MONDAY
Q. Who is the
only player to hit a home run in the World Series for each of three different
major league franchises?
Hint: He was also
the first player to hit two doubles in an inning of World Series play.
Hint: Only he and
one other player have won Gold Gloves at their position in each league.
- GG @ 3b for SFG
1991, 93 & 94 + for CLE 1997 (Robin Ventura w/GG @ 3b for CHW & NYM)
FCR - Chaunce Venuto,
Tooele, Utah
Incorrect guesses: Carlos
Beltran, Frank Robinson, Roberto Alomar, Ichiro Suzuki, Ivan Rodriguez,
Dave Winfield, Reggie Sanders, Hideki Matsui, Edwin Encarnacion
TUESDAY
Q. What Chicago
Cub led the majors in hits in the decade 1990-1999?
Hint: As a
pitcher, he surrendered the first career home run to a player who became a
Chicago Cub hero.
Hint: He was on
the winning side twice in games where his teammate struck out 20 batters.
- He had 1,754 H in those 10 yrs.
- On 02-Sep-2002,
he pitched the 9th inning of a 19-1 loss and surrendered naught but
a lone hit, David
Ross’s first career HR. Ross
was instrumental in CHC’s 2016 WS.
- Grace played first base on 06-May-1998
when rookie Kerry
Wood fanned 20 Astros. Randy
Johnson struck out 20 Reds on 08-May-2001
with Grace manning 1b.
FCR - Daniel Blumenthal, Falls Church, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: Sammy Sosa, Ryne Sandberg, Jim Edmonds, Billy
Williams
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who was the first player to collect 10
RBI in a single National League Division Series?
Hint: He has hit at least twenty home runs in a
season for six different teams.
Hint: Two additional teams each got more than ten
out of him as well.
Hint: While he was never a member of the 30/30
clubs, he finished his career as a members of the elite, eight-member 300/300
club.
Hint: The Reds first brought him to the majors
after he won the MVP of the Midwest League, playing for Cedar Rapids.
- Got 10 RBI as STL swept SDP 3-0 in 2005.
- 305 HR / 304 SB
FCR - Judah Kaplan, Teaneck, New Jersey
Incorrect
guesses: Bobby Bonds, Carlos Beltran,
Gary Sheffield, Chili Davis, Eric Davis, Steve Finley
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What former Tiger hit more than fifty
home runs in a season having played twelve seasons in the majors with only once
hitting more than thirty homers?
Hint: He played for seven more seasons and never
reached 30 again, much less 50.
Hint: He was the first National League player
with 13 home runs in a single month of April.
Hint: His cycle was the last one of the 20th
century in the majors.
Hint: His retired uniform number was the
first-ever by his franchise.
- 57 HR in 2001 for ARI. Played for DET in 1998.
- Cycle on 05-Jul-2000.
FCR - Rich Wolfe, Scottsdale, Arizona
Incorrect
guesses: Hank Greenberg, Brady Anderson,
Cecil Fielder, Andruw Jones, Prince Fielder, Todd Helton, Ben Oglivie,
Curtis Granderson
THURSDAY
Q. Trading for outfielder Frank Robinson
was arguably the best trade in the Orioles’ team history. What outfielder did Baltimore trade away in
what is still considered the worst
trade in team history?
Hint: Only he and Willie Mays are in the ultra-exclusive
position of those who have won a Gold Glove award after their 35th birthday and
are members of the career 300/300 “club”.
Hint: One year he was named Grand Marshall of the
home coming game of his alma mater.
Hint: That was the same university from which he
was drafted by the Braves.
- In the famous trade on 10-Jan-1991, BAL sent Finley,
Curt
Schilling and Pete Harnisch
to HOU in exchange for Glenn
Davis.
- Finley = GG in 2000 @ age 35 & again in
2004 @ age 39; 304 HR + 320 SB. Mays
= GG @ ages 35, 36 & 37 + you know… his other stuff.
- Southern
Illinois University 2011 homecoming game. The Salukis beat Youngstown State 35-23.
- Drafted 5th by ATL in the 11th
Round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft. He chose to stay in school and was then taken
7th by BAL in the 13th
Round in 1987.
FCR - Mark DeLodovico, Rockville, Maryland
Incorrect
guesses: Babe Ruth, Dick Simpson, Milt Pappas
FRIDAY
Q. Who has the distinction of having been
on base twice when the World Series ended with a walk-off hit?
