MONDAY
Q. Who
was the first Rookie of the Year to be elected unanimously?
Hint: His
first MVP was only one vote from being unanimous. Ironically, that one vote went to a teammate.
Hint: His
next MVP was unanimous—and historic.
Hint: He
received MVP votes in 15 of his first 18 major league seasons.
Twint: After
being called “an old 30” he hit more than 300 additional home runs in the majors.
A. FRANK
ROBINSON (ROY
1956; MVP
1961 [Joey
Jay w/1 vote]; MVP
1966 [Only player to win MVP in
each league]; Judged aging by CIN, was traded to BAL after 1965 season for Jack
Baldschun, Milt
Pappas & Dick
Simpson.)
FCR - Fred
Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Fred Lynn,
Johnny Bench, Derek Jeter, Willie McCovey, Barry Bonds, Mickey Mantle,
Bobby Bonds, Fernando Valenzuela
TUESDAY
Q. What
Hall of Famer is the only manager to win a World Series championship with two
different American League teams?
Hint: He
appears with Ted Williams on one of the rarest baseball cards of the post-war
era.
Hint: His
father-in-law had been a U.S. Senator.
Twint: He
holds the record as the youngest manager ever to win a pennant or a World
Series.
A. BUCKY
HARRIS (WS wins: 1924 w/WSH & 1947 w/NYY; Ted
Williams baseball card set #68 rarely changes hands for less than $500; In 1926, Harris married
Washington D.C. socialite Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, whose father, William
Sutherland, had served as senator from West Virginia from 1917-23; Age
27 for 1924 WS win)
FCR - Gary
Sarnoff, Arlington, VA (Check out Gary’s book:
“The
Wrecking Crew of ‘33” and you’ll see why he knew this one so quickly.)
Incorrect answers: Joe McCarthy, Joe Cronin, Sparky Anderson,
Dick Williams, Tony LaRussa, Hank Bauer
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
was the first native of the state of Alabama to be:
a.)
Named to an All-Star team;
b.)
Play in an All-Star game; AND
c.)
Elected to the Hall of Fame?
Hint: During
a particularly productive year, he was out hitting his manager, Ty Cobb.
Hint: Cobb
responded by benching himself!
Twint: In
a famous World Series game incident, he grabbed an umpire’s bow tie, pulled it
back and let it snap back to the official’s unprotected throat.
A. HEINIE
MANUSH (1934 ASG;
HOF 1964; WS Tie-snap: 1933 G 4,
6th inning, Ump Red Ormsby;
Cobb
benching 1926)
FCR - Steve Cardella Sacramento, CA
Incorrect answers: Joe Sewell, Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann,
Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Gehringer, Rudy York
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only player to come to bat as a designated hitter at the age of 50?
Hint: He
was the first Cuban to play in All-Star competition.
Twint: He
hit his second major league home run in the game where Mickey Mantle hit his
first.
A. MINNIE
MINOSO (DH @ 50 30-Sep-1976;
ASG 10-Jul-1951;
2nd HR 01-May-1951)
FCR - Ken
Bell, Miami, FL
Incorrect answers: Julio Franco, Manny Mota
THURSDAY
Q. Who
did Tony LaRussa call the hardest working player he’d ever managed?
Hint: That
didn’t stop Tony from releasing him the following season.
Hint: He
had the same nickname as a Hall of Famer LaRussa had managed.
Twint: The
energy of his warm-up routine in the on-deck circle was legendary.
Twint: In
his second and last year as an All-Star, he took home the Babe Ruth Award.
Twint: He
and his wife Ashley now run a $million company.
A. DAVID
ECKSTEIN (Granted free-agency from STL 23-Dec-2007; to “Eck”, same as
for Dennis
Eckersley, managed by LaRussa 1987-95
for OAK; 2006
WS MVP; Company “Her
Universe”)
FCR - Mark
Kanter, Portsmouth, RI
Incorrect answers: Tony
Phillips, Carlton Fisk, Rex Hudler, Mike Bordick, Albert Pujols, Joe McEwing
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first Dirtbag to be his college conference Freshman of the Year?
