The questions, hints
and theme this week come to us from John Michael Pierobon of Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida.
Hint: He has a
street named after him in New York City.
Hint: He once
pitched under Tony LaRussa in the same rotation with Steve Carlton.
- Nicknamed “Tom
Terrific” after the cartoon character Tom Terrific. Despite the legal efforts of uber NFL QB Tom Brady to request exclusive
trademark control over the shared moniker, the US Patent & Trademark office denied Brady’s filings.
- 41 Seaver Way is
the official address of Citi Field, home of the New York Mets (#41 was Seaver’s uniform number—the first one ever retired by the Mets.) Watch the
dedication ceremony here.
- Seaver pitched for
the CHW 1984 -1986—including a memorable 3‑month stretch on The
South Side in 1986 when LaRussa slotted
Seaver alongside the then fellow 41-year old Carlton.
FCR - Michael Shea,
Dublin, Ireland
Incorrect guesses:
TUESDAY
Q. Who is the
latest iteration of “The Kid”?
Hint: He played major-league
baseball alongside his father.
Hint: He broke a
record held by yesterday’s answer.
- Like Ted Williams, Ron Moeller and Robin Yount
before him, Griffey was also nicknamed “The Kid” (demonstrative adjective required).
- Playing KCR on 31-Aug-1990, Ken Griffey, Sr. and son became the first father/son combo to appear in the same
lineup, a pairing not soon forgotten by Kapuskasing’s Kirk McKaskill (or anyone else!).
- When Griffey, Jr. was elected to the HOF in 2016, he received 99.30% of the vote,
breaking pitcher Tom Seaver’s previous record of 98.84% set in 1992.
(Mariano Rivera surpassed both of them with his unanimous selection in 2019.)
FCR - Abbey Garber, Dallas
Incorrect guesses: Tim Raines, Jr., Kid Nichols
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who is “Doggie”?
Hint: He was originally nicknamed “Tany” by his
family.
Hint: “The Cuban Comet” was his boyhood idol.
Hint: He is good friends with Sam Zynger, co-chair
of SABR’s South Florida Chapter.
- He has also been called “Big Dog” or “Big
Doggie”.
- Born Atanasio Perez in 1942 in Cuba, his
mother lovingly dubbed him “Tany”. He
left Cuba as a lanky 17-year-old in March 1960 and it was during spring
training in Florida that he became “Tony” Perez. Coaches and teammates didn’t take the time to
learn the correct pronunciation of his Latino name, using instead the
Anglicized version, calling him “Tony” instead of “Tany”.
- The great Minnie Minoso from Havana made his major league debut
with the Cleveland Indians on 19‑April‑1949, about a month before
Tany Perez turned seven years old. Tany
and his father would listen to games together on the radio, thrilled by the
exploits of their countryman. Perez fondly remembered him as one of his first
heroes, saying, “Everybody wanted to be like Minnie Minoso.”
FCR - J.P. Wanamaker, Binghamton, New York
Incorrect
guesses: Richard Hidalgo, Tony Pena,
Greg Maddux, Minnie Minoso
THURSDAY
Q. Who spent over 500 Sunday nights
alongside Jon Miller?
Hint: He is one of three Hall-of-Famers to play
for both the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics.
Hint: He is the only National League second
baseman to have drawn more than 100 walks in six consecutive seasons.
- From 1990–2010 Morgan did national television
broadcasts with Miller on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
- Morgan played for SFG 1981-1982 and for OAK in 1984. Fellow
HOFs Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda also played on both
sides of the Bay Bridge.
Incorrect
guesses: Duane Kuiper, Jason
Isringhausen, Al Hrabosky, Steve Bedrosian
FRIDAY
Q. Who was the last St. Louis Cardinal to
lead the league in saves in consecutive years?
Hint: Only Mo and Trevor walked off the mound
last for their teams more times.
Hint: A seven-time All-Star, he earned Top Ten Cy
Young votes in four seasons, bested in the final voting by four different
eventual 300-game winners.
- CYA balloting: 1983, 1991, 1992 and 1993.
300-game winners: Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Randy Johnson.
