MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first to play in 3,300 major league games?
Hint: He
was the first American League player to win a Gold Glove Award and batting
title in the same season.
Twint: He
replaced Ted Williams in
left field for the Red Sox.
A. CARL
YASTRZEMSKI (3,300th G 18-Sep-1983,
total 3,308 [Only Pete
Rose has more.];
GG/batting title 1963)
FCR - Bob
Heckman, Alexandria, VA
Incorrect answers: Tris Speaker, Cap Anson, Ty Cobb, Cal Ripken,
Luis Aparicio, Brooks Robinson, Pete Rose, Robin Yount, Lou Boudreau, Paul
Molitor, Al Kaline, Rod Carew
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the last player to lead the league in home runs while hitting home runs
more times than he struck out?
Hint: He
graduated from college, but not until he had helped his school win the Big Ten
football championship—its only undefeated season ever.
Hint: He
was the first player to hit two home runs in his first World Series game.
Hint: He
was one of the first players to evaluate and improve his on-field performance
by studying game film.
Twint: The
team didn’t like the sleeveless look—at first.
A. TED
KLUSZEWSKI (1954: 49 HR, 35 K
[but finished a distant second to Willie
Mays in MVP
voting that year]; Indiana University at Bloomington 1941-46 with the 1945
team going 11-0-1; G1, 1959 WS;
His wife Eleanor used the family camera to shoot game footage which Klu
reviewed at home; He claimed his tight uniform constricted his swing, so he
tore the sleeves out to create a now iconic
look.)
FCR - Mark
Linneman, Sacramento, CA
Incorrect answers: Johnny Mize, Johnny Hornsby, Chuck Essegian,
Kirk Gibson, Dave Winfield, Ted Williams, Steve Garvey, Charlie Keller, Gene
Tenace, Greasy Neale
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Whose
World Series start was pre-empted by Loma Prieta?
Hint: Undeterred,
the following year he became the last pitcher to win more than 25 games in a
season, winning the Cy Young Award in the process.
Hint: He
won World Series championships with teams from both ends of California.
Hint: He
was also the pitching coach for the Diamondbacks when they won their World
Series.
Hint: He
once struck out Reggie Jackson to end a World Series game, a feat that’s now
part of Dodger lore.
Hint: He
also once started a World Series game only to be pulled without recording a
single out.
Twint: He
was employed by the Oakland A’s at the time of his passing.
Twint: He
surrendered Mike Schmidt’s 400th home run.
Twint: He
was frank about his battle with alcoholism in his autobiography, calling it his
greatest victory.
A. BOB
WELCH (Was scheduled to pitch the 3rd G of the 1898 WS when
the famous earthquake struck shortly before game time, A two-week delay resulted so A’s manager Tony
LaRussa decided to go with his hot hand, Dave
Stewart, who would be by then, equally rested. Stewart won and Oakland swept
San Francisco;
1990
CYA; WS win w/LAD in 1981, OAK in 89;
ARI in 2001; Pre-"Mr.
October" K, G 2 1978 WS;
Bad start: G 1, 1981
WS; Schmidt HR 15-May-1984;
Book: Five
O’Clock Comes Early)
FCR - Mark
Hayne, Dumfries, VA
WEDNESDAY
Q. Whose
lovely locks gently caress the shoulders of the Cubs’ ace?
Hint: He
has averaged almost exactly a strikeout per inning for the past four seasons.
Hint: A
three-sport standout in high school, he was runner-up for Mr. Football in his
state—as a junior!
Twint: His
record of 1,249 yards receiving was third in the storied history of the
Fighting Irish.
Twint: He
caught passes in eight straight games, a team record.
A. JEFF
SAMARDZIJA (Tresses;
IP between the beginning of 2011 and 07-Jun-2014
= 560.1, Ks = 556)
FCR - Josh
Sullivan, Tumball, TX
No incorrect answer, but
the following variations were among those sent in:
S.
Samardija
Samardijia
Samardja
Samardjia
Samardjia
Samardjza
Samardzia
SamardzijaZ
Samardzja
Samardzjia
Samarja
Samarjzia
Samarzdija
Samarzdija
Samarzjia
Smadrzja
Smardia
Smardijiza
Smardizja
Smardja
Smardjia
Smardjzia
Smardzia
Smardzjia
Smarjia
Smarjia
Smartizia
Smarzazdjia
Symardija
Szamarjida
Szchmardija
Szmardja
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What
major leaguer was teammate of Alex Rodriguez in high school?
Hint: He
is one of five American players to win both an Olympic gold medal and a World
Series championship.
Hint: He
once had to go on the fifteen-day DL when he tore his right hamstring while warming
up in the on-deck circle.
Hint: The
year he won his Gold Glove Award was the only season he received MVP votes.
Twint: He
was a big part of last year’s Miracle brawl.
A. DOUG
MIENTKIEWWICZ (Westminster Christian
Academy, Miami, FL [J.P. Arencibia
also attended]; Other 4 w/Olympic Gold & WS win: Ed Sprague,
Pat
Borders, Orlando
Hernandez & Jose Contreras;
On
deck injury 25-Jun-2005;
Brawl
article and video)
FCR - Bob
Kimball, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Tino Martinez, Mark Buehrle
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was nicknamed "Scrabble" during his time with the Blue Jays?
