06-Apr‑2015
MONDAY
Q. Who
had more base hits in a single season than any other New York Yankee?
Hint: He’s
also atop the Yankees‘ all-time list for doubles in a season.
Hint: Yes,
it was the same year.
Twint: He
shares the major league record for grand slams in a season.
Twint: Those
were the only grand slams of his fourteen-year, 200+ home run career.
A. DON
MATTINGLY (238 H in 1986; 53 2b; 6 GS in 1987, tied by Travis
Hafner of the 2006 Indians
[Pronk
had 6 additional GS in his 12-year career.])
FCR - Will
McCracken, Bradenton, FL
Incorrect answers: Derek Jeter, Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs, Joe
DiMaggio, Wade Boggs, Snuffy Stirnweiss, Ichiro Suzuki, Steve Sax, Mickey
Mantle, Nick Etten
TUESDAY
Q. Who
ranks behind only Roberto Alomar for the number of Gold Glove Awards won by a
second baseman?
Hint: He
was the last second baseman to win a league home run crown.
Hint: He
won All-America honors in football while in high school.
Hint: He
was also All-State in basketball.
Twint: …
and in baseball.
Twint: His
parents named him after a major leaguer pitcher who was feared by many of his
contemporaries.
A. RYNE
SANDBERG (9 GG 1983-92; Led NL w/40 HR 1990; Named for Ryne
Duren, a heavily-bespectacled hurler who pitched in the majors 1954-65.)
FCR - Joe
Thompson, Splendora, TX
Incorrect answers: Joe Morgan, Jeff Kent, Frank White, Craig
Biggio, Bill Mazeroski, Davey Johnson, Robinson Cano
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
is the only batter to hit World Series home runs for three different teams?
Hint: His
four Gold Gloves and four Silver Sluggers attest to his all-around baseball
prowess.
Hint: However,
in 214 trips to the plate in the postseason, he had nary a single triple.
Hint: His
grandfather played in the majors for the Robins and Nats.
Twint: He’s
known for being by the book, but he used to be a Rebel.
A. MATT
WILLIAMS (WS HRs 1989 for SFG, 1997 for CLE & 2001 for ARI; GG 1991,
93, 94, 97, SS 1990, 93, 94 97; Grandfather Bert
Griffith; Attended UNLV, the home of the
Rebels)
FCR - Ken
Auerbach, Bronxville, NY
Incorrect answers: Reggie Jackson, Robbie Alomar, David Justice,
Eddie Murray, Aaron Boone, Graig Nettles
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. Who
is the only third baseman to win a Gold Glove Award playing for the Chicago
White Sox?
Hint: In
the history of the Chicago White Sox he is the only third baseman to hit
collect 100 RBI in a season. He did it
twice.
Twint: He
is the only player to hit grand slams on both ends of a major league double
header.
Twint: He
was named the College Player of the Decade for the 1980s.
A. ROBIN
VENTURA (GG 1991, 92, 93, 96, 98; 100+ RBI 1991, 96; GSs 20-May-1999)
FCR - Patrick
Roth, Chicago, IL
Incorrect answers: Bill Melton, Buck Weaver, Ron Santo,
THURSDAY
Q. Who
played more games at catcher than any other in the history of the Dodgers’
franchise?
Hint: He
is one of only two people to beat the Yankees in a postseason series as a
player and as a manager.
Twint: He
was not the fastest of runners. Tommy
Lasorda once said of him: "If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish
third."
Twint: He
was drafted in the first round and now his son has been drafted and plays in
the minors.
A. MIKE SCIOSCIA
(1,395 G @ C [No G @ any other position or for any other team]; Beat NYY in the
1981 WS and as a mgr in the 2002 ALDS
& 2005
ALDS—Billy Southworth beat NYY as a player in the 1926 WS
& as a mgr in the 1942 WS, [It’s
worth noting that Rogers Hornsby did it in the same WS, 1926,
because he was the Cards’
Player/Manager]; Drafted 1st
round [19th overall] by the Dodgers in 1976, Son
Matt was recently
traded for Wayne Gretzky’s son Trevor.)
FCR - Mike
Caragliano, Flushing, NY
Incorrect answers: John Roseboro, Steve Yeager, Johnny Oates,
Joe Crede, Pete Ward
FRIDAY
Q. Who
gets the nod by many (if not most) baseball writers as the most underrated
player in baseball history?
