MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first American League catcher to win three league most valuable player
awards?
Hint: He
played in 14 World Series with the New York Yankees.
Twint: As
a result, he won 10 rings – the most by any player in Major League Baseball
history.
A. Yogi Berra (MVP 51, 54, 55; WS 47.
49-53, 55-58, 60-63; Won 47, 49-53, 56,58,61,62)
FCR - Chuck
Durante, Dover, DE
TUESDAY
Q. What
Reds player was considered an “old 30” and traded to Baltimore where in his
first season with the Orioles he proceeded to win his league and World Series
Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, and the Triple Crown?
Hint: He
took 100% of the 1st place MVP votes that year.
Hint: He
also took all of the 1st place MVP votes in 1961.
Twint: He
was a unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year in 1956.
A. Frank Robinson (09-Dec-1965
traded for Milt
Pappas; NL ROY 1956 vote;
1966
MVP vote; 1961
MVP vote [Not quite unanimous. His
teammate Joey
Jay did get one first place vote—the only MVP vote of his 13-year career.];
1956
ROY)
FCR - Glenn Horowitz,
New York, NY
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
said “Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it”?
Hint: He
won his only World Series title in the “Suds Series”.
Hint: He
also helped the New York Mets win their first World Series title.
Hint: In
his last game as a player, he was put in as a PINCH RUNNER [Not pinch hitter] for Al Kline.
Twint: His
managerial style relying on pitching, speed, defense and wearing down the
opponent, was soon associated with his first name.
A. Whitey Herzog (Quote; 1982 WS STL v MIL the home
of major
beer brewers; NYM
head of player development 1967-72; Final G 28‑Sep‑1963;
“Whiteyball” relied on factors other than HR;)
FCR - Robert
Workman, Ashburn, VA
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Which
member of the Hall of Fame attended the same college as Jackie Robinson?
Hint: In
his first year as a manager in the big leagues, he took a prior year’s 9th
place team to the pennant, and boasted a triple-crown batting champ.
Hint: Despite
producing a pennant and three consecutive winning seasons after the team had
experienced eight consecutive losing seasons just prior to this arrival, the
team fired him with nine games left in his third season.
Hint: In
his last game as a player, he was put in as a pinch runner for Dick Stuart.
Twint: The
next three years he managed another American League team and won the World
Series his second and third year at the helm.
Twint: He
was then fired from that team.
A. Dick Williams (Pasdena
City College; BOS 72-90 in 66, Yaz won
triple crown in 1967; last G 01‑Oct‑1964;
managerial
record BOS and OAK)
FCR - Richard
Nicholson, Richmond, VA
THURSDAY
Q. Who
managed the Chicago Cubs the year they blew a mid-August 8½ game lead, finishing
the season 8 games behind the East Division winning New York Mets?
Hint: He
was the third base coach when Bobby Thomson hit the “Shot Heard ‘Round the
World”.
Hint: Teammate
Babe Ruth called him the “All-American Out” for his diminutive batting average.
Twint: Though
known for his mouth, it was his “Lip” that earned his nickname.
A. Leo Durocher (1969 Cubs;
Managed the NYG
and was at
third replacing Herman Franks who was moved to the clubhouse to steal signs
for the “Shot” which
has Durocher celebrating from the 3B box; Ruth quote .257 BA with NYY;
Leo “The Lip”)
FCR - Larry Creeden,
Boulder City, NV
FRIDAY
Q. Who
hit the first post dead-ball era, inside-the-park World Series home run?
Hint: Hit
in the top of the 9th, it proved to be the winning run in a 5-4
Giants victory over the Yankees.
Hint: It
was also the first post-season home run hit in Yankee stadium.
Twint: He
was quoted as saying “The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you
away from the guys who are undecided”.
A. Casey Stengel (IPHR 10-Oct-1923;
G 1
1923 WS, Yankee stadium opened; quote)
FCR - Dave Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
FRIDAY TWICE
Q. Who
holds the American League career mark for home runs by a second baseman?
Hint: He
won a disputed American League most valuable player award.
Hint: As
manager of the 1960 Indians, in one of the most bizarre trades in Major League
Baseball history, he was traded mid-season for the manager of the Detroit
Tigers.
Twint: He
was nicknamed “Flash” after his favorite comic book character.
A. Joe Gordon (246 HR AL, Jeff Kent
NL 351; 1942
MVP; traded
for Jimmie Dykes after 95 games; Flash Gordon comic strip)
FCR - Andrew Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
SATURDAY
Q. What
Indians position player learned to pitch “on the job” and eventually had seven
20 win seasons?
Hint: He
was the centerfielder for Bob Feller’s second no-hitter – a 1-0 victory over
the New York Yankees.
Hint: Two
years and two months later, he pitched his first no-hitter.
Twint: After
Billy Martin was fired by the Yankees in 1978, he took over the team and led
them to a World Series title.
Twint: The
very next year, he was replaced by Billy Martin after 65 games as the Yankees
fell to a 4th place finish.
A. Bob Lemon (20 W seasons 1948-50,
52-54, 56; Feller’s
no-no 30‑Apr‑1946;
Lemon’s 30‑Jun‑1948;
1978 NYY; 1979 NYY)
FCR - Dave Johnson, Swarthmore, PA
SUNDAY
Q. Who
had an OPS over 1.000 in seventeen consecutive seasons of play?
Hint: He
holds the longest streak in Major League history for consecutive games reaching
base safely.
Hint: He
also holds the American League record for most consecutive times reaching base in
every plate appearance.
Twint: He
was a wartime wingman for John Glenn.
Twint: John
Updike wrote of him, “Gods do not answer letters.”
A. Ted Williams (OPS [On-base plus
Slugging Percentages] 1.000+: 1939-42, 46-58; 84 consecutive
games; 16
consecutive PA; Korean
War service; Full quote was
in response to Williams’ refusing to play his final career game at Yankee
stadium and refusing to acknowledge the crowd cries for even a tip of the hat.
FCR - Richard
Nicholson, Richmond, VA
WEEKLY THEME
– Expansion team managers who are in the Hall of Fame.
Manager Managed Inducted
CAL 1974
KCR 1975-79
WSN 2005-06
D. Williams CAL 1974-76 2008
MON 1977-81
SDP 1982-1985
SEA 1986-88
T. Williams WSA 1969-71 1966
TEX 1972
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Alex Holzman, Philadelphia, PA
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