MONDAY
Q. Who
was “The Freshest Man on Earth”?
Hint: He
is the career leader for errors at third base.
Hint: He
was the first man from New Hampshire to make it to the majors.
Hint: As
third base coach, he would run up and down the baseline hurling invectives at
the pitcher.
Twint Because
of this, the rules were changed and the coaching box created.
Twint: He
once turned a somersault to evade a tag, landing perfectly on the base.
A Arlie Latham (SABR BIO; 822 E, Billy
Nash 2nd with 615; Somersault multiple versions of the story
including pulling the trick over Cap
Anson, scoring
the winning run by evading the tag at home plate, and pulling off a bunt
single)
FCR Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY
Most common incorrect
answer: Red Rolfe
TUESDAY
Q. Who
is the career National League stolen base leader?
Hint: He
made his major league debut in the same game as did teammate and future Rookie
of the Year Ken Hubbs.
Hint: Ten
days later, he became the last pinch-runner in a game at the Los Angeles
Coliseum.
Twint: He
is one of the very few players to win the Roberto Clemente Award, the Lou
Gehrig Award and the Hutch Award.
Twint: He
became the first active player to have an award named after him.
A. Lou Brock (938 NL SB; Debut 10‑Sep‑1961;
PR 20‑Sep‑1961
for Cuno
Barragan; MLB Awards: Clemente,
Gehrig, Hutch;
Lou Brock Award for annual NL
SB leader, begun in 1974)
FCR - Blake
Sherry, Dublin, OH
Most common incorrect
answers: Maury Wills, Vince Coleman
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the starting first baseman for the first team in the modern era to win
back-to-back World Series?
Hint: He
also managed the team.
Hint: He
argued that Merkle had committed a boner, and that the winning run hadn’t scored.
Twint: He
and his teammates essentially won the argument, and the game was replayed with
his team beating the Giants and eventually winning the pennant by one game over
them.
Twint: He
was the final man in a famous poem about a gonfalon bubble.
A. Frank Chance (1907-08 Cubs; Managerial record;
Merkle
Bonehead Play; “Tinkers to Evers
to Chance”)
FCR - Matt
Repplinger, Denver, CO
Most common incorrect
answers: Rogers Hornsby, Bill Terry,
Fred Clarke, Connie Mack
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What
Hall of Famer had a broadcasting career that lasted more than three times
longer than his playing career?
Hint: He
was the mystery guess of the first-ever episode of “What’s My Line?”
Twint: In
1999, the minor league Staten
Island Yankees named their mascot "Scooter
the Holy Cow" after him.
A. Phil Rizzuto (13 years playing:
1941-42, 1946-56, 40 years broadcasting: 1957-96; WMY episode 02-Feb-1950 [the day I
was born])
FCR - Tim
McCarthy, Washington, DC
Most common incorrect
answers: Ralph Kiner, Dizzy Dean, Herb
Score, Joe Garagiola, Waite Hoyt, Harry Heilman, Jerry Coleman
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first Columbia University graduate elected by the writers to the Hall
of Fame?
Hint: He
holds the career record for sacrifice hits—an astonishing 512.
Hint: At
Connie Mack’s suggestion, he made his major league debut under the name of
“Eddie Sullivan” in order to help him keep his amateur status.
Twint: The
ruse failed, and he was disqualified from playing ball his final year of
college.
Twint: He
and owner Tom Yawkey were responsible for the Red Sox becoming the last team in
the majors to integrate.
A. Eddie Collins (Columbia undergrad
1903-07, HOF BBWAA 1939, beating Lou Gehrig by a few months and Monte Ward by a
few years; Jack
Daubert second at 392 SH; He
and Yawkey had a sham tryout for Jackie Robinson and other black player in
1945. Robinson would later call Yawkey “One of the most bigoted guys in
baseball”, which hurt the Red Sox who were the last to integrate in 1959)
FCR - Dave
Johnson, Swarthmore, PA
Most common incorrect
answer: Lou Gehrig
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who
replaced Don Fehr as the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball
Players Association?
Hint: He
will be succeeded by for former Tigers slugger Tony Clark.
Hint: He
received his law degree from Harvard Law School.
Hint: He
negotiated the deal that insured 21 years of labor peace in the majors.
Twint: He
spoke out against players whose PED use was well-documented.
Twint: He
was arbitration counsel for the National Hockey League Players Association.
A. Michael Weiner (Obit;
Clark’s
career; NHLPA)
FCR - Andy
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
FRIDAY
Q. Who
holds the record for the most major league home runs hit in the 19th
century?
Hint: He
was a key part of the Gothams becoming the Giants.
Hint: As
a left-handed rookie third baseman, he committed 60 errors in 83 games.
Hint: That
was not the most errors he had in a season.
Twint: His
career home run record stood until Babe Ruth eclipsed it in 1921.
Twint: He
was the career home run record holder for 26 years.
A. Roger Connor (138 HR hit 1880-97; 6’3”
a giant in his day; 71 E in 1884)
FCR - Dave
Johnson, Swarthmore, PA
Most common incorrect
answer: Ed Delahanty
SATURDAY
Q. Who
stole Max Carey's long-standing consecutive stolen bases record with his 32nd
consecutive steal in 1975?
Hint: He
added six more before he was caught.
Hint: He’s
the last Rhode Island native to receive a Hall of Fame vote.
Twint: He
is currently a coach with his sixth major league team (although his continuing
there is anything but certain).
Twint: He
has a record of 144-195 in his three years as a major league manager.
A. Davey Lopes (32nd SB 09‑Aug‑1975,
Carey’s record was set in 1922, Four others have since passed that mark and Vince
Coleman is the current record holder at 50 in a row; 2 HOF votes in 1993;
Coach for TEX, BAL, SDP, WAS, PHI, LAD; Managed MIL 2000‑02.)
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Most common incorrect
answers: Tony Womack, Jerry Remy
SUNDAY
Q. What
Hall of Famer and Penn State alumnus ended his career just after the pitching
mound distance was increased to 60’6”?
Hint: He
had a hand in the birth and demise of two separate major leagues.
Hint: The
three major league teams he managed finished in second place half the years he
managed, but never won a title.
Twint: After
an appropriate interval off 84 years, Jim Bunning
matched a feat of his.
A. Monte Ward (Retired after the 1894
season, mound distance increased for the 1893 season; Famously managed BWW of the
Players League in 1890 and was business manager of BTT of the
Federal League in 1914; Pitched a National League perfect game 17‑Jun‑1880,
Bunning’s perfecto 21‑Jun‑1964.)
FCR - Jason
Hoagland, Columbus, OH
Most common incorrect
answer: Harry Wright
WEEKLY THEME – Player with ten World
Series stolen bases
Thief SBs World Series
*Pre-modern era
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Makoto
Ozawa, Scarsdale, NY
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