MONDAY
Q. Who
is the last American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award unanimously?
Hint: He
threw the first no-hitter in what is now called Comerica Park.
Hint: No
high school pitcher in his state ever accumulated more career strikeouts.
Twint: He
was the first 21st-century rookie pitcher to earn fifteen wins in
his team's first 125 games.
Twint: Only
Don Newcombe and he won the Rookie of the Year Award, a Cy Young Award and been
named his league’s league MVP.
- 2011
CYA
- No-hitter
in Detroit 12-Jul-2007
- 15th
Career W on 21-Aug-2006,
DET’s 125th
G of the season
FCR - ~
D. Bruce Brown, Columbia, MD
Incorrect answers: Tim Lincecum
TUESDAY
Q. What
pitcher was last Cy Young Award honoree for the Royals before Zack Greinke?
Hint: It
happened before and after he played
for a New York team and was his during second tour of duty with the Royals.
Hint: He
holds the pitching record of the longest stretch between 20-win seasons.
Twint: He
was the first Yankee right-hander to strike out fifteen batters in a game.
Twint: Mariano Rivera
still got a save in that one.
A. DAVID
CONE
- CYA
1994
- NYM
1987-92; NYY 1995-2000
- 16
K’s 23-Jun-1997
vs. NYM
FCR - Jim
Lovelace, Kent, OH
Incorrect answers: Bret Saberhagen, Dave Stieb, Dennis Leonard
IN MEMORIAM / WEDNESDAY
Q. 10
rings
Hint: 3
MVP’s
Hint: Only
catcher with MVP’s in consecutive seasons
Hint: Played
for the Yankees and Mets
Hint: Managed
the Yankees and Mets
Hint: Most
World Series at-bats
Hint: Most
World Series plate appearances
Hint: Most
World Series singles
Hint: Most
World Series doubles
Hint: Behind
only Ruth and Mantle in World Series home runs
Hint: Invaded
Normandy with U.S. troops on DD-Day 1944
Hint: Elected
to All-Star team eighteen times
Twint: "You
can observe a lot by watching."
Twint: “I
can’t think and hit at the same time.”
Twint: “Baseball
is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
FCR - Morris
Buenamann, Florissant, MO
Incorrect answers:
THURSDAY
Q. Who
tied Adam Wainwright for the National League lead in shutouts in 2014?
Hint: He
was the starting pitcher included in the traded that brought Jose Reyes, Mark
Buehrle and Josh Johnson, John Buck and Emilio Bonifacio to Toronto.
Hint: Two
seasons later he made the All-Star team and even received consideration for the
Cy Young Award.
Hint: He
has yet to play in an All-Star game.
Twint: He
had four starts this year and lost them all.
- Included
in the trade from the Blue Jays were Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeff
Mathis, Yunel Escobar, Jake
Marisnick, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin
Nicolino.
- ASG
15-Jul-2014
- 0-4,
will return next year
FCR - Bill
Deane, Cooperstown, NY
Incorrect answers: David Price, Chris Sale, Jose Fernandez, Roy
Halladay, Matt Harvey
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is the only native of Germany to throw a no-hitter in the majors?
Hint: For
two years, he was the youngest player in the National League.
Hint: The
Dodgers drafted him out of high school as an outfielder.
Hint: On
a team that won its first pennant, he tied for the most pitching victories.
Twint: He
was on the same team the previous season, but they operated under a more
sinister name.
Twint: This
in not to imply that they were left-handed.
- B.
09-Sep-1983 Neu-Ulm, Germany
- Youngest
in NL 2003, 04
- Tied
with James
Shields on the 2008 Tampa Bay
Rays w/14 wins
- Known
as the “Devil Rays” 1998-2007
- Sinister
means left-handed in Latin
FCR - Mike
Massaroli, Staten Island, NY
Incorrect answers: Ted Breitenstein, Johnny Podres
SATURDAY
Q. What
pitcher completed a strikeout by striking two batters?
Hint: His
claim that neither incident was intentional has credibility with most people.
Hint: Not,
however, with the opposing team, whose hurler immediately threw at the first
batter he faced and was just as immediately ejected from the game.
Hint: He
pitched for three different institutions of higher learning before going pro.
Hint: The
Brewers drafted him in the 22nd round just before his 24th
birthday.
Twint: Nearing
the end of his first full year in the majors, he carried a perfect game into
the 7th inning in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.
Twint: Wikipedia
reports that his fastball reaches 146 km/h.
A. MIKE
FIERS
- On
11-Sep-2014,
he threw a fastball that struck star Miami Marlins’ OF Giancarlo Stanton
in the face. Stanton
suffered multiple facial fractures and broken teeth and was taken from the G
for treatment. However, Stanton had,
ruled umpire D.J.
Reyburn, swung
at the pitch for strike 2. Reed
Johnson was sent in to pinch-hit to complete the at-bat. Johnson
swung and missed for strike 3, but this
pitch hit him as well, prompting a bench-clearing brawl. Fiers was very shaken and left the game after
those incidents. Having completed 5
innings, he got the win. Here is his
post-game apology:
"It
was very tough. I've never in my life experienced something like that. It was
very hard for me to take in everything at the moment and come back and throw
another pitch. I just want to send my
thoughts and prayers and everything to Giancarlo Stanton. You never think of
throwing at somebody like that. Never in
my life has that happened. I just feel very, very sad that I hit him. I'm sorry to their teammates, their fans, his
family. It is just tough."
He was issued a fine by MLB. Marlins’
Anthony DeSclafani was suspended for 3 G for throwing at Carlos
Gomez, the game’s next batter.
- Enrolled
at Broward College, transferred to University
of the Cumberlands then to Nova Southeastern University.
- Near
perfecto: 07-Aug-2012,
vs. CIN.
He finished going 8 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits, earning the W and
lowering his season ERA to 1.80.
- 146 km/h
= 91 MPH
FCR - Alex
Remington, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Teddy Higuera
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first pitcher Baltimore Orioles pitcher to shut out the Yankees?
Hint: It
was one of his and his team’s few bright spots that year as he led the league
in losses and the O’s lost 100 games.
Hint: Satchel
Paige, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Joe Morgan, Robin Roberts and Ernie Banks
were all major league teammates of his.
Hint: He
once pitched for Miami, but not in Florida and not in Ohio.
Twint: Bill
Veeck had once been his General Manager.
A. DON
LARSEN
- On
30-Jul-1954,
Larsen whitewashed Allie
Reynolds and the Yankees
10-0, scattering 7 hits.
- Mickey Mantle on the Yankees from 1955 to 1959, with Willie
Mays on the San Francisco Giants in 1962 and 1963,
with Joe Morgan on the 1964 Houston Colt .45s, with Robin Roberts on the 1965 Orioles, and with Ernie
Banks on the 1967 Chicago Cubs.
FCR - Dr.
Richard Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Bob Turley, Hoyt Wilhelm
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers who threw
interleague no-hitters
Pitcher Date For Vs. Venue
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – John
Michael Pierobon, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Incorrect theme guesses:
Friday - The holder of the
most recent no hitter for a major league club
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