This week’s questions, hints and answers come
to us from reader Brian Wood of Pacific Grove, California.
MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first manager in the expansion era to lead teams from each league to
the World Series?
Hint: Bill
James rates him as the greatest World Series catcher of all time.
Hint: He
is the only catcher to win a league MVP in consecutive seasons.
Twint: Quack!
Twint: Yoo-Hoo!
A. YOGI
BERRA (NYY 1964, NYM 1973 [6
other have done it Dick Williams, Tony LaRussa, Joe McCarthy, Alvin Dark,
Sparky Anderson, Jim Leyland]; MVP 1954, 55); AFLAC
commercial, Yoo-Hoo
VP and spokesman)
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, NY
Incorrect answers: Mickey Cochrane, Sparky Anderson, Ned Hanlon,
Bill Dickey, Joe Torre, Gabby Hartnett
TUESDAY
Q. Who
owes a famous batting title to Steve Brye?
Hint: One of his high school teammates made it to the Bigs, but
today is a Christian minister with
advanced degrees in Biblical Studies.
Hint: His Brooklyn-born brothers all played
professional baseball.
Hint: He shares something in common with fellow Hall of Famers
Babe Ruth, Tom Seaver, Rube Waddell and Sparky Anderson.
Twint: Home life was “second” to none.
A. GEORGE
BRETT (Twins
outfielder Steve
Brye misplayed
a Brett-batted fly ball into an inside-the-park HR in last AB of season. Runner up [by .001] Hal McRae then lined out; Scott
McGregor was a teammate at El
Segundo HS; Brothers Ken, All
were named George; Grew up in El Segundo [“The Second”], California).
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, RI
Incorrect answers: Joe Torre, Joe DiMaggio, Hal McRae
WEDNESDAY
Q. What Hall of Famer is named after the
doctor who delivered him?
Hint: He matched a feat accomplished last by a
Dodger Hall of Famer in 1918.
Hint: He is the all-time leader in WAR for his
115-year-old franchise.
Twint: No
one born outside the U.S. has more career hits.
Twint: He
admits to being a Zonian.
A. ROD
CAREW (Rodney Cline Carew named for physician Dr. Rodney Cline who
delivered baby Carew on a train traveling in the Panama Canal Zone; He equaled Zach
Wheat’s feat of 1918 in winning a batting title w/0 HR, Carew won AL
batting title in 1972 w/HR; 3,053 H [Ichiro
Suzuki would need 203 hits to break this record.]).
FCR - Mike
Erickson, San Diego, CA
Incorrect answers: Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Duke Snider,
Rickey Henderson
THURSDAY
Q. What
former San Francisco Giant holds the record for most career games played at
catcher in the National League?
Hint: Signed letter of intent to play
quarterback at UCLA, but opted for baseball instead.
Hint: He remains the only player to hit two home
runs in both an All-Star game and a World Series game.
Hint: He
once threw out Lenny Randle three times in one game.
Twint: He
was the Florida Marlins broadcaster 1993-96.
Twint: He,
Ted Williams and Ken Griffey, Jr, have a legitimate claim to the same nickname.
A. GARY
CARTER (2,056 G; 2 ASG HR:
1981, 2 WS HR G
4, 1986; Randle 3X CS 15‑Apr‑1978;
Nickname was the “Kid.”)
FCR - Saul Wisnia, Newton Center, MA
Incorrect answers: Bob Boone, Benito Santiago, Tom Haller, Dick
Deitz
THURSDAY
BONUS
Q. Whose
sharp eye caused a pennant-dependent game to be replayed?
Hint: Too
old for military service when hostilities broke out, he went to Europe as
athletic director for the Knights of Columbus.
Hint: He
often broke out hostilities all on his own.
Hint: Some
say it’s possible he sidled into the Hall.
Twint: He
skippered the Cubs and the White Sox, but only broke .500 when he also played
while managing.
Twint: Was
honored in Ogden Nash’s “Line-Up for
Yesterday”.
A. JOHNNY EVERS (In one of the finals games of the 1908
pennant race, Evers alerted the umpires to Fred
Merkle's baserunning
error in a game against the New York Giants, which became known as "Merkle's
Boner". Al
Bridwell hit
what appeared to be the game-winning RBI single for the Giants, while Merkle, the
baserunner on first base, had gone into the clubhouse without touching second
base. Evers called for the ball. The umpires huddled and ruled Merkle out. League president
Harry Pulliam
ruled the game a tie, with
a makeup to be played. The Cubs won the
makeup game, thereby winning the pennant.; Nash
line: “E is for Evers,
his jaw in advance; Never afraid to Tinker
with Chance”,
appearing in Sport
Magazine; Nicknamed the crab, not because he walked sideways,
but because he always seemed to be crabby; His managerial record: http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/eversjo01.shtml)
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: Billy Martin, Joe Tinker, Hank O’Day, Connie
Mack, Leo Durocher, Enos Slaughter, Buddy
Harreleson
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was saved from baseball ignominy by arm trouble and the flu?
Hint: He
was the last pitcher to win three games in a six-game World Series.
Hint: He
and his rotation mates each won over 20 games one season.
Twint: One of only six pitchers to win 100 games
in both the dead-ball and live-ball era.
Twint: Last legal spitballer in the American League
at the time of his retirement.
