MONDAY
Q. Who
was the American League Most Valuable Player in 2000?
Hint: After
suffering a poor 2004, he was named the AL 2005 Comeback Player of the Year.
Hint: He
is the oldest player to hit a walk-off homer.
Twint: He
won the Home Run Derby for the infamous 2002 All-Star Game.
A. JASON
GIAMBI (2000
MVP; Walk-off 24-Sep-2013,
42 yrs. 259 days; 2004 OPS+, 2005 OPS+ 161; 2002 ASG ended in a tie, unlike the
2002
HRD)
FCR - Richard
Tepedino, Hillsborough, NJ
Incorrect answers: Manny Ramirez, Ivan Rodriguez, David Ortiz,
Jim Thome, Mo Vaughn, Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, Vladimir Guerrero,
Juan Gonzalez
TUESDAY
Q. Who
hit a home run that landed in another state?
Hint: In
2012 he tied the record held by Frank Robinson and Ken Griffey Jr. for most
opening day home runs.
Hint: He
is second on the all-time list for most strikeouts in a season, though in 2004
he held that “honor” when he struck out 195 times.
Twint: In
2012 he struck out in his first twenty games of the season, eclipsing the
record of fourteen consecutive games established by Howie Goss in 1963.
A. ADAM DUNN
(Hit a HR out of Great
American Ballpark in 2005 that landed on the Kentucky
side of the Ohio River; 06-Apr-2012 8th OD
HR; 222 K in a season is 2nd
to Mark Reynolds’ 223 in 2009; Howie
Gross)
FCR - Christine
Scully, Oglesby, IL
Incorrect answers: Rob Deer, Jim Thome, Ryan Zimmerman, Neil
Sheridan, Ryan Howard, Mark Reynolds, Prince Fielder, Ernie Lombardi, Joey
Votto
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who,
despite hitting five grand slams before the All-Star break, only managed to tie
the single season record for grand slams?
Hint: He
has the most home runs for a player born in North Dakota.
Hint: After
signing with the Yankees [not traded] in 2013, he hit a 3-run homer in his
first at bat back in Progressive Filed.
Twint: He
wasn’t from there, but he was adored in "Pronkville".
A. TRAVIS
HAFNER (Don Mattingly had three of his 6 after the ASG break; Players
born in ND;
08-Apr-2013
boxscore; Pronkville
was a mezzanine section in right field of Jacobs Field)
FCR - Mitchell
Below, Seattle WA
Incorrect answers: Roger Maris, Darin Erstad, Mark Reynolds,
Nick Swisher, Richie Sexson, Grady Sizemore
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who,
aside from Ralph Kiner and Willie Stargell, is the only Pittsburgh Pirates
slugger to exceed 30 home runs in a season for four consecutive years?
Hint: At
the end of his career he signed with the Dodgers, but retired during spring
training.
Hint: He
is second only to Tony Gwynn for the Padres franchise career bases-on-balls
record.
Twint: He
and his brother were both starters for the 2007 Padres.
A. BRIAN GILES
(509 BB to Gwynn’s
790; 2007 SDP
roster)
FCR - Neil
Bhaerman, Pittsburgh, PA
Incorrect answers: Dave Parker, Barry Bonds, Dick Stuart, Richie
Zisk, Bob Robertson, Ralph Kiner, Donn Clendenon, Andrew McCutchen, Frank
Thomas
THURSDAY
Q. What
current speedster, now playing for his fifth team in the majors, has stolen 40+
bases in four out of the previous five seasons?
Hint: He's
well on his way to top that total again this year.
Hint: After
three seasons in the minors, he switched from switch. He now bats only right-handed.
Twint: He
got his first stolen base in the majors two weeks before he got his first hit.
Twint: Although
he starred football and basketball as well, he chose baseball as a Huskie.
A. RAJAI
DAVIS (23 SB in 71 G this year; Has played for PIT, SFG, OAK, TOR, DET;
1st SB 16-Aug-2006,
1st H 29-Aug-2006;
University
of Connecticut Avery Point)
FCR - Mitchell
Below, Seattle WA
Incorrect answers: Michael Bourne, Jose Altuve, Billy Butler, Eric
Young, Dee Brown, Jose Reyes, Carlos Gomez, Juan Pierre
FRIDAY
Q. Which
heavily tattooed member of the Red Sox got the nickname "Tatman"
while a Diamondback?
