MONDAY
Q. Who
was voted his league’s Most Valuable Player just after his team finished dead
last in their division?
Hint: He
was the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner that season too.
Hint: He
won it narrowly, over a player who would end up with him in the Hall of Fame.
Twint: He
hit over 30 home runs in a season three times and stole over 30 bases in a
season three times.
Twint: They
don’t synch up, however, and he is now forever denied membership in the
exclusive 30/30 Club.
Twint: He
did make the 20/20 Club five times, though.
A. ANDRE
DAWSON (MVP 1987 w/CHC;
2nd place Ozzie Smith)
FCR - Bob
Kimball, Sutton, MA
Incorrect answers: Alex Rodriguez, Steve Carlton, Vladimir
Guerrero, Ernie Banks, Dale Murphy, Ryne Sandberg
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first infielder to accomplish thirty home runs and thirty stolen bases
in the same major league season?
Hint: That
very same season, he became the first player to hit thirty home runs from the
leadoff position.
Hint: Playing
on a first-year expansion team, he led the entire league with 73 stolen bases.
Twint: Willie
Stargell was a teammate on his high school baseball team.
A. TOMMY
HARPER (31 HR, 38 SB in 1970 while playing; SEP 1969 73
SB; Attended Encinal
High School)
FCR - Blake
Sherry, Dublin, OH
Incorrect answers: Alfonso Soriano, Rickey Henderson, Alex
Rodriguez, Chuck Carr, Tim Raines, Maury Wills
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first National League shortstop to win World Series Most Valuable
Player Award?
Hint: He
once had two game winning bunts in a 17-day stretch, the second of which was a
walk-off.
Hint: Sixteen
days after that, he hit a walk off grand slam.
Twint: He
is the only Cardinal to get three doubles in a World Series game, the third
providing the margin of victory with an 8th inning RBI.
A. DAVID ECKSTEIN
(2006 MVP, other SS to win: Jeter,
Trammel
& Dent
won in the AL & Edgar Renteria
won w/the Giants in 2010; 22-Jul-2005
walk off bunt, and game winning bunt 06-Jul-2005 top
9th; 07-Aug-2005
to beat the Braves 5-3; 2006 WS
G4 in the 3rd, 7th and 8th 5-4 final)
FCR - Dave
Ramsden, Barcelona, Spain
Incorrect answers: Cole Hamels, Maury Wills, Marty Marion, Ernie
Banks, Juan Uribe, Honus Wagner, Jimmy Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Dick
Groat, Bill Russell, Phil Rizzuto, Ozzie Smith
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. During
the two-season reign of Cincinnati’s Nasty
Boys, which reliever accumulated the most total saves?
Hint: He
was the second Reds pitcher to hurl an immaculate inning.
Hint: In
his lone World Series victory, he handed a future Hall of Fame pitcher the
final loss of that pitcher’s 0-2 World Series career.
Twint: When,
on the spur of moment he anointed himself team physician, he managed only to
sever all his ties with the franchise.
Twint: He
managed this by opining on live television that a certain #1 overall draft pick
should “suck it up” instead of complaining of elbow pain.
A. ROB
DIBBLE (1990-91: 42 SV, Myers
37, Charlton
3; Immaculate
Inning: 04‑Jun‑1989, t8th vs SDP, downed
Carmelo
Martinez, Mark
Parent, Garry
Templeton, Pedro Borbon had done it 23‑June‑1979; He topped Dennis
Eckersley in Game 2 of
the 1990 WS; Speaking of ailing Stephen
Strasburg in 2010, who not long thereafter needed Tommy John
surgery, Dibble
was fired as the Nationals color analyst)
FCR - Terry
Alan Martin, Carleton, MI
Incorrect answers: Randy Myers, Norm Charlton, Will McEnaney,
Eric Plunk
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first player to hit ten home runs during a season in which he collected
fewer than fifty hits—and did it twice
in his All-Star career?
Hint: He
was the first rookie to homer twice in his first World Series game.
Hint: He
twice led the American League in bases-on-balls and was an All-Star five times.
Hint: He
really did not like his nickname.
Twint: He
was an outfielder on a team that many believe to be the best of all time.