A. RED
FABER (Arm trouble and flu
were the ostensible reasons he did not pitch in the 1919 Black Sox World Series;
Last spitball season for him: 1933,
[Burleigh Grimes would later be traded to the AL in 1934.]; 20-game winners in
, symmetrically enough, in 1920: 23-13, with Eddie Cicotte 21-10, Lefty
Williams 22-14, and Dickie Kerr 21-9)
FCR - Scott
Matteson, Shawnee, KS
Incorrect answers: Dave McNally, Jim Palmer, Dean Chance, Lou
Burdette, Randy Johnson, Joe McGinnity, Tommy John, Jack Coombs, Stan
Coveleski, Bob Feller
END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is tied with Elston Howard for playing on the most losing World Series teams?
Hint: His
nickname comes from his prowess in a different sport.
Hint: He
later worked for Hillerich &
Bradsby.
Hint: A future Hall of Fame pitcher was sent to
the minors by a future Hall of Fame manager for not throwing at him.
Twint: Statues
dedicated to him stand outside ballparks in Louisville and Brooklyn.
Twint: He teamed with both Dizzy Dean and Curt
Gowdy.
A. PEE WEE
REESE (Most losing WS, 6, in
1941, 49, 51, 52, 53, 56 [Howard’s
were in 1955, 57, 60, 63, 64, 67.]; Marbles
champion as a boy; Casey Stengel ordered Warren Spahn to throw at Reese in an exhibition game (as Spahn tells it); Statues outside Louisville
Slugger Stadium, erected 2000 & Mets class A stadium, Brooklyn’s
MCU Park, formerly KeySpan Park, built 2005; CBS & NBC Game of the Week)
FCR - Mike
McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect answers: Jackie Robinson, Ted Simmons, Duke Snider,
Gil McDougald
SATURDAY
Q. What
hurler came to stardom following a path similar to Patrick Ewing’s?
Hint: His
uniform was guaranteed to be dirty every time he played.
Hint: Lost
his bid for a perfect game with one out in the ninth, but decided to keep that
title anyway.
Hint: He
is a known oenophile.
Twint: Shared a nickname with a funnel-shaped-hat-wearing
television character.
A. TOM SEAVER (Signed by Braves in 1966, but Commissioner
William Eckert declared Seaver ineligible. After Seaver’s father threatened
a lawsuit, Eckert allowed other teams to bid on him and match the Braves’ offer
with the Mets, Phillies, all Indians doing so. The Mets then won the lottery as
did the NY Knicks with Patrick
Ewing in the first NBA Lottery in 1985; His pitching motion had his right
knee dip into the dirt on the pitching mound with each delivery; The Perfect
Game was about the next-to-last
game of the 1969 World Series, in which Seaver beat the Orioles in 10
innings (Rod
Gaspar scored the winning run on a bunt by J.C.
Martin). There are references to other events in Seaver's life as
well., 1970. Look at the Mets Championship Season of 1969, wrapped around a
game Seaver pitched on July 9th
that year against the Cubs where rookie OF Jim Qualls broke
up a perfect game in the top of the 9th inning with one out; Owns Seaver
Vineyards, Napa, CA; Tom
Terrific, shown on the Captain Kangaroo Show.)
FCR - Dan
Silverberg, Aventura, FL
Incorrect answers: Mike Mussina, Johnny Sain
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
was the first second baseman to have twelve assists in a game?
Hint: He
finished his career with 2,107 hits, all in the National League (except, of
course, for the 188 that he hit in his short-lived Players League!).
Hint: He
once held the record for career postseason hits.
Twint: He
is credited with inventing the pitcher’s mound.
Twint: He
apparently didn’t need it in 1879 with a pitching record of 47-19 with 239
strikeouts.
A. MONTE WARD (26
hits in 1888-89)
FCR - Andrew
Distler, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Frankie Frisch, Junior Gilliam, Joe Morgan
SUNDAY
Q. What
Missouri native was sometimes as red as the tomatoes he grew at his home
ballpark?
Hint: Before
Joe Torre, he was the last to manage an American League team to 100 victories
in consecutive seasons.
Hint: He
managed his team before and after they won the World Series.
Hint: Also
managed them when they won the World
Series.
Twint: He
popularized turning his cap around when discussing the finer points of play
with the game’s arbiters.
Twint: He
and Stan Musial left us on the same day.
Twint: His
last day was spent on the Love Boat.
A. EARL
WEAVER (Born in St. Louis, Turned red when arguing with umpires; 102 W
in 1979, 100 W in 1980; Managed the Baltimore Orioles after 1982 season with the Orioles who won it all in 1983. He
came back 1985-86; Passed away 19-Jan-2013 aboard the Orioles fantasy cruise, Celebrity
Silhouette in the Caribbean Sea).
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: Red Schoendienst, Whitey Herzog, Are Howe,
Casey Stengel
WEEKLY THEME
– Theme: Baseball Hall of Famers whose last name can
be spelled with one hand on a conventional keyboard using conventional two
handed typing.
Berra
Brett
Carew
Carter
Evers
Faber
Reese
Seaver
Ward
Weaver
Notes:
-Pete
Hill & Bowie Kuhn are then only two who use right hand only to spell last
name, the other 10 use left hand only.
-Johnny
Evers has first name right hand only, last name left hand (legal name of John
still all right hand), Middle name Joseph uses both
-Pete
Hill—Pete uses both hands, but legal 1st name is John which uses right hand
only, so both 1st & last legal names use right hand only (middle name
Preston uses both)
-Monte
Ward's legal first name is John, so right hand only for John, left hand only
for Ward, middle name Montgomery uses both
-Red Faber has first &
last name left (though legal first name of Urban uses both)
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme –
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Catchers who were managers
and are in the HOF.
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