MONDAY
Q. Who
threw the first regular-season American League perfect game since Charlie
Robertson shut down Ty Cobb and associates?
Hint: Five
years later, against the same team, he surrendered history’s first home run by
a designated hitter.
Twint: A
young Matt
Keough once observed, "Charley Finley gave me his old jersey. By the time I got it all the wins had been
used up."
A. CATFISH
HUNTER (Perfecto 08-May-1968
vs. MIN [Robertson
30-Apr-1922];
DH HR by Tony
Oliva on 06‑Apr‑1973)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Len Barker
TUESDAY
Q. Who
once lost to an aging Babe Ruth on points?
Hint: No
Cubs pitcher has amassed more career victories.
Hint: No
Cubs pitcher has amassed more World Series game losses.
Twint: It’s
hard to root against this guy.
A. CHARLIE
ROOT (Babe Ruth pointed to
the stands in the 5th inning of G 3 of
the 1932 WS then promptly homered to the spot where he had pointed—probably; 201 W; 8 WS L)
FCR - Rick
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Mordecai Brown, Freddy Fitzsimmons, Guy Bush
WEDNESDAY
Q. What
lefty is the career New York Yankees franchise leader in home runs surrendered?
Hint: He
also holds the team career record for batters retired by strikeout.
Hint: His
record of giving up 31 postseason home runs might never be broken.
Hint: These
are grandly off-set by his nineteen postseason pitching victories.
Twint: Seldom
have eyebrows been more intimidating.
A. ANDY PETTITTE
(236 HR; 2,020 K)
FCR - Leonard
Epstein, Dallas, TX
Incorrect answers: Whitey Ford, Lefty Gomez
THURSDAY
Q. Who
was the first pitcher on the modern-day Baltimore Orioles to strike out 200
batters in a single season?
Hint: He
was the last Oriole pitcher before the advent of the designated hitter to
collect three runs‑batted‑in in a game.
Hint: He’s
in solid company to have had a no-hitter spoiled by Cesar Tovar.
Twint: He
remains the only pitcher to hit a World Series grand slam.
A. DAVE
McNALLY (202 K in 1968; Ruined no-no 15-May-1969,
Tovar
also did it to Barry Moore,
Mike Cuellar,
Dick Bosman
& Catfish
Hunter; 3 RBI 09‑Aug‑1972;WS
GS 13-Oct-1970)
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Steve Barber, Milt Pappas, Jim Palmer, Mike
Mussina, Eric Bedard
FRIDAY
Q. Who
is number two on the Mets all-time pitching leaders for win-loss percentage?
Hint: He’s
behind only Dwight Gooden and just ahead of Tom Seaver and David Cone.
Hint: He
was the Pitcher of the Year for 1991 in the American Association.
Twint: He
owns major league pitching wins than any other alumnus of Marshall University.
Twint: He
once had the indignity of being taking out of a game he had started before
retiring a single batter.
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Jerry Koosman, Al Leiter, Tom Glavine, David
Cone, Pedro Martinez, Ron Darling, Frank Viola
SATURDAY
Q. Who
replaced Bob Gibson in the Cardinal rotation after Roberto Clemente doubled off
Gibson’s leg in 1967?
Hint: The
incorrect answer is the one we’re looking for.
Hint: He
finished the season leading the NL in WHIP and finishing second only to
Tom Seaver in Rookie-of-the-Year voting.
Twint: He
pitched more than sixty innings with a torn rotator cuff the next season.
Twint: In
the times before effective surgery for such an injury, it essentially ended his
brief career.
A. DICK
HUGHES (Gibson injury 15-Jul-1967
[Gibson actually pitched to 2
more batters.], popular legend says that rookie Hughes took Gibson’s spot
in the rotation. It was actually Nelson Briles;
1967 WHIP 0.954; ROY
voting)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Steve Carlton, Ray Washburn, Al Jackson
SUNDAY
Q. Who
served as a scout for the San Francisco Giants for forty years?
Hint: His
pitching record was 13-5 as a rookie pitcher for the Reds.
Hint: He
once gave up four home runs to three players (two of them Hall of Famers) in a
single postseason game.
Twint: He
does own a career .500 World Series batting average.
A. GENE
THOMPSON (Scout 1958-97; Rookie in 1939; 4 HR G 3 1939 WS 7-Oct-1939;
1 H in 2 AB in WS action)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo, MI
Incorrect answers: Dolf Luque, Carl Hubbell
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Whose
final resting place would probably be better with the words, “Tell it goodbye!”
than “Bye-bye, Baby”?
Hint: Since
October of 2000, the broadcast booth at AT&T Park has borne his name along
with that of his longtime broadcast partner.
Hint: If
not for a back injury as a Minor League pitcher, he might never have been
elected to the Hall of Fame.
Hint: About
his induction he said, in his dulcet baritone, “I had felt, and still feel, I
don’t rate up there.”
Twint: He
suffered through a World Series Championship drought through 23 seasons.
Twint: He
is also known for calling things “the wrong way”.
A. LON
SIMMONS (His call famed home run call was “Tell
it goodbye!”, but his broadcast partner, Russ Hodges,
popularized “Bye-bye, Baby!” ; He was drafted as a pitcher by the Phillies but
reportedly injured
his back in his first game and never really recovered; Inducted into the
Hall summer 2004 as
the Ford C. Frick winner proclaiming he didn’t rank with the likes of Vin
Scully and Hodges;
He was a broadcaster with the Giants three different times totaling 23 years,
and announced for the A’s 1981-1995; He called the final three outs of the ’89
WS of the A’s
victory over the Giants; He
also announced for the 49’ers and covered the “wrong way” Jim Marshall
fumble recovery [Listen here for a radio
interview with Simmons.]
FCR - Greg
Bernstein, Oakland, CA
Incorrect answers: Russ Hodges, Jack Buck, Mike Krukow
WEEKLY THEME – Pitchers who gave up 4 home runs in a single postseason
game.
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Player
|
Date
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Series
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G
|
Rslt
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
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6
|
L 4-8
|
3.2
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
|||
|
2
|
L 1-5
|
8.0
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
|||
|
2
|
L 3-6
|
7.2
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
|||
|
3
|
L 1-6
|
4.2
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
|||
|
3
|
L 3-6
|
5.0
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
|||
|
3
|
L 5-7
|
4.1
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
|||
|
3
|
L 3-7
|
4.2
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Dave
Washburn, Marietta, GA
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