Q. Under what
manager what the consecutive-saves record set?
Hint: He joined
the Colorado Rockies part-way through the season then did well enough to win
the National League Manager of the Year Award?
Hint: He was an All-American Marietta
College.
- Tracy joined the Rockies for their 47th G of
2009, replacing Clint Hurdle. A week later he guided them to an 11-game win
streak, finishing 74-42 to a spot in the NLDS and cop the 2009 NL MOY.
FCR - Timothy Kearns,
Washington, DC
Incorrect guesses: Clint
Hurdle, Don Baylor
TUESDAY
Q. What
division-winning manager managed the White Sox to 500?
Hint: He now heads
up MLB’s Diversity Taskforce.
Hint: His
son-in-law was a major league All-Star who played in the majors for 15 seasons.
- Manuel won exactly 500 games as manager of the
White Sox 1989-2003. He had a .5i5
winning percentage to go with the very round other number. He managed the Mets to a .489%. Not bad considering that a mere 6 more wins
stood between him a break-even numbers.
- Commissioner Selig appointed him in April of
2014.
- Son-in-law is Rondell
White.
FCR - Jess Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Tony LaRussa, Doug Rader, Ken Williams, Ozzie
Guillen
WEDNESDAY
Q. What baseball author and motivational
speaker is the only manager to win a major league division title with a team that
had a losing record?
Hint: He received the most first-place votes in
the Manager of the Year voting the very next season.
Hint: He was a high school teammate of a Hall of
Fame centerfielder.
- When a strike put a premature end to the 1994 season,
the Kennedy-led Texas Rangers
were atop the AL West ten games under .500.
(That might have been an even better reason than Matt Williams to let
the season continue.) Kennedy is the
author of “Twice
Around the Bases”. Hire him as
a speaker for you event.
- 2nd to Lou Piniella 86 to 74 in overall
MOY voting in 1995, even though outpolling him 11 to 9 in first-place votes.
- An L.A. native, he graduated from Taft High School
in Woodland Hills, California in 1972, a classmate of Robin
Yount. Yount spent 42% of his
MLB playing career in CF [although 55% @ SS].
FCR - Josh Murphy, Cedar Rapids
Incorrect
guesses: Chuck Tanner, Bruce Bochy, Joe
Torre, Don Baylor, Tony LaRussa
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What catcher’s quality defensive skills
behind the plate allowed him to put together a 9-years career in the majors in
spite of hitting BELOW the Mendoza Line for his career?
Hint: He did almost hit .240 one season.
Hint: He’s only one step from the Hall of Fame in
three different ways:
A. He was once replaced
by a now Hall of Famer.
B. He once platooned
with a probable future Hall of Famer
C. He is the cousin of
a sure-fire future Hall of Famer.
- Hit .192 collectively for the Astros, Royals
& Rangers.
- Hit .239 in 1981 for HOU.
- A. He cede managerial duties of DET
following the 100-loss season of 2002 to Alan
Trammell.
B. He platooned with Bruce
Bochy at catcher with HOU
in his rookie season of 1978.
C. His is a cousin of CAL 1st
baseman Albert
Pujols.
FCR - Chaunce Venuto, Tooele, Utah
Incorrect
guesses: Wes Westrum, Johnny Edwards,
Bill Bergen, Mike Matheny, Jose Molina, Benji Molina, Jeff Torborg, Johnny
Pesky
IN MEMORIAM
Q. Who was the first player in the history
of the St. Louis Cardinals’ franchise to homer right-handed and left-handed
during the same major league game?
Hint: He led the National League in stolen bases
as a rookie, but never did again.
Hint: He won a serious challenge when, in he beat
his teammate for the league lead in
doubles. That teammate ended his
career with the National League leading in all-time doubles.
Hint: He, himself, set amazing records of
longevity, including playing for the Cards for 15 seasons, coaching them for
another 20 and finally managing them for 14 years which included two pennants
and a World Series Championship.
Hint: He played in 3 World Series, 8 All-Star
Games and won and received league MVP votes in 10 separate seasons, showing how
much baseball valued his performance.
