MONDAY
Q. At
which stadium did Carlton Fisk hit his "Body-English" home run?
Hint: Carl
Yastrzemski made his major league debut there.
Hint: This
was the only stadium at which Ted Williams pitched in the majors.
Addint: It is the Monster’s home and The Monster
pitched there.
A. Fenway Park (Fisk HR 1975 WS
Game 6; Yaz
debut 11-Apr-1961;
Williams
pitched 24-Aug-1940;
Green Monster in LF, Dick Radatz
pitched for BOS 1962-66)
FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Most common
incorrect answers: Crossley Field (sic)
TUESDAY
Q. Where
was "The Shot" called (and shot)?
Hint: It
also hosted "The Homer in the Gloamin'".
Hint: Stan
Musial got his 3,000th hit there.
Addint: It was the site of Kerry Wood's 20-K game.
Addint: They had TWO "official" first night games played there.
A. Wrigley Field (Ruth's
Called Shot HR 1932 WS
Game 3; Hartnett's
late HR 28-Sep-1938;
Musial’s 3,000th 13-May-1958,
a 6th-inning PH 2B; Wood's 20
Ks 06-May-1998;
1st night game 08-Aug-1988 [Cubs vs. Phillies] was rained out in the
4th so the 1st official night game went into the books on
09-Aug-1988
[Cubs vs. Mets])
FCR - Dan Silverberg, Aventura, FL
Most common incorrect answers: The Polo Grounds, Ebbetts Field, Crosley Field, Dodger Stadium,
Forbes Field
WEDNESDAY
Q. Where
did Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run?
Hint: Spectators
there witnessed the final game of Lou Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive-game streak. N.B.
Bad editing got us this wording.
Actually, spectators there saw the first game AFTER the streak, the
first game Gehrig didn't play.
Hint: The
mythical Joe Hardy debuted there with game-winning home runs in both ends of a
double header. [Ya gotta have heart!]
Hint: The
last hit at the stadium was also the last home run, grand slam and RBI there.
Addint: Reggie Jackson hit the light tower, but there was no Hobbs-esque explosion.
A. Navin Field [Briggs Stadium, Tiger
Stadium] (Ruth’s
700th 13-Jul-1934;
Gehrig’s
voluntary benching 02-May-1939;
Hardy from Damn Yankees;
Robert
Fick's 8th inning GS HR 27-Sep-1999;
Jackson’s
All‑Star HR 13-Jul-1971,
Hobbs)
FCR - Marc Kell, Columbia, MD
Most common incorrect answers: Fenway Park, Griffith
Stadium [Would have been correct if based solely on the original incorrect
wording of the first Hint], Yankee Stadium, Forbes Field
THURSDAY
Q. Which
stadium was the site of the first six-pitcher no-hitter?
Hint: It
was the first stadium to host a major league game in November.
Hint: Billy
Joel performed the first rock concert there on 22-Jun-1990.
Addint: Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run there in 1927 and Roger
Maris hit his 61st home run there in 1961.
A. Yankee Stadium I (Roy Oswalt,
Peter
Munro, Kirk
Saarloos, Brad Lidge,
Octavio
Dotel & Billy Wagner
no-hit NYA on 11-Jun-2003;
2001
WS G 4 ended on Derek Jeter's
walk-off HR just after midnight of 31-Oct-to-01-Nov-2001; Ruth's 60th
30-Sep-1927;
Maris'
61st 01-Oct-1961)
FCR - Doug Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Most common incorrect answers: Comiskey Park, Mets, Safeco, Astrodome,
Memorial Stadium, Oakland Alameda Coliseum
FRIDAY
Q. At
which stadium did Mule Suttles hit the first Negro League All-Star home run?
Hint: It
hosted the Negro League East-West All-Star Game each year from 1933-57.
Hint: Of
the nine cycles hit there, only one was hit by a home team player.
Addint: Luke Appling and Nellie Fox each played more than 1,000 games there.
Addint: It hosted the first major league All-Star Game three months before
the first Negro League East-West All-Star Game.
A. Comiskey Park I (Suttles
HR in the 1933 NL E-W AS G 10-Sep-1933;
NL E-WA SG
[N.B. during some seasons a second NL E-W ASG was played in another city]; Appling
played 1,224 G @ Comiskey, Fox played
1,071 there; Cycles by visitors Baby Doll
Jacobson 17‑Apr‑1924,
Roy
Carlyle 21‑Jul‑1925
[G1], Mickey
Vernon 19-May-1946
[G2], Joe DiMaggio
20‑May‑1948,
Elmer Valo
02-Aug-1950,
Brooks
Robinson 15‑Jul‑1960,
Lyman
Bostock 24-Jul-1976,
& Robin
Yount 12-Jun-1988
and home team Carlton Fisk
16‑May‑1984;
1st ML ASG 06‑Jul‑1933)
FCR - David Ramsden, Barcelona, Spain
Most common incorrect answers: Forbes Field, Griffith Stadium, Newark, Polo
Grounds Wrigley Field
SATURDAY
Q. Which
stadium was the site of the first two American League four-home-run games?
Hint: It
was the only stadium in which an American League player had more than 10 RBI in
a game.
Hint: Doc
Powers was said to have suffered a fatal injury during the first game played
there.
Hint: It
was the home of a 50-foot "Spite Fence".
Addint: Al Simmons had exactly 1,000 career hits there.
