MONDAY
Q. Whose
219 are more hits than any other Milwaukee Brewer has ever hit in a season?
Hint: Of
those, 157 were singles, also a franchise record.
Hint: That
same season he had three hitting streaks of at least 15 games.
Twint: He
broke even as the Houston Astros manager.
Twint: He
is the only player to collect 200 hits in consecutive seasons for the Milwaukee
Brewers.
A. CECIL
COOPER (Big year 1980; .501 in 3 yrs as Astros
mgr; 200 H 1982-83)
FCR - Douglas
Sher, Charleston, SC
Incorrect answers: Paul Molitor, Robin Yount, Craig Counsel,
Ichiro Suzuki, Rickie Weeks, Ryan Braun, Carlos Gomez
TUESDAY
Q. Who
was the first visiting player to hit ten career home runs at Cincinnati's Great
American Ballpark?
Hint: Four
Hall of Famers played at the same school where he played college ball. (Not at the same time. That would be a record.)
Hint: He
broke the 20-home-run barrier seven times in the majors and was named to the All‑Star
team in the fourth of those seasons.
Hint: He
played for the same team for his first ten years in the majors, then joined
another team for his last year and won a World Series ring.
Twint: He
was Team USA's top hitter in the 1994
Baseball World Cup.
A. GEOFF
JENKINS (Attended & played @ USC as did Ralph
Kiner, Tom
Seaver, Don Sutton
& Randy
Johnson; AS in
2003 [DNP]; 10 yrs with MIL, 2008
with PHI)
FCR - Kevin
Winstanley, Eatontown, NJ
Incorrect answers: Lance Berkman, Sean Casey, Prince Fielder,
Craig Biggio, Mark McGwire, Bob Horner
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
hit the first ever home run at Anaheim Stadium?
Hint: He
hit it off (pre-operation) Tommy John.
Hint: John
and the White Sox still won the game.
Hint: It
was the only year of the slugger’s eleven-year major league career when he
received MVP votes.
Hint: Maybe
the voters were impressed by his league-leading 13 HBP, his only black ink.
Hint: He
played for the University of Wisconsin in
the Rose
Bowl for the NCAA football national championship.
Twint: He
was so fast afoot that he forewent baseball in high school so he could focus on
track and field.
Twint: He
didn’t even play baseball in college until his junior year.
A. RICK
REICHARDT (HR 19-Apr-1966,
Anaheim
Stadium; 21st
in MVP voting in 1966; 1963
Rose Bowl; Stevens
Point Area High School)
FCR - Bob
Muse, San Diego, CA
Incorrect answers: Alex Johnson, Harvey Kuenn, Willie Mays, Leon
Wagner, Don Money, Don Baylor, Don Mincher, Bobby Grich, Jim Fregosi, Ted
Kluszewski
THURSDAY
Q. Whose
error in the 13th inning spoiled Harvey Haddix' perfect game?
Hint: He
was a pro boxer as a teenager, retiring from the ring after suffering seven
straight knockouts.
Hint: While
he was a Pirates managerial candidate, he died of a heart attack chasing his
brother-in-law's stolen car.
Twint: He
was one of the Cincinnati Redlegs “chosen” by the fans to start the 1957
All-Star Game.
Twint: City
slickers take his memory everywhere.
A. DON
HOAK (E: 26-May-1959 [It was
still a no-hitter at that point.]; Death 09-Oct-1969;
“City Slickers” clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYw7S_RJXGs)
FCR - Ron
Kaufman, Thornhill, ON
Incorrect answers: Felix Mantilla, Hal Smith, Billy Cox, Joe
Adcock, Rocky Bridges
FRIDAY
Q. Who
holds the record for most home runs in a season where he played fifty games or
fewer?
Hint: He
hit his only career triple off Nolan Ryan.
Hint: In
389 career times on base, he attempted to steal exactly once. Ernie Whitt threw him out.
Twint: His
defense was considered so suspect that his entire career boasts of only twelve games
in the field.
Twint: And
it wasn’t until his June of his third season in the majors that he even put on
a glove and that was as an emergency, extra-inning replacement at first base.
A. SAM
HORN (14 HR, 1987 46 G, several tied at 13 including Ted Williams’
1953 season interrupted by military duty;
3b 05-May-1992;
CS 28-Jul-1987;
Debut in the field 04‑Jun‑1989)
FCR - Jim
Turner, Tallahassee, FL
Incorrect answers: Kevin Maas, Cliff Johnson, George Mitterwald,
Steve Balboni, Don Drysdale
SATURDAY
Q. Whose
fielding miscue, if played properly, might have eliminated “Bartman” from
baseball vernacular?
Hint: His
Venezuelan counterpart at shortstop that game had the exact same name.
Hint: Unlike
his namesake, he led his team in home runs, RBI and doubles for that series,
with an OPS of 1.012.
Hint: That
was the only year of his 13 seasons in the majors when he was in postseason
play.
Twint: He
is the only Toronto Blue Jay to ever lead the league in sacrifice hits.
A. ALEX
(…ander Scott) GONZALEZ (Had he turned Miggie’s grounder into a DP, the
Bartman
“incident” may have been forgotten or might never had occurred; Marlins
SS Alex Gonzalez; 3 HR/7 RBI tied with Ramirez, two 2B tied with
Randall Simon 2003 NLCS;16 SH 2000)
FCR - Bill
Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
Incorrect answers: Moises Alou
SUNDAY
Q. Which
former Angel has a cult autograph-seeking following for his "angelic"
1972 Topps card (#19)?
Hint: There
is no indication he was aware of the photographers juxtaposition of a landmark
symbol at Anaheim Stadium. (There’s also
no indication that he wasn’t.)
Hint: The
Sporting News called him “Clarence Darrow of the clubhouse”.
Hint: He
once confronted Dick Enberg saying “You cost me $200, you son of a bitch.
I ought to take $200 out of your voice.”
Twint: He
was bussed by The Bandit.
A. BILLY
COWAN (Topps Halo
card image [Hardballtimes.com]—Link is source for other hints.)
FCR - Rich
Klein, Plano, TX
Incorrect answers: Alex Johnson
WEEKLY THEME – Batters with six
strikeouts in a game
Batter Date Pitchers
Hoak* 02-May-1956 A. Worthington, D. Liddle, H. Wilhelm, S.
Ridzik, M. Grissom
Reichardt 31-May-1966 S. Siebert, S. Hargan
Cowan 09-Jul-1971 V. Blue, R. Fingers
Cooper 14-Jun-1974 N. Ryan, B. Raziano
Horn** 17-Jul-1991 M. Gubicza, M. Magnante, S. Davis, J.
Montgomery, L. Aquino
Gonzalez 09-Sep-1998 D. Gooden, P. Shuey, D. Jones, M. Jackson
Jenkins 08-Jun-2004 K. Escobar, F. Rodriguez, S. Shields, K.
Gregg, R. Ortiz
*Also had a walk and a single
**Also had a walk
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Josh
Sullivan, Tomball, TX (after Reichardt Q.)
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