MONDAY —23-Jan
Q. Who
has been selected an All-Star more than any other player born in the state of
Delaware?
Hint: #1
A Dodgers draftee, he instead enrolled in college in Texas and then was
drafted forty-one rounds higher.
Hint: #2
He has four Gold Gloves five Silver Sluggers and, finally, a Most
Valuable Player Award.
- Ans. Born
in Wilmington DE; On NL AS teams in 2013-18, 2022, 7 in total, the same number of
times that all other Delaware natives combined have been MLB All-stars.
- #1 Originally drafted by LAD in 2006 in the 49th round (#1,453). After attending Texas State University in San Marcos, he was
taken in the 8th round by ARI three year
later.
- #2 GG
in 2013, 2015, 2017 & 2022. SS 2013,
2015. 2017, 2018 & 2022. Had MVP
votes in 2013, 2015-2022 & was NL MVP in 2022.
FCR - Tim
Swindle, Tucson
Incorrect guesses: Delino DeShields Trea Turner
TUESDAY —24-Jan
Q. Who toiled for a sub-.500
team for his first five seasons in the majors, (contributing a respectable 3.5
WAR on average) only to be traded to a top-tier team in another division, to see
his WAR output nearly double and to win a near-unanimous Most Valuable Player?
Hint: #1 His output
remained high for just one season subsequent to his MVP (narrowly missing
winning the award a second consecutive season) only to see his contribution
plummet to a very average average of 1.5 in the years following that peak?
Hint: #2 His mother was
often mistaken for one of the player’s wives.
Hint: #3 His great-grandfather
played in the NFL for eight seasons, twice leading the league in rushing yards
per attempt and is in the Football Hall of Fame.
- Ans. Yelich played for MIA 2013-2017, was traded
to MIL for Lewis Brinson, Isan Díaz, Monte Harrison & Jordan
Yamamoto & was NL MVP for MIL in 2018.
- #1 His seasons since his 2018-2019 peak measure
a WAR of 1.5.
- #2 Yelich’s mother, Alecia Yelich is
often seen with him and the Brewers.
- #3 Yelich’s great-grandfather, Fred Gehrke, played mostly for the
L.A. Rams and was (probably) the first to design
their now-famous helmet logo. The helmet
design is how he merits inclusion in Canton.
FCR - Andrew Lipsett,
Woburn, Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Frank
Robinson, Scott Rolen, Darryl Motley, Jeff Kent, Jake Arrieta, Willie Hernandez
WEDNESDAY —25-Jan
Q. Who
was the last player to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award
unanimously?
Hint: #1
In his first six years in the majors, he played in sixty-nine postseason
games.
Hint: #2
He set the rookie home run record for the Senior Circuit.
A. CODY BELLINGER [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. ROY in 2017 with every 1st-place
vote
-
#1 Was in the playoffs with LAD
every year 2017-2022.
- #2 His 39 HR in 2017, breaking the record of 38 tied
by CIN’s Frank Robinson in 1956. Wally Berger
had hit 38 HR for BSN in 1930. Bellinger’s
record would fall only 2 years late when NYM’s Peter Alonso set a new MLB
rookie record, going deep 53 times.
FCR - Doug
Christy, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Pete Alonso, Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones,
Kris Bryant, Johnny Bench
MIDWEEK BONUS —25-Jan
Q. Which
former Mountain Lion brags that he has the biggest beard in baseball?
Hint: #1
The year he led the majors in hits, runs, triples and total bases and
led the league in batting average, the voters only saw him as the fifth most
valuable player in the league.
Hint: #2
He twice won a Silver Slugger, and although his teammates though him
worthy, he never won a Gold Glove.
A. CHARLIE BLACKMON [Wiki Bio]
-
Ans. Attended Young Harris College. Hirsute?
Yessir! Click here.
-
#1 In 2017, Blackmon ha 213
H, 137 R, 14 3B & 387 Total Bases.
He also won the NL batting title when he hit .331 for the year. Finished 5th in NL MVP voting, but the competition
was very strong that season.
-
#2 Career
FCR - Doug
Christy, Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: Justin Turner
THURSDAY —26-Jan
Q. Which
Dodger All-Star once led the Giants in home runs?
Hint: #1
His cumulative All-Star record show 0-for-four, all swinging strikeouts.
Hint: #2
His father had a sip of joe in the majors.
Hint: #3
His brother is a batting coach at the AA level.
A. JOC PEDERSON [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Played for LAD 2014-2020, was
AS in 2015. Played for SFG 2022 & hit 23 HR.
-
#1 AS in 2015 & 2022, 2 K each.
-
#2 Father Stu Pederson was briefly on the LAD roster in 1985.
- #3 Brother Tyger Pederson coaches with the Springfield
Cardinals in the STL farm system.
FCR - David
Krassin, New York City
Incorrect guesses: Jeff Kent
FRIDAY —27-Jan
Q. Who played
for a powerful college baseball team whose home field was only a few minutes
minutes from where he was born?
Hint: #1
In the majors, he hit twenty or more home runs each of six straight
years, leading MLB in that category in the fifth season of that string.
Hint: #2
He once had a home run restored thanks to video review.
Hint: #3
In high school he led his team to the California 5 A-II state title, hitting .592 & slugging 1.173.
A. KHRIS DAVIS [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Was born in Lakewood,
California & was on the Cal State Fullerton baseball teams, appearing in
the NCAA playoffs every year under coaches George Horton (2007) & Dave Serrano (2008 & 2009).
