MONDAY-TUESDAY
Q. Which player received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2005?
Hint: He was the last Montreal Expos manager.
Hint: He was, not surprisingly, the first
Washington Nationals manager.
Hint: He had previously won the Triple Crown, on his
way to hitting 586 career home runs.
- Expos mgr 2002-04; Nationals mgr
2005-06
- 1966 AL TC
FCR - Morris
Buenemann, Florissant, MO
Incorrect answers: Felipe Alou
TUESDAY
Q. Which player received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2002?
Hint: When he was elected to the Hall of Fame,
only Ty Cobb had received a higher percentage of votes.
Hint: He hit a combined 420 home runs for the
Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee Brewers.
Hint: …with 335 Atlanta Braves home runs thrown
in for good measure.
- 97.8% HOF votes to Cobb’s 98.2%
FCR - Barry
Zamoff, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Jackie Robinson
WEDNESDAY
Q. Which player received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2013?
Hint: His National League record for home runs by
a rookie shortstop stood for 53 years, until it was broken by Troy Tulowitzki.
Hint: He played 23 games in left field during his
transition from shortstop to first base, making way for Andre Rodgers.
- 23 LF games in 1961
FCR - Scott
Matteson (via Facebook)
Incorrect answers:
FRIDAY
Q. Which player posthumously received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan in 1984?
Hint: He was an All-Star for Kansas City one year
and starred for Montreal the next year.
Hint: He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball
Hall of Fame in 1991.
- 1945 Negro League East-West All-Star for KC
Monarchs, 1946 Montreal Royals.
FCR - Rich
Lerner, Silver Spring, MD
Incorrect answers: Dick Howser, Larry Walker
SATURDAY
Q. Which player received the City of New
York Bronze Medallion, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the city, in
1969?
Hint: He had the fewest plate appearances of any
position player elected to the Hall of Fame for his major league playing
career.
Hint: He has the best caught stealing percentage
in major league history.
Hint: His team paid him a higher salary the year
after his retirement than he ever earned during his career.
- 4,815 career PA
- 57.4% CS
- Dodgers paid him $50,000 in 1958, following
his career-ending car accident
FCR - Jim Turner, Tallahassee, FL
Incorrect
answers: Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges, Monte
Irvin, Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Tom Seaver, Casey Stengel, Dave Winfield
SUNDAY
Q. Which player was personally thanked by
Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama for the sacrifices he made as a
trailblazing major leaguer?
Hint: He trained new Army recruits during the
Korean war.
Hint: He played on the same team as Larry Doby
during his first and last professional seasons.
Hint: Former teammate Maury Wills credited him
with saving Wills’ life.
- Visited by MLK shortly before his
assassination, thanked by Obama in 2010
- Recognized by Wills for helping him overcome
substance abuse in the 1980's
- Played on same team as Doby in 1944 (NNL
Newark Eagles) & 1962 (NPB Chunichi Dragons)
FCR - Barry Zamoff, Washington, DC
Incorrect
answers: Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, Pee
Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who was named commissioner of the White
House T-ball League by President George W. Bush in 2006?
Hint: He was a frequent golf partner with
President Bill Clinton.
Hint: He received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2015.
FCR - Jim Campbell, Townsend, TN
Incorrect
answers: Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, George
H.W. Bush, Bob Costas, Michael Jordan, Stan Musial, Cal Ripken, Jr.
WEEKLY THEME – Black
Pre-Expansion Most Valuable Players
Jackie
Robinson........ 1949................ BRO
Roy Campanella........ 1951,
53,
55.... BRO
Willie
Mays................. 1954................ NYG
Don Newcombe......... 1956................ BRO
Hank
Aaron................ 1957................ MLN
Ernie
Banks............... 1958,
59.......... CHC
Frank
Robinson......... 1961................ CIN
Notes: All are in the National League. F. Robinson won the year before the NL expanded. Two of these players also won after expansion,
but in different cities: Mays in 1965
with SFG and
F. Robinson in the A.L. with BAL in 1966,
this time with a unanimous vote.
FCR to
Identify Theme
– Stuart Shapiro, Highland Park, NJ
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tues - Triple
Crown winners who were also managers
- Players
who were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Top
home run hitters with Negro League experience
- Participants
in the Home Run Derby
- Guys
who hit the most home runs in the 1960's
Wed - All
my childhood baseball heroes
- MLB
players who have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and are in the Hall
of Fame
- African-American
players with 500+ home runs
- First
black players to hit 500 home runs
- Players
on 1963 Topps card #3
- Players
debuting in the 1950's who hit 500 home runs
- Players
debuting in the 1950's who were elected to the Hall of Fame
Sat - Hall
of Famers who played in both the Negro Leagues and majors
- Negro
League vets who made the Hall of Fame based on their MLB career
Sun - Negro
League players enshrined in Cooperstown who played in MLB
- Negro
League players who won awards in the majors
- Negro
League players who won the Silver Slugger Award
- Black
players entering the majors in the 1950's
- Black
players entering the majors before 1955
- Black
players entering the majors before 1956 who are in the Hall of Fame
- Former
Negro League players who received high civilian awards
- Hall
of Famers who played for the Kansas City Monarchs
- Black
players prior to 1956 who won the MVP Award
- Hall
of Famers honored by Presidents
- Negro
Leaguers who qualified for the Hall of Fame as major leaguers
- Negro
League vets who won MVP or Cy Young Awards
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