Hint: Some believe he tried to hide the bat from
the pitcher’s view.
Hint: He was born in the same city where he
attended university.
Hint: According to the SAFE: Spatial
Aggregate Fielding Evaluation method of appraising defense, HE
was both the highest-rated 2nd baseman and the highest-rated 3rd
baseman over the period from 2002 to 2008, with an average runs saved of 10.18
and 5.86, respectively.
- 1.) In the 1997 WS, playing for wild-card FLA, he
was on 3rd and scored the series-winning run in the bottom of the 9th
of the 7th
G.
2.) In the 2001 WS, playing for ARI, he was on 2nd base as the
series-winning run crossed the plate in the 9th
inning of G 7.
- Had a unique batting
stance at the plate, copied by no one. He modified it somewhat toward the end of his
playing career.
- Born in South
Bend, Indiana and went to school at Notre
Dame where he played for the varsity baseball team.
FCR - Michael Mattsey, Robinson, Illinois
Incorrect
guesses:
SATURDAY
Q. Who exploded to win a stolen base title
after a total of four (4!) steals total over the four seasons preceding?
Hint: He was the last National Leaguer of the 20th
century to lead the league in stolen bases in three consecutive seasons.
Hint: He was also the last National Leaguer of
the 20th century to lead the league in triples.
Hint: By the time he retired, he fell short of
the 300/300 club by more than 250 home runs, but was solid otherwise.
Hint: He was a leading football kick returner in
college.
- Led in SB w/60, 58 & 72 in 1997, 98 &
99 respectively. Had only 4 SB total 1993-96.
- Led in 3b w/14 in 2000. This stands as the record for this franchise.
- Finished w/336 SB & 36 HR.
- Played football at NAIA Guildford College.
FCR - Dennis Bartel, La Verne, California
Incorrect
guesses: Bobby Abreu, Vai Sikahema,
Vince Coleman, Bobby Abreu, Jimmy Rollins, Brian Jordan, Otis Nixon
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. To whom did Bert Blyleven surrender his
record-breaking home run?
Hint: It was his first career home run.
Hint: The two players had been traded for each
other the year before.
- HR on 29-Sep-1986 was Bell’s 1st and
the 47th Blyleven had surrendered that season, passing Robin Roberts’
46 surrendered in 1956 when Bill White took him long for the 2nd
time that day.
- On 01-Aug-1985 Blyleven was traded by
the CLE (who
had drafted Bell) to the MIN for, Bell, Curt Wardle and Jim Weaver
and a player to be named later. MIN sent Rich Yett later
to the CLE to
complete the trade.
FCR - Alex Poterack, Providence
Incorrect guesses: Torii Hunter
SUNDAY
Q. Who was the first National League catcher
since the Truman Administration to
participate in three double plays in one game?
Hint:
Hint: A deep search in the records reveals that
he is the only major leaguer ever to attend Viterbo University.
- 3 DP = 25-May-1999;
Last done by Ebba
St. Claire of the Braves 09‑Aug‑1951.
-
- Viterbo
University, La Crosse, Wisconsin
FCR - Jess Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect
guesses:
WEEKLY THEME – The nine
(9!) Diamondbacks of 2001 who each had more than one hundred hits, a National
League team record:
#H Player
198 Gonzalez
142 Grace
136 Finley
128 Womack
126 Counsell
116 Sanders
112 Williams
106 Bell
103 Miller
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme –
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Tuesday - Related
to '01 Diamondbacks
- Members
of the 2001 Diamondbacks
- Members
of the 2001 Diamondbacks won Gold Gloves
- Multiple
Gold Glove winners who aren’t in the Hall of Fame
- All
hit 10 homers in 2001
Wed - Related
to '01 Diamondbacks
- 2001 Diamondbacks World
Series winners!
- Starting
position players for the 2001 Diamondbacks
- Position
players born during the Johnson administration on the '01 D-Backs
- Starting
lineup for the D-Backs in Game 1 off the 2001 World Series.
- ’01
D-Backs who played in the postseason for another team
- Players
for the 2001 Diamondbacks who were over 33 years old
Thur - 10+
year veterans who won their only ring with the '01 Diamondbacks
- Players
with 300 HR and 300 SB
- D-Backs
who appeared in five or more games of the 2001 Series.
-
Friday - Members of the Arizona 2001 starting
lineup in Game 7
Sat - More
than one hit in the 2001 World Series
- World
championship starting 8 of the WS final game
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