Hint: In
his first game at home in the majors, he went 4 for 5, with two home runs (the
second and third of his career) including a grand slam and 6 RBI.
Hint: He
holds the record for most strikeouts in a season by a middle infielder.
Twint: He
was named to the 2011 Topps All-Star Rookie Team.
A. DANNY
ESPINOSA (Attended and played for the Cal
State Long Beach Dirtbags and was named Big West Conference Freshman of the Year; 189
K in 160 G in 2012)
FCR - Joe
Matocha, Meriden, CT
Incorrect answers: Troy Tulowitzki, Evan Longoria, Dustin
Pedroia, Bobby Grich, Nolan Arenado
SATURDAY
Q. What
longtime Pirates scout signed Hall of Famers Lloyd Waner, Arky Vaughan to their
first professional contracts?
Hint: He
is also the one who brought Rip Sewell, Cookie Lavagetto and Billy Cox into
organized baseball.
Hint: He
led the National League in triples with 16 the same year, 1916, that his
cross-state rival, Pete Alexander set the all-time shutout record with 16.
Twint: Between
his stints in the majors, he made the best of it by managing the Columbus
Senators of the American Association.
Twint: Unlike
today, those AA seasons were over 160 games long.
Twint: It
was only a two-year gig, but he was a player/manager and it earned him an
additional five seasons playing in the majors.
A. BILL
HINCHMAN (Was a scout for the Pirates 1921-58; Managed Columbus 1913-14)
FCR - Paul
Goodson, Cheyenne, WY
Incorrect answers: Max Carey
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
is the only New York Yankee franchise rookie to steal 40 bases in the 20th century?
Hint: Alfonso
Soriano topped his record in the next century.
Hint: They
are the only two rookies in NYY franchise history to reach that mark.
Hint: He
managed those steals in only 95 games compared to 158 for Soriano.
Twint: He
attended Villanova, Notre Dame and Bucknell in sequential years before going
directly to the big leagues.
Twint: He
is the only NYY player to receive an MVP vote the year Tris Speaker
took the award.
A. BERT
DANIELS (41 SB 1910, New York Highlanders; Soriano 43 in 2001; Villanova
1907, Notre
Dame 1908-9, Bucknell
1910; 1912 Chalmers Award, one point)
FCR - Jim
Turner, Tallahassee, FL
Incorrect answers: Rickey Henderson, Fritz Maisel, Snuffy
Stirnweiss, Mickey Rivers, Earle Coombs
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the first modern era NY Giant batter to lead his league in strikeouts?
Hint: He
holds the modern era season record for rookies hit by a pitch.
Hint: He
is the first rookie to lead his league in both categories.
Hint: There
is only one other rookie to do so.
Twint: After
a promising but brief career as a player, he went on to manage the Egyptians,
the Turtles, the Tars, The Rams, The Pretzels, the Witches and the Rourkes.
A. CHARLIE
BABB (1903 64 SB – Bill Joyce tied for the lead in 1898 and
Tom McCreery played part of a season with the NYG in 1897 when he took the
“crown”; League leading 22 HBP 1903; Rookie Bruce Campbell 6 HBP/104 SO lead in each category 1932; Various
managerial stints without a 1st place finish)
FCR - Barry
Nelson, Guilderland, NY
Incorrect answers: Mel Ott
WEEKLY THEME – Rookies who led their
league in being hit-by-pitch with at least 15 that year.
Player HBP Year Team G
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Douglas
Sher, Charleston, SC (after the Harris Q.)
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Managers
whose first and last season were at least 30 seasons apart
- Men who
managed in four decades
Wed - Members of the Hall
of Fame who led their league in times hit by pitch at least two consecutive
seasons
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