Hint: He
is the only American League shortstop to win the World Series MVP (who wasn’t a
Yankee).
Twint: He
finished a strong second in the league MVP voting three years later.
Twint: He
and a teammate share one of baseball’s most respected records.
A. ALAN
TRAMMELL (WS MVP 1984, AL MVP 1987 2nd to George
Bell; He and double-play mate Lou
Whitaker played an American League record 1,918 games together.)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Luis
Aparicio, David Eckstein, Lou Boudreaux, Robin Yount, Arky Vaughn, Edgar
Renteria, Cal Ripken, Jr., Bert Campaneris, Roger
Peckinpaugh
SATURDAY
Q. Who
became the oldest player to debut as a starter in the All-Star game?
Hint: He
was originally drafted by the Orioles.
Hint: His
time as a Tar Heel considerably improved his draft position.
Twint: His
high school baseball field now bears his name.
Twint: His
eventual replacement was also Rookie of the Year.
A. WALT
WEISS (1998
ASG @ age 34; Drafted by BAL
in the 10th round of the 1982 amateur draft; Taken 11th
overall by OAK in 1985;
Alum of Suffern
High School; Replaced at SS by Rafael
Furcal, ROY
2000, Weiss ROY
1988)
FCR - No
one
Incorrect answers: Mike Cuellar, Dennis Martinez, B.J. Surhoff,
Warren Spahn, Tim Stoddard, Lou Piniella, Barry Bonds, Tim Wakefield, Matt
Harvey, Hoyt Wilhelm
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Who
established the charity “Catch 25”?
Hint: A
former Wildcat, he has a degree in engineering.
Hint: He
caught a no-hitter and a perfect game.
Twint: He
was a catcher on Team
USA in the 1985 Intercontinental Cup.
Twint: He
collected four hits in each of his first three Wednesdays of the 1995
season.
A. JOE GIRARDI
(Catch 25; Gooden’s no-no 14-May-1996,
Cone’s perfecto; Wed
26-Apr
4/7, Wed 03-May
4/5, Wed 10-May
4/4—When he woke up the next morning, he was batting .426)
FCR - Joshua
Murphy, Iowa City, IA
Incorrect answers: Brad Ausmus, Ron Hassy, Jim Leyritz, Jeff
Torborg, Buster Posey
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the last 20th-century catcher to hit two triples in one game?
Hint: He
tied Hall of Famer Ernie
Lombardi for the National League record of most double plays grounded into
in one season.
Hint: He
is the only player to win a Gold Glove Award for his team at his position.
Hint: He
has a degree in government from an Ivy League university.
Hint: He
has a perpetual five-o’clock shadow to go with his baby face.
Twint: He
hit a game-tying home run with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning to
send the fourth game of the 2005 NLDS into extra-innings.
Twint: He
was the first catcher to wear the Fox Sports Catcher-Cam.
A. BRAD
AUSMUS (Two 3b 06-Jul-1999;
GIDP #30 on 21-Sep-2002;
GG @ C 2001, 02, 06; Graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1991 Government with no grade lower than a B; Postseason HR 09‑Oct‑2005)
FCR - Dean
Kloner, New York, NY
Incorrect answers: Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Ivan Rodriguez,
Bengie Molina, Bruce Bochy, Mo Berg, Joe Torre
WEEKLY THEME – 2014 major league
managers who had been All-Stars as players
Name 2014 Mgr AS years
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – No
one
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Current managers who won multiple Gold Gloves
- Player to wear
#23
- 80's all-stars
who became managers
- Theme current
major league managers who led their league in an offensive category
- Former league
MVPs to become managers
- MVP's who went
on to become managers
- Current
managers who were all stars
- MVPs who played
their entire career with one team
- MVP and multi
GG winners who never played in the fall classic
Wed - Multiple-time All
Stars who are currently managing in the majors
- Multiple All
Star infielders who are currently managing
- Current
managers who won Gold Glove award
- Third basemen
who became managers?
- Managers who
played in an AS game and won a Gold Glove in the '80's
- Former all-stars
that currently serve as big league skippers.
Thursday - Current managers ranked by their
lifetime MLB batting average
- Current managers to
have won multiple gold gloves
- One manager
who played at each position who won a Gold Glove and played in an ASG
- Managers who
played in an AS game and won a Gold Glove in the '80's
Friday - Current
managers who won Gold Glove award
Saturday - Players
from the 1990s who went on to become managers.
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