MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to retire with twenty years of service with the White Sox?
Hint: He
played for no other major league team.
Hint: He
missed the opprobrium of the “Black Sox” by being bedridden with the Spanish
flu during the 1919 World Series.
Hint: He
once stole second, third and home (with the winning run) after being
intentionally hit by a pitch.
Twint: He
once stole third base in a World Series game with his teammate already on
third.
A. RED
FABER (CHW 1914-1933; 3 SB: 14-Jul-1915;
Base-running blunder G 2 1917 WS team on base was Buck Weaver)
FCR - Howard
Johnson, Norman, OK
Incorrect answers: Eddie Collins, Ted Lyons, Buck Weaver, Luke
Appling
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first Jewish player to join the exclusive 30/30 club?
Hint: He
was the first Toronto Blue Jay to lead the American League in doubles and extra
bases in the same season.
Hint: He
holds the National League record for the most home runs in a week.
Twint: He still owns the longest hitting streak for
the Blue Jays.
Twint: Although
his face doesn’t appear in baseball-reference’s Top 20 for Dodger franchise
WAR, no Dodger has ever hit more home runs in a season.
A. SHAWN
GREEN (35 HR/35 SB 1999; Same year 45 2b & 87 EBH; Hitting streak 28
G 1999; 49 HR for LAD 2001)
FCR - Tommy
Garber, Austin, TX
Incorrect answers: Hank Greenberg, Howard Johnson, Ryan Braun
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first to pitch a no-hitter in a Mets uniform?
Hint: His
storied career came to an end eleven weeks later.
Hint: He
won two unanimous Cy Young Awards pitching for his previous team.
Hint: In
those two years he powered his team to division titles with a team that
finished 23rd and 19th in MLB attendance.
Twint: He
missed the New York Mets' first regular season game at Citi Field due to
the birth of his son.
Twint: Baseball-Reference
shows him with a big smile, proudly wearing his Baltimore Orioles uniform.
A. JOHAN
SANTANA (No-no 01-Jun-2012;
Last G 17-Aug-2012;
CYA 2004,
2006;
Citi Field opener 13-Apr-2009;
O’s pix)
FCR - Scott Schleifer, Suffern, NY
Incorrect answers: Tom Glavine, Frank Viola, Brett Saberhagen,
Nolan Ryan, David Cone, Dwight Gooden
THURSDAY
Q. Who
debuted with the Reds in 1983 but was out of the majors less than three years
later, having played for two other teams.
Hint: He
shares an alma mater with two famous football coaching brothers.
Twint: You
should answer right now!
A. STEVE
CHRISTMAS (CIN ’83, CHW ’84, CHC ’86; Rex
Ryan and Rob
Ryan also attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University)
FCR - Steve
Schwartz, Chico, CA
Incorrect answers: Wayne Krenchicki, Chris Sabo, Deion Sanders
THOR’S DAY
Q. Who
was the first player to hit ten home runs in a calendar week (Sunday-Saturday)?
Hint: He
did it in the span of twenty at-bats.
Hint: He
did it in the “Year of the Pitcher”.
Hint: He
once said, "The distance of every tape-measure home run depends upon your
press agent."
Twint: He
outdistanced an eventual Hall of Famer for the Rookie of the Year Award.
A. FRANK
HOWARD (10 HRs 12-18—May—1968; ROY
1960, Ron
Santo finished 4th in the voting.)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Ken Harrelson, Harmon Killebrew, Dale Long
THOR’S DAY 2
Q. Who
holds the record for most home runs in his sophomore season?
Hint: His
fourth home run that year traveled 496 feet in the air.
Hint: He
homered in his first two plate appearances facing Mike Mussina, later that same
season.
Twint: Last
month he settled a law suit against his brother Corey, who had been his business
manager.
A. RYAN
HOWARD (52 HR in 2006; Long HR 23-Apr-2006,
2nd inning; Mussina
blasts 20‑Jun‑2006;
Lawsuit[s] )
FCR - Geehoon
Hong, Bayside, NY
Incorrect answers: Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Troy Glaus,
Frank Thomas, Ralph Kiner
THOR’S DAY 3
Q. Who
was the first New York Yankee to win a Gold Glove at a position other than
outfielder? [ERROR alert: Bobby Shantz won the GG @ P in 1957 & Bobby
Richardson won the GG @ 2b in 1961]
Hint: He
had played mostly in the outfield before reaching the majors.
Hint: He
hit a home run in his first World Series ab-bat.