A. CHARLIE KELLER
(10 HR 49 H in 1945, 13 HR 36 H in 1947; Rookie WS HR 07‑Oct‑1939
1st & 3rd Abs; MiLB
POY 1953; Nicknamed “King Kong Keller” because of his power; Members of
this [putative] All-time Outfield: Keller,
Joe
DiMaggio and Tommy
Heinrich.)
FCR - Douglas
Sher, Charleston, SC
Incorrect answers: Gene Tenace, Andruw Jones
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who
is “Mr. Cub”?
Hint: No
other player played more games in a Cubs’ uniform.
Hint: He
was the first National League player to win back-to-back MVP Awards.
Hint: He
was the first Chicago Cub to have his uniform number retired.
Hint: He
made his professional debut with the Kansas City Monarchs, after being signed
to his first contract by future Hall of Famer, Cool Papa Bell.
Hint: He
never played in high school because his Dallas high school did not have a
baseball team.
Hint: He
is the only Chicago Cub to amass 1,000 extra-base hits.
Hint: He
was the first player to win a Gold Glove Award for the Cubs.
Hint: He
finished ahead of Hank Aaron in the Rookie-of-the-Year balloting.
Hint: He
was one of only three shortstops named to the All-Century team.
Twint: He
was the first black to play for the Cubs.
Twint: He
was awarded the Presidential of Freedom in 2013 (…and by a White Sox fan no
less!).
Twint: Although
he was the only player Sandy Koufax struck out three times on the day of
Koufax’ perfect game against the Cubs, he was one of only four players to homer
off Koufax seven times in his career.
A. ERNIE
BANKS (Be sure to look at the slide show: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/sports/baseball/ernie-banks-the-eternally-hopeful-mr-cub-dies-at-83.html?emc=edit_na_20150123&nlid=60651822&_r=0# also http://wgntv.com/2015/01/23/cubs-legend-ernie-banks-has-died/
http )
FCR - Charlie
Vascellaro, Baltimore, MD
FRIDAY
Q. What
notable DH had the privilege of managing his son in the majors?
Hint: He
debuted with the Reds, shortly after Johnny Bench did.
Twint: He
learned base running from Pete Rose and passed on his knowledge to
George Brett.
A. HAL
McCRAE (Father of Brian
McRae; Debut
1968)
FCR - Bob
Kimball, Sutton, MA
Incorrect answers: Ken Griffey, Tony Perez, Bob Boone, Felipe
Alou, Pete Rose
END-OF-THE-WEEK BONUS
Q: Who
is the only player in MLB history to be caught stealing four times in one game?
Hint: After
Willie Mays, he was the next Giant to lead the league in triples.
Hint: He
was the last San Francisco Giant to lead the league in hit-by-pitch.
Twint: He
spent his entire career with the Giants and was an opening day starter each one
of those years.
A. ROBBY
THOMPSON (27-Jun-1986
on 3 hit and runs, though he did have 2 RBI in the victory; 1989 11/3B,
Mays 20/3B 1957; 13HBP
1989; Played
2B 86-96)
FCR - Josh
Sullivan, Tomball, TX
Incorrect answers: Bobby Bonds, Ron Hunt, Willie Kirkland, Ray Durham,
Brett Butler
SATURDAY
Q. Who
took Larry Doby’s outfield position the first time Doby was traded from the
Indians?
Hint: He
and the other player traded for Doby, along with one other, were the last of
the original Senators to lead the league in games played.
Hint: His
rookie season saw his only All-Star appearance, and though he didn’t have an at
bat, he replaced Ted Williams in leftfield.
Twint: Eight years later he joined Williams as a
Red Sox outfielder.
Twint: His distant cousin with the same last name
threw two no-hitters with the Royals.
A. JIM
BUSBY (25-Oct-1955:
Traded by the Cleveland Indians to
the Chicago
White Sox for Jim Busby and Chico
Carrasquel; GP155 in 1954,
also Eddie Yost; 1951 ASG top 9th, AL behind 8-3; Traded to BOS for
the 1959 season; 4th cousin of KCR pitcher Steve
Busby.)