Hint: He
played on the team that won an NJCAA Division III World Series his sophomore
year.
Hint: The
only home run in his first year in the majors was off Cory Lidle in Yankee
Stadium.
Twint: He
was the 530th pick of the 2003 draft.
Twint: He
was given his unconditional release from the Red Sox after eight games this
year.
A. RYAN ROBERTS (Tattoos;
Eastfield College;
HR 03-Aug-2006;
18th
round/2003; BOS)
FCR - David
Ramsden, Barcelona, SPAIN
Incorrect answers: Ryan Reynolds, Jonny Gomes, Cody Ross
SATURDAY
Q. Which
Tulane University alum, drafted as a starting pitcher for the Astros as the 24th
pick overall in the 2005 draft, proved to be a better hitter though drafted as
a pitcher?
Hint: While
at Tulane, as a pitcher he was First-Team All-Conference USA Pitcher,
Louisville Slugger First-Team All-American, and College Baseball Foundation
National Honors Team, and also earned Freshman All-America honors from Baseball
America and Collegiate Baseball as a utility player.
Hint: He
did manage to pitch once in the majors in a 2-14 loss to the Cardinals, giving
up two runs in the ninth.
Hint: He
was traded at the end of 2013 to Miami for Justin Ruggiano, but was designated
for assignment at the end of 2014 spring training.
Twint: He’s
been a Valley
Cat, a Legend,
a Hook,
a Red
Hawk and a Zephyr.
A. BRIAN
BOGUSEVIC (Tulane
career; Pitching appearance 07-Jun-2012)
FCR - Bob
Chan, Oakland, CA
Incorrect answers: Todd Helton, Brandon Barnes
SUNDAY
Q. Who
made three errors in one inning in a League Division Series game?
Hint: He
had four errors for the series, more than the rest of his team combined.
Hint: He
is the last player to qualify for this week's theme and the only one to qualify
as a pinch-hitter.
Hint: Laynce
Nix was an unintentional co-conspirator in this player’s accomplishment.
Twint: His
Braves team finished one game ahead of the Padres, taking the last playoff spot
that year.
Twint: He
almost wishes they hadn't, given his fielding miscues.
A. BROOKS
CONRAD (2010 NLDS vs. SFG 10-10-10;
, G 3; His drive to left was deflected over the wall at the
380 mark in left-center-field by Reds left fielder Laynce
Nix.)
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, RI
Incorrect answers: Dan Uggla, Pete Kozma, Mike Andrews, Chuck
Knoblauch, Rafael Furcal
WEEKLY THEME – Twenty-first century "super
slams", i.e., grand slams to win a game, hit in the bottom of the ninth
inning with your team behind by exactly three runs at the time.
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Players who have homered in the All-Star Game
and World Series in the same year
- Players who have
been on the cover of baseball video games
- Players with more
than 2000 hits and 400 doubles
- Players with
2000 hits that Bat Left and Throw Right
- Active players
who won the Homerun Derby
Tuesday - Active
players with at least 10 grand slams
- Players who
have hit 10 or more walk-off home runs
- High school quarterbacks that were
All-Stars in MLB
Wednesday
- First basemen who
bat left and throw right
- Players to
strike out more than 200 times in a season while hitting more than 30 home runs
- Bats Left
Throws Right who have led the league in walks
- All-Stars with
30-HR seasons
- Guys who
hit walk-off homers at Jacobs/Progressive field
- Comeback
Players of the Year
Monday - Players
whose first ml hr was a grand slam
Thursday - Guy
with pink bats on Susan G. Komen day
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Joe
Ullian, Santa Barbara, CA (After Hafner)
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feats/index.jsp?feature=ultimate_slam
Incorrect theme guesses:
Horsehide Trivia blog has the
questions and answers from this week as well as from previous weeks: http://horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com/
Horsehide Trivia home page: https://sites.google.com/site/tnfotobbpics/home/horsehide-trivia
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