Hint: His
team won that game, but not the Series.
Twint: The
Yankees retired his uniform #32 in 1980.
A. ELSTON
HOWARD (GG 1963, 64 [Maris
had won in 1960, Mantle
in ‘62]; WS HR G 1
1955)
FCR - Doug
Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Tom Tresh, Yogi Berra, Snuffy Stirnweiss, Tony
Kubek, Graig Nettles, Clete Boyer, Bill Skowron, Gil MacDougald
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to retire with fewer than 1,000 career hits yet more than
1,000 career strikeouts?
Hint: He
was the first player to hit twenty home runs while batting under .220 for three
consecutive seasons.
Hint: His
power number kept him in the game.
Twint: In
the minors he beat out Kent
Hrbek for a home run title.
Twint: In
a different season, in the minors he beat out Kevin Mitchell for a
home run title.
A. ROB DEER
(Ret. 1996 w/853 H, 1,409 K [Since joined by Russell
Branyan ret. 2011 w/682 H, 1,118 K]; 20+ HR <.220 1989-91; 230 HR,,
600 RBI; He broke the 30-home-run barrier three times in the minors - in
the California League in 1981 he
hit 33 long balls (leading the league, beating out Kent
Hrbek); in the Texas League in 1983 he hit 35 (leading the
league, beating out Kevin Mitchell) and he popped 31 in the Pacific Coast League in 1984 (also
leading that circuit)
FCR - Jim
Lovelace, Kent, OH
Incorrect answers: Dave Kingman, Gorman Thomas, Adam Dunn, Dick
Stuart, Ralph Garr
SATURDAY
Q. What
shortstop anchored the first St. Louis Cardinals team to lose 100 games in the
modern era?
Hint: He
was only a rookie, but he led that team in games played with 150.
Hint: In
his fourteen-year career, that was the only season where he had over 100 games
in the majors.
Hint: Being
a minor league manager added seven more years to his time in the pros.
Twint: He
is a member of the International League Hall
of Fame.
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect answers: Dick
Schofield, Dal Maxvill
WEEKEND BONUS
Q: Whose
4th-inning lead-off home run in the 6th and final game of
a World Series helped his franchise secure their first ever championship?
Hint. He
hit a line drive off Denny Neagle's elbow, ending Neagle's ML debut in the 4th
inning & sending him to the DL.
Twint: A
veteran Spanish-speaking announcer, he nevertheless recently accepted the post
of General Manager of a team in the Dominican League.
Twint: In
2011, he was enshrined into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame along
with Roberto Alomar, Carlos Baerga and Luis
DeLeon.
A. CANDY MALDONADO
(G 6
1992 WS;
Neagle
hit 27-Jun-1991;
GM of Gigantes del
Cibao of the Dominican Baseball League.)
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Mike Schmidt, David Justice, Tony Fernandez
WEEKEND BONUS COMPLEMENT
Q. What
former Milwaukee Brewer had a breakout performance in this year’s ALCS?
Hint: His
defense had people asking, “Who IS that guy?!”
Twint: He
has won two Wilson Defensive Player of
the Year Awards for outfielders and one Fielding Bible Award.
A. LORENZO
CAIN
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Joe Panick, Nori Aoki
SUNDAY
Q. Which
MLB commissioner was previously a U.S. senator?
Hint: His
grandson was elected to Congress in 2004.
Hint: He
was the 44th and 49th governor of Kentucky.
Hint: His
optimistic outlook while attending Transylvania
College earned him his nickname.
Twint: His
father is said to have rescued his mother from an orphanage and married her
when she was fifteen.
A. HAPPY
CHANDLER (Commissioner 1945-61; Grandson Ben
Chandler)
FCR - Bradley
Curtis, Roseville, CA
Incorrect answers: Jim Bunning
SUNDAY FINALE
Q. What
switch-hitting Curve middle infielder is the one of the first black South
Africans to sign a professional baseball contract?
Hint: He
is a fitting ending for this week’s set of questions.
Twint: The
Pirates insist that his signing was not symbolic or a stunt, but that he is a
legitimate prospect.
A. GIFT NGOEPE
(
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries VA
Incorrect answers:
WEEKLY THEME – Baseball people whose
names connote a Christmas holiday theme
Red
Green
Santa
Christmas
Ho-Ho-Ho
Candy
Cane
Happy
Gift
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – David
Bender, Washington, DC (After Green)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Selected players with
colors as names or nicknames
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