900;
1,037; 1,163, 1,290; 1,449; 1,593; 1,780; 1,944
Hint: 2,121;
2,298; 2,455; 2,612; 2,764; 2,889; 3,022; 3,181
Hint: 3,314;
3,435; 3,453; 3,664; 3,821; 3,900; 4,075; 4,189
Twint: 4,204;
4,256
A. Progressive record for career hits (Cal McVey
[66], Ross
Barnes [162-694], McVey again [764-869], Cap Anson
[900-3,435], Ty Cobb
[3,453-4,189], Pete Rose
[4,204-4,256])
FCR - Barry Nelson, Guilderland, NY
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Jason
Giambi / Ken Griffey Jr.
Hint: Jim
Thome / Nomar Garciaparra
Hint: Carlos
Pena / Dmitri Young
Hint: Cliff
Lee / Brad Lidge
Hint: Aaron
Hill / Chris Carpenter
Hint: Francisco
Liriano / Tim Hudson
Hint: Jacoby
Ellsbury / Lance Berkman
Twint: Fernando
Rodney / Buster Posey
A. Comeback Player
of the Year Award winners (as awarded 2005-2012)
FCR - Gregg Gaylord, Chicago, IL
THURSDAY
Q. Rynie
Wolters, Denny Mack, Candy Cummings, Johnny Ryan
Hint: Herman
Dehlman, Lew Brown, Charlie Jones, Pud Galvin
Hint: John
Morrill, Tom Brown, Jimmy Sheckard, Babe Ruth
Twint: Mickey
Mantle, Willie Stargell, Reggie Jackson
A. Record
holders for career strikeouts by batters (Wolters
[1871 w/8], Mack
[1872-73 w/25], Cummings
[1874-75 w/42], Ryan
[1876 w/48], Dehlman
[1877 w/67], L. Brown
[1878-79 w/120], Jones
[1880 w/130], Galvin
[1881-84 w/392], Morrill
[1885-94 w/656], T. Brown
[1895-1911 w/781], Sheckard
[1912-27 w/849, Ruth
[1928-63 w/1,330], Mantle
[1964-77 w/1,710], Stargell
[1978-81 w/1,912], Jackson
[1982- w/2,597] N.B. Jim Thome
could take over the all-time lead w/50 K in 2013.)
FCR - John Rickert, Terre Haute, IN
FRIDAY
Q. Cap
Anson, Ross Barnes, Cal McVey
Hint: King
Kelly, Ned Williamson, Tip O’Neill
Hint: Ed
Delahanty, Tris Speaker, George Burns
Twint: Earl
Webb
A. Progressive single-season doubles record
holders (Anson
[1871 w/11], Barnes
[1872-74 w/31 ], McVey
[1875-81 w/36], Kelly
[1882 w/37], Williamson
[1883-86 w/49], O’Neill
[1887-98 w/52], Delahanty
[1899-1922 w/55], Speaker
[1923-25 w/59], Burns
[1926-30 w/64], Webb
[1931- w/67])
FCR - Walt Cherniak, Woodbine, MD
SATURDAY
Q. Danny
Murtaugh, Sparky Anderson, Yogi Berra
Hint: Walter
Alston, Sparky Anderson, Sparky Anderson
Hint: (Not
Danny Murtaugh—typo), Tommy Lasorda, Tommy Lasorda, Chuck Tanner
Twint: Dallas
Green, Tommy Lasorda
A. NL managers who won 11 consecutive All-Star
Games from 1972-1982
FCR - Barry Kramer, Reisterstown, MD
SUNDAY
Q. Joe
Battin
Hint: Jim
Britt
Hint: Piggy
Ward
Twint: Joe
Nuxhall
A. Youngest players (Battin
[17y 273d on 11-Aug-1871], Britt
[16y 66d on 02-May-1872], Ward [16y
57d on 12-Jun-1883], Nuxhall
[15y 50d on 10-Jun-1944])
FCR - Steve Schwartz, Chico, CA
WEEKLY THEME
– Assorted baseball progressions
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
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