-
#1 From 2014 to 2019 Davis hit 22,
27, 42, 43, 48 & 23 respectively, finishing also in MLB’s top
5 in 2016 & 2017.
-
#2 On 25-May-2015, Davis hit 1st-inning
homer off SFG‘s Tim Lincecum, only to have it taken back when C Andrew Susac appealed
to umpire Will Little that Davis had
failed to touch home plate. MIL
immediately asked for a video review. The
tape showed that half of Davis's foot had grazed the plate and his HR was
restored. When he took Lincecum deep
again in the 3rd, he stepped firmly in the middle of home plate for
all to see.
- #3 Helped the Deer Valley Skyhawks to a State 5
A-II Championship with a monstrous season, hitting .592 with 10 home runs and
50 RBI in 2006.
FCR - Jim
Goggin, Williamsburg, Virginia
Incorrect guesses: George Brett, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Aaron
Judge, Prince Fielder, Bryce Harper
T.G.I.F. SPECIAL —28-Jan
Q. Who,
in 2017, hit the longest home run in the history of Nationals Park?
Hint: #1
He was often referred to as “Salomon”.
Hint: #2
He played in the Japan Central League in 2022, but had played for four
major league teams before going overseas.
A. DOMINGO SANTANA [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Santana’s 476' bomb on 26-Jul-2017 in the 1st
inning off Gio Garcia has since been surpassed in 2020 by Giancarlo Stanton
by a mere 7'.
-
#1 “Showmingo”, a fusion of Show
+ Domingo, was the other sobriquet he was known by.
-
#2 In 2021 & 2022, Santana played with Tokyo Yakult
Swallows in JCPL of NPB.
FCR - Joe
Cohen, Holden, Massachusetts
Incorrect guesses: Mark Trumbo, Gerardo Parra
SATURDAY —28-Jan
Q. Who is
the only Number One overall draft pick selected by the Tampa Bay Rays?
Hint: #1
In his first fifty games with the Baltimore Orioles, he posted an OPS+
of 132.
Hint: #2
He one of only a handful of players to homer twice in one game off Chris
Sale.
A. TIM BECKHAM [B-R
Bio]
-
Ans. Beckham was drafted #1 in 2008 by the Tampa Bay Rays (TBR). #1 picks Josh Hamilton (1999), Delmon Young (2003) & David Price
(2007) were drafted by the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (TBD).
-
#1 He had other OPS+ ratings of 100 or
more, but that time in BAL in 2017 was his best.
-
#2 In addition to Beckham, these other batters
took Sale deep in a single G: Miguel Cabrera, Josh Donaldson, Eric Hosmer, DJ LeMahieu & Ryan Raburn.
FCR - Elliott
Frankfother, Rock Falls, Illinois
Incorrect guesses: Delmon Young, Josh Hamilton, B.J. Upton, Rocco
Baldelli
SUNDAY —29-Jan
Q. Who is the only
player to hit three home runs in one game in the month of March?
Hint: #1 He
committed to play baseball for USC but changed his mind when the D-backs
selected him in the first round of the draft.
Hint: #2 He played
for four MLB franchises during a total of six seasons, including playing for
one of them on two separate occasions.
A. MATT DAVIDSON [B-R
Bio]
- Ans. Playing for CHW, he hit 3 HR 29-Mar-2018, off KCR’s Danny Duffy,
Blaine Boyer & Brian Flynn.
- #1 ARI took him 35th
overall in 2009.
- #2 Played for ARI (2X), CHW, CIN, OAK
FCR - Mike Sparks,
Sarasota
Incorrect guesses: George
Bell, Paul Goldschmidt, Carlos Delgado, Josh Hamilton
WEEKLY THEME – Hitters
with 3+ career home runs in a single Month of March
https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/most-hr-in-the-month-of-march-in-a-single-season
Player Team # Year March Days WAR*
Beckham................. SEA........ 3...... 2019........... 20, 28 X2.................... 3.2
Bellinger................. LAD........ 4...... 2019........... 28, 30 X2, 31............ 17.8
Blackmon............... COL........ 3...... 2018........... 30, 31 X2 ................. 19.3
Davidson................. CWH....... 3...... 2018........... 29 X3........................ -0.7
Davis...................... OAK........ 4...... 2019;.......... 20, 28, 29, 31............ 10.8
Goldschmidt........... STL......... 4...... 2019........... 29 X3, 31.................. 58.5
Pederson................. LAD........ 3...... 2019........... 28 X2, 30.................. 11.5
Santana................... SEA........ 3...... 2019........... 20, 28, 29................... 3.5
Yelich..................... MIL......... 4...... 2019........... 28, 29, 30, 31............ 36.1
*Career WAR at the end of 2022
First Correct
Respondent identifying theme – Warren Kent, Whitehall, Michigan (after Bellinger)
Incorrect theme
guesses:
Mon - Most
HR with 10 or more SB and no CS
- Active
players with a season with 110 or more base on balls
Tues - Attended
college in Texas
Wed - NL
MVP's who are still active in the NL
-
Most career home runs in the month of March
-
Active players who have been All-Stars and have won: MVP, Silver
Slugger and Gold Glove awards.
Thurs - Active
NLers with a season of 30+ HR and less than 100 RBI
Sun - Players
who have hit three home runs (or more) in the month of March
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