Hint: He
was an important part of a recent St. Louis Cardinals World Series
championship, with four pitching appearances and zero runs scored.
Twint: He
was also an important part of the Highlanders winning their conference and going
to the NCAA tournament.
A. MARC
RZEPCZYNSKI (2011 WS; University of California, Riverside
Highlanders 2007 Big West Conference
champs)
FCR - Max
Burgess, Austin, TX
Incorrect answers: Octavio Dotel, Chris Carpenter
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the only pitcher to win more than 10 decisions for the Toronto Blue Jays in
their inaugural season?
Hint: He
was named to an All-Star team, but never saw All-Star action.
Hint: He
has been a full time pitching coach at the New York Baseball Academy for 20
years.
Twint: His
son played for four years in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
A. DAVE
LEMANCZYK (13-16 in 1977, 1979 ASG;
NYBA;
Son
Matt)
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: Jim Clancy, Jerry Garvin, Pete Vuckovich, Dave Stieb
SATURDAY
Q. Which
NCAA Division I pitcher trailed only David Price in college strikeouts the year
before being drafted.
Hint: He
was the fourth overall pick, behind only Tim Beckham, Pedro Alvarez and Eric
Hosmer.
Hint: After
a few games as a starter, he became a mainstay in the bullpen, striking out 19
with a 1.35 ERA in 18 appearances.
Hint: He
also did not allow a single inherited runner to score.
Twint: Sidelined
by a rectus abdominis tear, he made a full recovery following off-season
surgery.
A. BRIAN
MATUSZ
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Drew Storen, Daniel Moskos, Trevor Rosenthal
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Eyechart
Hint: Homered
off a known diabetic.
Hint: Nail
Twint: Was
a backup to Terry Kennedy in 1984, but was not on the Padres postseason roster.
Twint: His
39 games played that year was a career high.
A. DOUG
GWOSDZ ("Eyechart" was the nickname give Gwosdz by his
coaches, mocking the seemingly random assemblage of letters composing his name;
His only major league home run was off Bill
Gullickson, famous for his struggle with diabetes, on 21-Aug-1983;
Gwosdz translates roughly to "nail" in Slavic.)
FCR - Don
Masi, San Antonio, TX
Incorrect answers: Doug Mientkiewicz, Len Dykstra, Josh
Willingham,
SUNDAY
Q. What
Oral Roberts University alum once led the Pacific Coast League in saves?
Hint: He
has invented a product called the ThrowTrac to help young players develop
proper throwing habits and skills.
Twint: After
his playing career, he scouted for the Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco
Giants, signing Hayden Penn,
Nick Noonan,
Brett Pill
and Dan
Runzler.
A. RAY
KRAWCZYK (ORU, ; ThrowTrac, endorsed by Chuck Finley
and Lee
Carballo)
FCR - Bob
Chan, Oakland, CA
Incorrect answers: Lech Walesa
WEEKLY THEME – Players whose names
have, at least for pronunciation purposes in English, an unneeded z. Let's call them the Redundanzees.
Name \Pronunciations
given in www.baseball-reference.com\
Kluszewski [klu-ZOO-skee]
Krawczyk [KRAV-chick]
Lemanczyk \luh-MAN-chick\
Matusz \MAT-iss\
Mientkiewicz \mint-KAY-vich\
Rzepczynski \zep-CHIN-skee\
Samardzija \suh-MAR-jah\
Yastrzemski \yuh-STREM-skee\
There are others, but these all had
100 games in the Bigs.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Joe
Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA (after the Samardzija question)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players with over
3000 career games played
- Offensive Players with the best
single-season WAR of all time
Tuesday - 300 homers with a Z in
their name
- The all-time
Polish-American all-star team
- The top home
run hitters whose name ends in "ski"
- The top home
run hitters who have a 'z' in their name
- Polish guys
with hard-to-spell names who led the league in HR
- Names that is
often misspelled
- Polish guys
with hard to spell names who led the league in HR
- Players whose
names end in ski / whose names we can't pronounce or write
- Members of the
Polish American sports hall of fame
Wednesday
- Big Ten Football
Players
- College
football stars
- Polish-American players who went to
college in Indiana
- Guys who have 'z's
in their name who made an All-Star team
- High scrabble
values for players
- Multi sport
athletes from Indiana colleges
- Polish who hit
WS homers
- Polish who
went to college on scholarship for other sports
- Polish Gold
Glove winners
- Polish bat left,
throw right
Thursday - Toughest
names to spell
- Players with
the most often misspelled names
- Players whose
last name has a Z following a consonant
- Players with
letter z in last name
- Players with
insanely hard-to-spell names
- Players of
Polish descent
- At least 10
letters in the last name
- Silent
consonants in the last name
- Players with
more than ten letters in their last name, including a z
- All-Alphabet
Chart team
- Proud Poles
- Announcers’
Nightmares
- Players with
long and hard-to-spell last names who won a World Series
- Players whose
name you can only correctly say with a mouthful of phlegm
Friday - Non-Latino
players with a Z in their names
Saturday - Players
with Z in their name not as the first letter
- American-born
players, who played baseball at the college level, and all had the letter Z in
their surname
Sunday - Members
of the Polish baseball HOF
- Players of
Polish descent with over 100 major league appearances.
- Non-Hispanic
players from the past 20 years with at least one z in their name
- Polish
sounding players not born in Chicago
- Vowel to
consonant ratios
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