FCR - Dave
Goss, Wind Gap, PA
Incorrect answers: Gene Stephens, Jim Lemon
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Which
All-Star shortstop hit only seven career home runs (minimum 1,000 games)?
Hint: He
was the first Mets shortstop to win a Gold Glove.
Hint: It
was the only one of his career.
Hint: A
weak hitter, he may be best remembered for his competition with the greatest
hitter of all time.
Twint: As
a 19 year old, he had offers from the Yankees but took one with the Mets saying
“I figured I could make that club fast.”
A. BUD
HARRELSON (16y career 7 HR, 1,533 G
, AS 1970-1; GG 1971; Pete Rose, the hit king, and he had an infamous fight in
the 1973 NLCS, the Rose-Bud
Incident; SABR BIO
quote, he wanted more playing time so he thought the Mets, coming off their
40-120 inaugural season in 1962, offered him the best shot)
FCR - Greg
Kelminson, Dallas, TX
Incorrect answers: Walt Weiss, Ray Ordonez, Elio Chacon
SUNDAY
Q. After
Mark McGwire, who was the next Cardinal to lead the National League in bases‑on‑balls?
Hint: The
prior year he led the majors in runs, hits and doubles.
Hint: In
fact, he obliterated the franchise record for doubles in a season by a middle
infielder.
Hint: It
was held in a tie by no less than Rogers Hornsby, Frankie Frisch and Sparky
Adams.
Hint: No
player, active in the majors today, has ever had more doubles in a season.
Twint: His
high school team, with his dad as his coach, won a National Championship.
Twint: His
father also won the High School Baseball Coach of the Year Award.
A. MATT
CARPENTER (95 BB
2014; 2013
126R/199H/552B; He tied the three at 46 2B on
04-Sep-2013 and finished with 55; 2002 USA TODAY National Prep School
Championship guided by his father Rick
Carpenter)
FCR - Jimmy
Goggin, Williamsburg, VA
Incorrect answers: David Eckstein, Albert Pujols, Tommy Herr,
Edgar Renteria, Lance Berkman
SUNDAY FINALE
Q: Who
held the record for most hits in a World Series for over 50 years?
Hint: His
Hall of Fame manager said of him “I hate his guts, but I want him on my team”.
Hint: He
played nearly equal numbers of games at second base, shortstop and third base
accounting for nearly all of his more than 1400 career games.
Twint: If
not for his error in Game 5 of the World Series against the White Sox, it might
have been 100 years between World Series Championships for the Southsiders.
Twint: The
only categories he ever led the league in were caught stealing and
hit-by-pitch.
A. BUCK
HERZOG (12 h 1912
WS topped by Bobby
Richardson’s 13 in 1964; Joe McCarthy and he were known for their mutual antagonism; 490 G @
2B, 473 G @ 3B & 459 G @ SS G in 1,471 G 1908-20; Series
tied 2-2, NYG
leading 5-4 bottom 7th, his error tied the game and let Game 4 slip
away. CHW
took the next game to win the series 4-2 in 1917.
Their prior WS victory was 1906, and
their next not until 2005; 28
CS in 1915 & 14 HBP in 1919.)
FCR - Michael
Berry, Culver City, CA
Incorrect answers: Pete Rose, Gil McDougald, Bobby Richardson,
Frankie Frisch, Eddie Collins, Mark Koenig, Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth
WEEKLY THEME – Players whose college
mascot was a reptile
Carpenter TCU Horned
Frogs
Coleman Florida A & M Rattlers
Dawson Florida
A & M Rattlers
Dibble Florida
Southern Water Moccasins
Eckstein Florida Gators
Harper San
Francisco State Gators
Herzog Maryland Terrapins
Keller Maryland Terrapins
McCrae Florida
A & M Rattlers
Stanley Florida Gators
Thompson Florida Gators
Also available: Jake
Arrieta, Ron Swoboda, Mark Ellis, Pete Donohue, Marquis Grissom,
Danny Heep, Les Fleming, Lance Niekro, Mike Stanley plus a few lesser
lights.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Wed - Players who garnered
MVP votes in their first year with a new team
Sun - Players who wore
size 9 ½ cleats
- Players who
have been all stars at 2 infield positions
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