MONDAY
Q. Who
called Dave Winfield “Mr. May”?
Hint: He
is also quoted as saying "Winning is the most important thing in my life,
after breathing. Breathing first, winning next."
Hint: Ironically,
he also said: “I will never have a heart attack. I give them.”
Twint: It
turns out “The Boss” was, sadly, wrong about that statement.
A. GEORGE
STEINBRENNER (The two men later reconciled; Quote in reference to how he ran the NYY; Heart attack
quote was supposedly his “favorite line”;Steinbrenner passed away from a heart attack
July 13, 2010 from NY Times Obit )
FCR - Brad
Sherry, Dublin, OH
Incorrect answers: Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin
TUESDAY
Q. Whose
clutch-catch of a Jackie Robinson pop-up is credited as the series-saving
play of a World Series?
Hint: The
next year he led the World Series by batting .500 in 24 a-bats, claiming the
“unofficial” MVP crown.
Hint: Though
he was only 20 years old, he was still one of the “Nine Old Men”.
Twint: He
wasn’t too friendly with marshmallow salesmen.
A. BILLY
MARTIN (1952 WS Game 7, b7 bases full catch preserving NYY 4-2 win;
There was no official WS MVP until 1955; Casey Stengel managed the Minor League
Oakland Oaks, known as the Nine
Old Men, to a PCL Championship. The next year he was ascended to NYY
skipper; he “sucker punched” a marshmallow salesman who kept quiet until Martin was
fired by Steinbrenner in 1979)
FCR - Dave
Serota, Kalamazoo MI
Incorrect answers: Bobby Richardson, Yogi Berra, Dusty Rhodes
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
has the most career hits by an American League player who played for only one
team in that league?
Hint: His
career ended when his manager made a slashing motion at his throat.
Hint: He
once missed 91-games spanning two parts of different seasons with a fractured
ankle, missed another 17 days with a quad sprain, and then hit a home run on
the first pitch thrown to him.
Hint: It was the
only homer he hit that season.
Twint: “Seeing
Home” was a goal he certainly achieved.
A. DEREK
JETER (3,465 H, all with the NYY, Musial has more hits for one
team (STL) at 3,630 in the NL; Mgr.
Girardi made the motion after Jeter finished his career hustling out an infield single; HR on return 28-Jul-2013;
Jeter Publishing put out Seeing
Home: The Ed Lucas Story. A true story soon to be a “major motion
picture”.)
FCR - Arieh
Siegal, Austin, TX
Incorrect answers: Carl Yastrzemski, Ty Cobb, Nap Lajoie, Paul
Molitor, Kirk Gibson, George Sisler
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Whose
perfect game set the mark for the team with the most perfect games?
Hint: It
was the last perfect game of the 20th Century.
Hint: He
appeared in six games in five World Series and pitched in over 29 innings
without yielding a home run.
Twint: He
took a strike and converted it into a Cy Young Award.
A. DAVID
CONE (NYY three perfect games Larsen (‘56WS), Wells 17-May-1988, Cone 18-Jul-1999; It would be five years (2004) before Randy
Johnson threw the next perfecto; WS ’92, ’96, 98, 99, 2000 went 2-0; 1994 work-stoppage
year
AL CY winner)
FCR - Victor
Piacentile, Yorktown Heights, NY
Incorrect answers: Greg Maddux, David Wells, Sandy Koufax,
Catfish Hunter, Felix Hernandez
THURSDAY
Q. Who
replaced Donny Baseball at first base?
Hint: Later
he replaced Big Mack at the #3 position.
Hint: The
Machine then took over.
Twint Despite
not being on the winning team, he was the first MVP of the Baseball World Cup.
A. TINO
MARTINEZ (Mattingly retired 1995, with Tino joining the NYY 1996; He
joined the Cardinals in 2002 to replace an aging Mark McGwire, and by 2004, he
was gone and Pujols moved full time from the outfield to first base; Up, it was
known as the Amateur World Series. USA finished 2nd to Cuba)
FCR - Dean
Kloner, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Will Clark, Paul O’Neill
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first Blue Jays pitcher to earn fifteen victories in a season before
the All-Star break?
Hint: He
and Jack Morris are the only Blue Jays to win twenty games in a season with an
ERA over 4.00.
Hint: He
is the last of two Pointer Dogs to pitch perfect games in the majors.
Twint: He
and Marge had their issues.
A. DAVID WELLS (15th
W 8-Jul-2000, 2000 ASG
11-Jul-2000; 1992 Morris
21-6 w/4.04 ERA, 2000 Wells 20-8 w/4.11; Don
Larsen also attended Point Loma
High School in San Diego; Wells, a known free spirit, Wells bristled under
the tight, autocratic misguided leadership of Reds owner Marge
Schott)
FCR - Judah
Kaplan, Teaneck, NJ
Incorrect answers: Mark Buehrle, Dave Stieb, Roy Halladay,
Dennis Martinez, Pat Hentgen, Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens
SATURDAY
Q. Who
led the Twins in games, homers, doubles, RBIs, on-base percentage, walks, OPS+
and strikeouts the last season they won the World Series?
Hint: When
he retired, only two switch-hitters had more career home runs.
Twint: He is the first native of Jamaica
to play in the majors.
Twint: He
is currently the hitting coach for the Red Sox.
A. CHILI
DAVIS (1991
Twins, with Puckett
leading in BA, hits and runs; 350 HR, Mantle & Murray led the pack. Davis retired in 1999. Since then, switch-hitters Lance Berkman,
Chipper Jones, Carlos Beltran & Mark Teixeira have passed him on the list.
Debut 10‑Apr‑1981)
FCR - Charles
Saeger, Minneapolis, MN
Incorrect answers: Paul Molitor, Kirby Puckett, Harmon Killebrew,
Kent Hrbek, Chuck Knoblauch. Tony Olivia, Joe Mauer, Gene Larkin
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the pitcher in the first All-Australian battery in the majors?
Hint: No
other left-handed pitcher ever made more appearances in a season for the
Montreal/Washington franchise.
Hint: In
the middle of his career in the majors, he once had an ERA of 17.47.
Hint: That
same year, he gave up no runs and only one hit with no walks over eight
post-season games to help his team capture their first World Series in 18 years.
Hint: In
thirteen career postseason appearances involving seven series, he gave up NO
runs and only two hits.
Twint: He
ended up with two rings, but then the bombers gave him up with a homer and a boomer
to get a rocket.
A. GRAEME
LLOYD (1st Aussies: 14-Apr-1993;
84 G in 2001; Bad ERA/good postseason w/1996 NYY; WS
Rings NYY of 1996 & 98, traded with David Wells and Homer Bush for Roger Clemens)
FCR - Doug
Greenwald, San Francisco, CA
Incorrect answers: Grant Balfour, Mark Hutton
WEEKLY THEME – Yankees who have
appeared on Saturday Night Live
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Dave
Washburn, Marietta, GA
Incorrect theme guesses:
Monday - Biggest gas bags in
BB history
- Baseball figures
who were convicted felons
- Native
Clevelanders who owned successful sports franchises in other cities.
Tuesday - Yankees
to appear in commercial
- People with a
plaque in Yankee Stadium Monument Park
Wed - leading characters of The Evil Empire!
(George as the Emperor, Billy as the Mini-Darth Vader, Jeter as a Storm
Trooper)
- Baseball figures who
have hosted Saturday Night Live
Thursday - New York Yankees who have appeared in TV commercials
Saturday - Players
who ended up playing for the New York Yankees in the 1990s
- People
affiliated with the New York Yankees during perfect games with multiple WS rings
and are not yet in the HOF
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