Q. What was the
only team since the Orioles in 1966 to have an undefeated postseason?
Hint: They were
Big.
Hint: They were
Red.
Hint: They played
like a well-oiled Machine.
- From 1970 through
1977, a Red won the NL MVP 6 out of 8 years.
- After once
dominating the Cubs in a G on 09-May-1976, sportswriter Bob
Verdi penned, “At Wrigley Field yesterday, the Big Red Machine ran over the
Little Blue Bicycle.”
FCR - Adrian Fung,
Toronto
Incorrect guesses: 1975
Reds, 1990 Reds
TUESDAY
Q. What
franchise's World Series titles total is the second most all-time?
Hint: They were the first team to retire #42 for a
player other than Jackie Robinson.
Hint: Their last
three stadia have all gone by the same name.
- WS titles in 1926, ’31, ’34, ’42, ’44, ’46,
’64, ’67, ’82, 2006, ’11 = a total of 11 against NY’s 27
- #42 = Bruce Sutter in 2006
- Busch Stadium (I, II & III)
FCR - Sarah Grynpas, Toronto
Incorrect guesses: Dodgers, Yankees, Braves, Giants
WEDNESDAY
Q. What team owns the first combined
no-hitter in National League history.
Hint: Two of their players hold the record for
hitting the most career home runs while teammates.
Hint: They were smart enough to have Bill James help
them win a World Series.
A. BRAVES
- No-hitter with multiple pitchers = Kent
Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena on 11-Sep-1991
- Bill James (the pitcher) was
2-0 in the 1914 WS
- Hugh Duffy, Henry Aaron, Phil Niekro, Dale
Murphy, Larry Wayne Jones Jr, Greg Maddux
FCR - Dennis Cullen, Durham
Incorrect
guesses: Red Sox, Kansas City, Houston
Astros, Pirates, Sand Diego Padres, Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers (Not just the Dodgers!),
Reds
THURSDAY
Q. What is the only American League team to
lose three consecutive World Series?
Hint: They have, at separate times, been owned by
founders of competing pizza chains.
Hint: The lost two managers to fatal illnesses in
the same season.
- Tom Monaghan, founder of the Domino’s Pizza
chain, owned the Tigers 1983‑92. That
year, he sold the team to his competitor Mike Ilitch of
Little Caesar's Pizza. Ilitch owned the team until 2017 when he
turned the reigns over to his youngest son Christopher.
- In 1966, Chuck Dressen,
who had managed the team since the 43rd G the 1965 season when he
took over from Bob Swift, had a
heart attack during spring training. He
was recovering from the heart attack when stricken with a kidney infection and
died of cardiac arrest in a Detroit hospital on 10-Aug-1966. His predecessor became his successor, but
Swift himself Two months later, Swift was hospitalized, diagnosed with lung
cancer and died on 17-Oct-1966.
FCR - Mark DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Baltimore Orioles 1969-71,
Giants
FRIDAY
Q. What was the first team to play in a
League Championship Series in 10 different seasons?
Hint: They played in none in their previous home
field.
Hint: Since moving to their current city, they
have suited up a total of 18 players, coaches and managers who are now in the
Hall of Fame.
Hint: Theirs was the first team to have the first
1st-round draft pick make his ML debut for a 1st-place
team in the same year he was drafted.
A. OAKLAND A’s
- Hall of Famers who played for the Oakland A’s:
Orlando
Cepeda 1972
Willie McCovey 1976
Joe
Morgan 1984
Mike
Piazza 2007
Tim
Raines 1999
Don
Sutton 1985
- Hall of
Famers who managed the Oakland A’s:
- Hall of
Famers who coached the Oakland A’s:
- Mike Morgan, drafted in 1978, rookie in 1978. Drafted 4th overall
by OAK in the June Amateur Draft. Made his MLB debut 11-Jun-1978,
pitching 9 innings in a 2-0 loss to BAL’s Scott McGregor.
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, Virginia
Incorrect
guesses: Braves, Atlanta Braves, LA
Dodgers, New York Yankees, Reds
SATURDAY
Q. What was the first major league franchise
to own an airplane for team transportation?
Hint: They are the only team against which Warren
Spahn had a career losing record.
Hint: They were the only team to beat Elroy Face
in 1959, when his win‑loss record was 18‑1.