A. Shibe Park (Lou Gehrig’s
4-HR game 03-Jun-1932,
Pat Seerey's
18-Jul-1948
[G1]; Tony
Lazzeri's 11-RBI game 24-May-1936;
Powers
crashed into the wall on 12-Apr-1909 and died two weeks later; Ben Shibe
erected what became known as "Connie Mack's Spite Fence" prior to
1935 season to curtail easy of play from adjacent buildings)
FCR - Doug Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers include: Tiger Stadium, Sportsman's
Park, Cleveland Stadium, Baker Bowl
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Which
stadium hosted the first major league game broadcast on the radio?
Hint: It
was the site of the first major league game featuring both Honus Wagner and Ty
Cobb.
Hint: Josh
Gibson made his Negro League debut there in 1930.
Hint: It
was the site of the last major league triple header.
Hint: Wilbur
Cooper is the career wins leader at the park.
Addint: If you want to reach Father John, you'll need to know the name of
this park.
Addint: It was the site of the first World Series-clinching walk-off home
run.
A. Forbes Field (KDKA broadcast 05-Aug-1921;
Cobb
& Wagner
first faced each other in 1909 WS
Game 1; PIT vs. CIN TH 02-Oct-1920 G1,
G2
& G3;
Cooper
had 103 W in 233 games there; Maz's HR
1960
WS Game 7; noted Pirate fan Fr. John Hissrich uses the stadium name as part
of his email address)
FCR - Charlie Vascellaro, Baltimore, MD
Incorrect answers include: Briggs Stadium, Redland Field, Ebbetts Field,
Bennett Park, Crosley Field, Shibe Park
SUNDAY
Q. *What
stadium was the site of Ted Williams' only inside the park home run?
Hint: Lefty
Grove pitched a four-hit shutout in the first game played there.
Addint: Miguel Dilone got a hit in 27 consecutive games at the stadium.
Addint: Len Barker pitched the only perfect game there.
Addint: It’s the only American League venue to host 75,000 fans for a World
Series game.
A. Cleveland Stadium [Municipal Stadium] (WS
75K 3 times: 1948 WS
Game 4, 1948 WS
Game 5, 1954 WS
Game 4; 1st game 31-Jul-1932;
Williams'
IPHR 13-Sep-1946,
clinching the AL pennant for the Sawks; Dilone's
streak 06-Jul-1980
to 31-Aug-1980
[G1]; Barker's
gem 15-May-1981);
03‑Jul‑1943
FCR - Andrew
Milner, Bryn Mawr, PA
Incorrect answers include: Shibe Park, Sportsman's
Park, Briggs Stadium
*Sunday's question had an error that several readers spotted. Ted Williams' ITPHR was hit in League Park IV in Cleveland, where the Indians sometimes hosted games even though Municipal Stadium had been in use for several years.
*Sunday's question had an error that several readers spotted. Ted Williams' ITPHR was hit in League Park IV in Cleveland, where the Indians sometimes hosted games even though Municipal Stadium had been in use for several years.
WEEKLY THEME
– Stadiums that hosted Major League games for 60 seasons.
Venue Tenure #of seasons
Fenway Park 1912—2013 102
Wrigley
Field 1914—2013 100
Tiger Stadium 1912—1999 88
Yankee
Stadium I 1923—1973
1976—2008 83
Comiskey Park I 1910—1990 81
Shibe Park 1909—1970 62
Forbes
Field 1909—1970 62
Cleveland
Stadium 1932—1933
& 1936—1993 60
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Kevin Johnson of Broken Arrow, (after the Tue.
Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Ball parks of the 'original' (1903-1960)
franchises
- Ballparks that
existed before a certain date, say 1980.
- Stadiums named
after owners
- Ballparks
built in the twentieth century still used by their original teams today.
- Ballparks that
housed two different major league teams at the same time.
- Parks to host
a world series, ASG in same year
Tuesday - Parks
built in the 1910s
- The oldest
parks still be used in the Majors
- Oldest major
league ball parks in use
- Ballparks that
have hosted teams in two major leagues
- Smallest
capacity major league baseball stadiums
- Last ballparks
to get lights
- Ballparks
built in first half of twentieth century
- Venues for at
least 3 All‑Star Games
- Stadiums used
by more than one major league team
- Ball parks
built before 1990
- Stadium trivia
so easy everyone but my daughter knows the answers
- The last
stadia to get lights
- The 15 stadia
that served the "original 16" franchises of the 1930s/50s before
franchise shifts began in earnest
- Stadiums built with steel-beam and concrete construction
- Structures designed by Osborn Engineering
Wednesday
- Jewel box
baseball parks
- Ball parks
where pre expansion teams played
- Ballparks used
for many years
- Hosting
multiple All-Star Games
- Ballparks
associated with events of a particular era in the past, e.g. World Series in
the 1940s
- Ballparks
built in the 1910s
- Ballparks
hosted the most games played
- Parks with the
lowest seating capacity
- Stadiums built
before World War II
- All parks in
which Buck Harris managed
Thursday - Natural
grass stadiums to host MLB and NFL teams the same year
- Baseball parks
used by pre-expansion teams
- Stadiums home
to professional baseball and NFL teams
- Stadiums built
in residential neighborhoods
Friday - Ballparks
to host nfl games
- Baseball Parks
designed by Zachary Taylor Davis
- Parks that
hosted Negro and mlb all star games
- First American
League steel and concrete ballparks
Saturday - MLB
parks built 1910-1020
- Stadiums built
on existing city blocks
Sunday - Parks
to host at least two ws and asgs
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