Hint: He was the oldest living member of the Hall
of Fame when he passed away on Tuesday.
- Ambidextrous HRs off Pittsburgh’s righty Ted
Wilks and their lefty Paul LaPalme
on Sunday, 08-Jul-1951
after having played all 8 innings of the double-header’s game one
of the double-header they played that day.
- 26 SB in 1945
- 43 2b in 1950 (41 for Musial)
- 95 when he passed.
FCR - Adam Balutis, Arlington, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses:
THURSDAY
Q. What former Owl was deemed not wise
enough to reverse the Curse?
Hint: His replacement became one of the least
popular ever in that position.
Hint: He was a major league coach for 20 years.
- Attended Temple University and managed the Red
Sox, but not to a World Series championship.
- Was replaced as BOS manager by Grady Little
who took Pedro at his word and also didn’t win a World Series.
- His coaching career began in 1983 when he was
named the bullpen coach for MON.
From 1987-1991. In 1992, he was named pitching coach them. From 1997-2001 he did
the same for the BOS. Kerrigan later
served as pitching coach for PHI
and was hired as the bullpen coach for the NYY in November 2005, helping them
to consecutive
playoff
seasons. In October 2008, he became the pitching coach for the PIT,
where he stayed until August, 2010.
FCR - Richard Giovanoni, Morton Grove, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses: Grady Little
FRIDAY
Q. Whose starting job did Robin Yount take in
his rookie season with the Brewers?
Hint: He (not Yount) was the first player to
strikeout 80 times without hitting a home run that year.
Hint: He took the concept of a fantasy league to
a whole new level.
Hint: He is the Tigers’ manager this year.
- Johnson was the MIL starting SS in his rookie
season of 1973,
but went from 136 G to 93 G went Yount
came up to the Brewers from Newark
for good in ’74.
- As a rookie, Johnson struck out 93 times in
510 plate appearances. He never hit a
single home run in his 7-year major league playing career.
- Johnson concocted a completely false biography
of himself for public consumption, including that he was a nationally-sought
high school basketball star and that he had served in the warfare trenches of
the Viet Nam war. It was all an
elaborate fabrication.
FCR - Phil Ross, Denver
Incorrect
guesses: Ron Gardenhire, Rick Auerbach
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first person to give Andrew
McCutchen a congratulatory hand slap after McCutchen homered off Stephen
Strasburg Friday night in Washington, D.C.?
Hint: Members of Congress want him repealed.
Hint: He led the Captains to the league title. A majority of their hits that year were
‘Texas Leaguers’.
- Wotus is the Giants’ third-base coach. McCutchen
homered in the 1st inning Friday
night.
- In 1995
he was the manager of the Shreveport
Captains when they won the championship of the Texas
League with a record of 88-47.
FCR - Roy Glasser, Valrico, Florida
Incorrect
guesses: Hunter Pence, Brandon Crawford
SUNDAY
Q. Who finished managing the season for
three different National League teams?
Hint: He replace three managers fired during the
season.
Hint: He is the only major league infielder to attend
Curtis Granderson’s alma mater.
Hint: Tyler Detmer went there too.
- Replaced Lloyd
McClendon in PIT in 2005;
replaced Jerry
Narron in CIN in 2007;
&
replaced Ryne
Sandberg in PHI in 2015.
- Attended University
of Illinois at Chicago
FCR - Tom Lewis, Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
Incorrect
guesses: Jim Riggleman, Leo Durocher,
Frank Robinson
WEEKLY THEME – MLB
managers who had coached on Felipe Alou-managed teams
Manager Managed Coached under Alou
Tracy.............. LAD, PIT, COL........ MON 1995-98
Manuel........... CHW, NYM............. MON 1992-96
Pujols............. 2002 DET................ MON 1993-2000
NOTE: Retrosheet.org
recognizes Ron Wotus as having managed
in the majors, whereas Baseball-reference.com
acknowledges him only as an interim manager.
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Sarah
Grynpas, Toronto (After Pujols)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - MLB
players/managers born in Hamilton, OH.
Tuesday - managers
who managed the most games without managing in a World Series game?
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