MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to have uniform #7 retired?
Hint: His
numbers were astronomical. So was his
nickname.
Hint "He's the best prospect I've ever
seen." - Branch Rickey
Twint: Quoth he, "I don't care who you are,
you hear those boos."
A. MICKEY
MANTLE (#7 Ret. 08-Jun-1969
[Craig
Biggio is the only other player to have #7 retired.]; "The Commerce Comet")
FCR - David
Ramsden, Barcelona, Spain
Incorrect answers: Dominic DiMaggio, Pete Reiser
TUESDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to lead the league in runs scored for more seasons than did
Ted Williams?
Hint: Every
time he led, he led the majors, not just his league.
Hint: All
his counterpart runs leaders in the other league, saving one, made it to the
Hall of Fame.
Twint: No
one better
1919 103 Burns 86
1920 158 Burns 115
1921 177 Hornsby 131
1923 151 Youngs 121
1924 143 Hornsby 121
Frisch 121
1926 139 Cuyler 113
1927 158 Hornsby 133
Waner 133
1928 163 Waner 142
FCR - Cappy
Gagnon, South Bend, IN
Incorrect answers: Rickey Henderson, Pete Rose, Stan Musial, Ty
Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Eddie Yost
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
garnered MVP votes in in 14 of his first full 15 seasons in the majors, taking
home the top prize thrice?
Hint: His
season in that string with no MVP votes, his second, he still made the All-Star
team.
Hint: He
and a former #1-ranked professional tennis player share a nickname.
Twint: Despite
that success, his team's owner called a contract with this player "…one of
his biggest regrets."
Twint: 654
and holding…
A. ALEX
RODRIGUEZ (MVP votes 1996, 1998-2010, MVP in 2003, 05, 07; AS 1996-98,
2000-08, 2010-11; TEX owner Tom Hicks, referring to Rodriguez' 2001 contract; "A-Rod",
Andy
Roddick; Career HR total, but potentially could increase)
FCR - Tommy
Garber, Austin, TX
Incorrect answers: Albert Pujols, Yogi Berra, Chipper Jones,
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Stan Musial, Mike Schmidt, Joe DiMaggio
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only player to play in every inning of eleven All-Star games?
Hint: He
would likely have been Sports Illustrated's
Sportsman of the Year had it not been for the accomplishment of a certain
English doctor.
Hint: He
had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, never, however, leading the league
during that stretch.
Twint: He
endorsed Chesterfield cigarettes, though he rarely smoked.
Twint: He
endorsed Red Man chew, even though he never used smokeless tobacco.
A. WILLIE
MAYS (1957,
58,
59a,
59b,
61a,
61b,
62a,
64,
65,
66
& 68;
Roger
Bannister broke the 4-minute
mile in 1954; Mays never led the league in RBI, but retired 8th
on the all-time career RBI list.)
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, NY
Incorrect answers: Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Derek
Jeter, Cal Ripken, Albert Belle, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron
THURSDAY
Q. Who
is the only A's first baseman to win the Gold Glove Award?
Hint: Claims
he's never owned an ox of any color.
Hint: He
was the first player to receive the Players Choice Man of the Year award.
Twint: He
was the first National Leaguer to hit thirty home runs before the All-Star
break twice.
Twint: He
and Ray Langford were the first National League teammates to combine for 100
home runs in a season.
A. MARK
McGWIRE (GG 1990; Often compared
to Paul
Bunyan whose legendary pet ox Babe,
was blue; PC MOY)
FCR - Mark
Camps, Albany, CA
Incorrect answers: Jimmie Foxx, Josh Donaldson, Vic Power a,
Orlando Cepeda, Al Simmons
a Reader Dave
Johnson pointed out that Power
should also qualify as an answer to the question because he played more games
at first base for the Philadelphia A’s than the Cleveland Indians in 1958. Power won the second ever GG @ 1b, but was
with the Indians at the time the award was given. Just imagine the word "Oakland" in
the question and we'll be fine.
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the only player to hit his 500th home run for the Reds?
Hint: It
was hit on Fathers' Day, with his father in the stands.
Hint: It
was a two-run home run, with a Hall of Famer scoring ahead of him.
Hint: His
first major league hit was a double off of the newly-appointed Diamondbacks GM.
Twint: He
is the only three-time winner of the Home Run Derby.