Hint: Their players, coaches and even manager
wore clip-on earrings once mock the uber-conservative policies of an opposing
team’s owner.
A. DODGERS
- The Dodgers purchased their own Convair CV-440 on
the 04‑Jan‑1957. To reduce the cost of the aircraft to $775,000 ($6
million+ today), the Dodgers purchased their aircraft as part of Eastern Airlines order
for CV-440 aircraft. They named for
Walter O’Malley’s wife (Kay).
- Spahn’s career record vs. BRO/LAD = 24-34.
- LAD beat Face & PIT 4-3
on 11-Sep-1959. He was 17-0 going into that G.
- Got decked out on 20-, 21- & 22-May-1994 for a
series in Cincinnati with the Reds in order to infuriate Reds’ owner Marge Schott.
FCR - John Rickert, Terre Haute
Incorrect
guesses: Reds, Giants
SUNDAY
Q. What team was the last to sweep a
regularly-scheduled double header on Opening Day?
Hint: They went more than eight decades between
World Series championships.
Hint: They were the last American League team with
a player/manager.
Hint: In the only season where Gold Glove were
awarded consolidating both leagues, this team won 3 of the 9 awarded.
A. WHITE
SOX
- On 04-Apr-1971 (1
& 2),
they swept (on the road!) the team that would win the division that season, OAK, and
leave the Sox to finish 22.5 G back in 3rd place after that great
2-0 start.
- Three White Sox WS championships: 1906, 1917
& 2005. (With a little effort, they might also have
won in 1919.)
- Don
Kessinger played for a managed the CHW.
Last game he played in and managed was 31-Jul-1979. He was a 9th-inning replacement at
SS. He managed one more game then as
replaced by Tony
LaRussa. Kessinger never played or
manage again in the majors.
- 1957 GG given to Sherm
Lollar @ C; Nellie
Fox @ 2b; Minnie
Minoso @ OF. No other team [BOS,
BRO,
CIN, DET, NYG & NYY] even
had 2.
FCR - Chuck Durante, Dover, Delaware
Incorrect
guesses: Reds, Red Sox, Indians,
Phillies, Athletics
WEEKLY THEME – Octavio
Dotel and Edwin Jackson are tied for having played for the most major league
franchises, 13 apiece. This week’s theme
was the six team they had in common.
This theme was the
brainchild of Mike Caragliano, Flushing, New York. [SCROLL DOWN ↓ ]
 |
DOTEL JACKSON
No. Team Year Team Year
1 NYM 1999 LAD 2003-05
2 HOU 2000-04 BD-R 2006-08
4 NYY 2006 ARI 2010
5 KCR 2007 CHW 2010-11
7 CHW 2008-09 WSN 2012, 17
8 PIT 2010 CHC 2013-15
10 COL 2010 MIA 2016
11 TOR 2011 SDP 2016
12 STL 2011 BAL 2017
Caragliano
adds this note:
“On July 27th, 2011, the White Sox traded Edwin Jackson to the
Blue Jays, where he joined... Octavia Dotel! But they never appeared together as Blue Jays,
as they both were traded to the Cardinals. So, Jackson was denied a chance to officially
have team number 14 on his resume (and, by extension, we were denied a chance
to think of hints about Cito Gaston or Alfredo Griffin). From what I can tell, it doesn't look like a
three-team deal; the Cardinals just wanted arms for the bullpen, and Toronto
gave them a bunch.
“Make of it what you
will... Edwin Jackson may have the most frequent flier miles of anybody on the
face of the earth.”
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Dave Washburn,
Marietta, Georgia
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Franchises
with red and white colors.
- Other
teams in the NL Central who aren't as awesome as the Pirates!
- American
Association franchises still existing as a MLB franchise
Wed. - Teams
that went from worst to first
-
Teams that hold the MLB leader in something for
the modern era.
o
- Teams that have lost the
World Series after having taken a 3 games to 1 lead.
o
- Teams that have lost a 7
game post season series after having taken a 3:1 lead.
Friday - Teams
whose park hosted an extra-inning All-Star game
Sat - Teams that hosted All-Star games with at least
5 homeruns hit
Sun - The
most World championships
-
Teams That had the all-time leader in hits and
wins play on.
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