Q. What Hall of
Famer shortstop was so confident in his defensive abilities that his stated
goal was to win a Gold Glove while Ozzie Smith was still active?
Hint: Although he
attended college out of state, he played his entire major league career in the
city he was born in.
Hint: His World
Series ring may have helped him land a job at ESPN.
- B. 28-Apr-1964 in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Played 19 seasons for
the Reds, 1986-2004.
- Won the 1990 WS w/CIN, sweeping the Bash Brothers
of OAK. Worked as a color commentator for ESPN television 2011-14.
FCR - Madison
McEntire, Bryant, Arkansas
Incorrect guesses:
Cal Ripken, Alex Rodriguez, Ozzie Guillen, Jimmy Rollins
TUESDAY
Q. When the
Blue Jays set a major league record with 10 home runs in a single game, who was
the only batter who hit 3 that day?
Hint: He was the
last out in Len Barker's perfect game.
Hint: He was the
last original Toronto Blue Jays player to appear in their lineup.
Hint: On the night
the Blue Jays gave away 10,000 bobblehead dolls of him, his daughter sang the
national anthem.
FCR - Adrian Fung, Toronto
Incorrect guesses: Lloyd Moseby, Cito Gaston, Willie Upshaw,
Jose Bautista, Alvis Woods, Otto Velez, George Bell, Fred McGriff, Jesse
Barfield
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who was Randy Johnson’s first American
League Manager?
Hint: He won easily over Joe Morgan for Rookie of
the Year and took home a World Series ring that same season.
Hint: He was Sergeant Zurilli.
FCR - Timothy Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect
guesses: Lou Piniella, Felipe Alou, Mike
Hargrove, Frank Howard, Buck Rodgers
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Whose perfect interim managerial record
helped his team achieve a record for the most wins by any team in a season in
the 21st century?
Hint: He managed them twice again, years later,
but never for a full season.
Hint: He owns a career .667 winning percentage
managing the newest team in the majors.
- Managed the games of 03, 04, 05 & 06-Jun-2001 in relief of Lou Piniella.* [Baseball-reference.com doesn’t recognize such
managerial ‘pinch-hitting’. The
foundational structure that B-R is built on, however, Retrosheet.org, does.]
* MARINERS NOTEBOOK Sun | Sports
Kirby Arnold —
04-Jun-2001
*Death in the family
“Mariners
manager Lou Piniella left Seattle before Sunday's game and returned to his home
in Tampa after the death of his father-in-law. Frank Garcia, the 77-year-old
father of Anita Piniella, died early Sunday morning after a long battle with
ALS.
“Piniella,
who seemed clearly affected by the news, will miss the three-game home series
against Texas and return for Friday's game against San Diego. The funeral will
be Wednesday.
“John
McLaren, the Mariners' bench coach, will manage the team while Piniella is
gone.
FCR - Mike Sparks, Sarasota
Incorrect
guesses: Lou Piniella, Buck Rodgers
THURSDAY
Q. What former National League infielder
was presciently awarded the Emerging Leader Award at the University of
California San Diego?
Hint: He has a brother with MVP votes in 8
different seasons.
Hint: They have totaled over 320 home runs and 2,140
hits in the majors.
Hint: One of his homers drove in his
brother. His brother had done that for
him twice earlier that same season.
- Totals as of 19-Apr-2018: Edgar 122 H, 11 HR; Adrian 2,021 H, 313 HR
- Edgar’s HR drove in Adrian 20-Sep-2008; Adrian’s HRs that
drove in Edgar: 25-May-2008 & 26-Jul-2008, the first one a
walk-off.
FCR - Seth Opitz, Somerville, Massachusetts
Incorrect
guesses: Chris Gwynn, Chris Giles, Dave
Roberts, Vince DiMaggio, Roberto Alomar, Bret Boone, B.J. Upton
FRIDAY
Q. Who was the last 20th-century
manager to post a winning record in each of his 1st 5 seasons?
Hint: His absence this year hasn’t been
missed—yet.
Hint: He hails from the chemical capital.
Hint: He has been in the voting for the National
League Manager of the Year 7 times and another 2 for the AL equivalent. No problem because he HAD been named the
Minor League Manager of the Year.
- 1994-1998 = .528 over 1st 745 G
- The Mets are off to their hottest start in the
first year after his reign.
- From Midland, Michigan, world headquarters of
Dow Chemical.
FCR - David Young, New York City
Incorrect
guesses: Dallas Green, Dusty Baker,
Whitey Herzog, Joe Girardi,
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first
manager to challenge an umpire's decision under the expanded video review rule?
Hint: He became the 40th manager in
the history of the American League’s only Chicago-based franchise?
Hint: He had earlier become the 59th
manager in the history of Chicago’s National League franchise.
Hint: At no point was he ever offered managerial
jobs with the Whales or ChiFeds, the teams of Chicago’s Federal League
franchise.
Hint: Chicago’s baseball franchise of the Players
League, the Pirates, was before his time.
Hint: In his playing days, he stole 2 major
league bases.
- In his first
game at the helm on 31-Mar-2014, Renteria challenged an umpire's decision under
the expanded video review rule. He argued that baserunner pitcher Jeff
Samardzija was safe at first base in spite of umpire Bob Davidson’s
out call. Video evidence proved the ump
right.
- On 07-Nov-2013, he was selected to manage CHC
- On 03-Oct-2016, he was named manager of CHW
- Federal League 1914 & 1915
- SBs 08-May-1987
& 22-Jun-1988
FCR - John Burbridge, Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania
Incorrect guesses: Robin Ventura, Lou
Piniella, Joe Maddon, Clint Hurdle
SUNDAY
Q. What former bear now helps guide the goats?
Hint: He is a member of multiple Halls of Fame.
Hint: Even with 26,000 Twitter followers and a lifetime
of accolades, he is still probably underappreciated.
Hint: He is the last person who fits this week’s
theme.
- A double UCLA (Bruin) grad, he now is the manager of the Hartford (CT) Yard Goats, a Double-A
minor league baseball team in the Eastern
League, in the Colorado Rockies organization.
- He is a member of
the Sacramento City College Athletic Hall of Fame, the California Community
College Hall of Fame, and the American
Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.[19] He was also inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall
of Fame in 2017.
FCR - (no one)
Incorrect
guesses: Warren Schaeffer, Dave Roberts
WEEKLY THEME – American
managers of foreign World
Baseball Classic teams.
Larkin 2013 Brazil
Whitt 2013 Canada
McLaren 2013 China
Renteria 2013 Mexico
LeFebvre 2006 China
Collins 2009 China
Gonzalez 2017 Mexico
Weinstein 2017 Israel
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Richard
Giovanoni, Morton
Grove, Illinois (after LeFebvre)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Players
that were at least three-time All-Stars who attended one of the colleges whose
teams were in this year's NCAA Men's Basketball tournament’s Final Four.
Tuesday - Former
ML players who have managed teams in the World Baseball Classic.
Wed - All
Stars who were coaches during the 2009 WBC
- World
Baseball Classic managers.
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