A. KEN
GRIFFEY, JR. (500th HR 20-Jun-2004
[Turns out no scored ahead of him. It was a solo shot as he was the first batter
of the 6th inning.]; 2b 03-Apr-1989
off Dave
Stewart, ARI
new GM)
FCR - Morris
Buenemann, Florissant, MO
Incorrect answers: Adam Dunn, Sammy Sosa, Jim Thome
SATURDAY
Q. What
slugger set the American League record by collecting 104 RBI just in his home
park in a season?
Hint: He
also had 71 on the road that year.
Hint: He
had 100 RBI in thirteen consecutive seasons, putting him in a tie with Lou
Gehrig and Alex Rodriguez for that major league record.
Twint: He
is the first player to win Most Valuable Player Awards in consecutive seasons.
A. JIMMIE
FOXX (104 RBI at Fenway in 1938; 100 RBI 1929-41; MVP 1932-33)
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Manny Ramirez, Hank Greenberg, Lou Gehrig,
Hack Wilson, Barry Bonds, Juan Gomzalez
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who,
in his first year with the team, hit as many home runs as had ever been hit in
a season in the 64-year history of that franchise?
Hint: The
record had been established by a rookie a mere eight years earlier.
Hint: He
still holds the season home run record for the franchise.
Twint: The
Saturday Evening Post published a story with his byline entitled "The Home
Run I Would Hate to Hit", about not wanting to break the Babe's season
home run record.
Twint: More
than fifty years later he admitted, "That was a big fat lie."
Twint: Of
major league players born in his home state, he is the only one inducted into
baseball's Hall of Fame.
A. RALPH KINER (23 HR,
PIT 1946, established by Johnny Rizzo in 1938; 54 HR 1949; SABR BIO regarding the story
and his recanting of the sentiment)
FCR - No
one
Incorrect answers: Roy Sievers, Harmon Killebrew, Hank Greenberg,
Roger Maris, Babe Ruth, Albert Belle, Mark McGwire, Brady Anderson, Frank
Robinson, Eddie Mathews
SUNDAY
Q. Who
owns the highest season RBI total in the National League since Hack Wilson's otherworldly
191 in 1930?
Hint: He
once led the league in runs scored, RBIs, intentional walks and total bases but
had no stolen bases with only two attempts.
Hint: Despite
this, he had over 200 stolen bases in his eighteen-year career.
Hint: Jason
Giambi said of him "Yellowstone might be the only park that could hold him. He's
the best of the best. "
Twint: It
was once tweeted that a photo of his looked "downright vampiric".
A. Sammy Sosa (2001:
R 146 / RBI 160 / TB 425 / IBB 37; 234 SB; Known to be “skin bleaching”, Giambi
quote at the 2002 Home Run Derby; Panamanian TV personality Nairobi
Dacosta uploaded a photo on her Twitter of Sosa
looking “downright vampiric”)
FCR - Darrell
Hanson, Altoona, IA
Incorrect answers: Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez, Hack Wilson,
Prince Fielder, Chuck Klein b, Ernie Banks, Tommy Davis
b170 RBI, but in the very same season
as Wilson.
WEEKLY THEME – Players with multiple
seasons of 50 home runs:
Ruth - 1920 54* *Won
league HR title
- 1921 59* **Won league MVP
- 1927 60*
- 1928 54*
Foxx - 1932 58* **
- 1938 50**
Kiner - 1947 51*
- 1949 54*
Mays - 1955 51*
- 1965 52*
Mantle - 1956 52* **
- 1961 54
Griffey - 1997 56* **
- 1998 56*
McGwire - 1996 52*
- 1997 58
- 1998 70*
- 1999 65*
Sosa - 1998 66**
- 1999 63
- 2000 50*
- 2001 64
Rodriguez - 2001 52*
- 2002 57*
- 2007 54*
**
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme –
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players who held a
record that Derek Jeter broke
- Yankees with
retired numbers
Tuesday - NYY
captains
- NYY retired
numbers
Wednesday
- Yankees career
home run leaders
- Yankees
all-time strikeout leaders
- Yankee MVPs
- Players who played
on the most World Series-winning teams
- Youngest
batters to reach 500 HRs
Thursday - Players
who held home run records that were broken
Saturday - Players
who led the league in homers for more than one team
- Guy with more
than 530 home runs
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