FCR - Bill Helm, Camp Verde, Arizona
Incorrect
guesses: Bruce Sutter, Steve Bedrosian,
Al Hrabosky, Dennis Eckersley
SATURDAY
Q. Who hypes a product that he insists
won’t make you stink?
Hint: You’re unlikely to forget his handshake.
Hint: He hit 3 home runs in a game 3 times in his
career, twice off the same Hall of Famer.
- Spokesperson for pain-relief cream Blue-Emu, which contains an odorless oil harvested from
Australia’s
largest flightless bird. Watch
Bench’s “pitch” here.
- Bench frequently undressed Steve Carlton bashing 3 homers off
him 26‑July‑1970 when Lefty was w/STL and again on 9-May-1973, while Carlton was on PHI. (Bench’s
third 3-HR G was against Randy Jones of SDP 29-May-1980.) Bench’s career 1.065 OPS (min 60 AB) against
Carlton was his highest against any hurler.
FCR - Bobby Salerno, Seminole, Florida
Incorrect
guesses: Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Joey
Votto, Frank Thomas, Albert Pujols
SUNDAY
Q. Who hit his first career grand slam just
after The Naked Cowboy streaked across the field of play?
Hint: He was, until that point, the only active
player with 150+ homers, 6,500+ at‑bats, 2,000+ hits and 350+ doubles without a
grand slam to his name.
Hint: He once stole a base in the same game where
he hit three homers.
Hint: For eight seasons, his teammates’ uniforms
were not the same as his.
Entering 2001, Larking
had accumulated 179 HR, 6,687 AB, 2,008 H & 361 2b.
- Named CIN team captain in 1997, Larkin’s uniform embroidery always included
an additional small-letter “c”
in the same font used throughout the Reds uniform design scheme.
FCR - John Leavy, Austin
Incorrect
guesses: Ted Kluszewski, Derek Jeter, Carlton
Fisk, Mike Piazza, George Foster
WEEK’S FINALE
Q. What Hall of Famer missed only two scheduled
games from his rookie season, yet ended his career with a WAR rating of -1.2?
Hint: He was the bat boy for a legendary college
team during their first year in the finals.
Hint: The baseball field at California Lutheran
University now bear his name.
- Rookie year was his ONLY year. The stats tell why.
He did all this playing for a last-place team, PHI.
FCR - Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma
Incorrect guesses: Tommy Hutton
WEEKLY THEME – Hall of
Famers for the Cincinnati Reds during Marty Brennaman’s highly acclaimed 46-year
(1974-2019) broadcasting tenure in the Queen City.
Player CIN yrs HOF
Anderson....... 1970-78............ 2000
Bench............ 1967-83............ 1989
Griffey............ 2000-08............ 2016
Larkin.......... 1986-2004.......... 2012
Morgan.......... 1972-79............ 1990
Perez....... 1964-76; 85-86....... 2000
Seaver........... 1977-82............ 1992
Smith................ 1996............... 2019
First
Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Sarah Grynpas, Toronto (after Morgan)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Monday - Pitchers
who lost perfect games in the 9th inning
- Most
Hall of fame votes (by percentage)
Tues - Hall
of Famers who played for both the White Sox and Reds—though not in World Series—in
this centennial of the Black Sox series.
Wed - Big
Red Machine sons in MLB
- Hall
of Famers who played for the Reds X 5
- HOF
teammates of Ken Griffey Sr.
Thurs - Members
of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame
- Living
ballplayers with statues
- Players
who played with Ken Griffey Sr.
- The
Big Red Machine
- Cincinnati
Reds Hall of Famers who played for at least two AL teams
- Hall
of Famers who were multiple time All-Stars with the Reds
- Cincinnati
Reds players involved in blockbuster trades
Friday - Hof
players who played with 3 or more teams including the Reds
Sunday - Living
member of the Hall of Fame who played for the Cincinnati Reds
- HOF'ers
who played for the Cincinnati Reds during the expansion era
- Big
Red Machine
- All
century team players who were active at its announcement
- Living
Reds Hall of Famers
- Reds
in the Hall of Fame
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