MONDAY
Q. Who
tweets about his charitable activities from @JLester31?
Hint: He
was diagnosed with Lymphoma late in the 2007 season.
Twint: He
received the “Heroes Among Us” award from the Celtics in 2008.
A. Jon Lester
FCR - Ron
Kaufman, Thornhill, ON
TUESDAY
Q. Which
young Texan hurler was the second overall pick in the 1999 draft and was named
2001 Minor League Player of the Year by both Baseball America and USA
Today?
Hint: He
was included in a mega-deal salary dump in 2012’s biggest deal after the trade
deadline.
Twint: He
won the ALCS MVP four years after he won the World Series MVP as a National
Leaguer.
A. Josh Beckett (traded w/Adrian Gonzalez,
Carl Crawford
& Nick Punto
[combined $260M salary]; 2007 ALCS MVP, 2003 WS MVP)
FCR - Jeff
Korell, Van Nuys, CA
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who
decided to remove the two periods in his nickname soon after being traded to
Milwaukee?
Hint: Since
2005 he has donated $100 for each batter he strikes out (over $150,000 total)
to Barry Zito’s “Strikeouts for Troops”.
Hint: He
won a Cy Young Award three years before his first twenty-win season.
Twint: Three of his children have the same alliterative
initials as their father.
A. CC Sabathia (Traded to Milwaukee from
Cleveland 07-Jul-2008 with Michael
Brantley for Rob
Bryson (minors), Zach Jackson and Matt LaPorta. Strikeouts
for Troops; CYA
2007, 21-7 in 2010; children Carsten Charles III, Carter Charles & Cyia
Cathleen [along with daughter Jaden Arie])
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
THURSDAY
Q. What
pitcher was lifted with two out in the 7th inning in the first game
after the 1994-95 players strike, even though he had not yet give up a hit?
Hint: His
manager’s reasoning was that he did not want his star pitcher to throw too many
pitches.
Hint: The
strategy must have worked since that was the only season in his sixteen-year
career when he was an All-Star.
Twint: He
was traded straight-up for former MVP Mo Vaughn.
A. Kevin Appier (6.2 no-hit IP on 26-Apr-1995;
traded from the Mets to the Angels for Vaughn
27-Dec-2001)
FCR - Bill Carle, Lee’s Summit, MO
FRIDAY
Q. Who
was the first pitcher in modern National League history to give up ten hits in
under six innings pitched without allowing a run?
Hint: He
did it in 2011.
Hint: He
was the 30th pitcher in Major League history to reach 2,500 career
strikeouts.
Hint: He
retired after the 2011 season to spend more time with his family.
Twint: He
is a well-known collector of Puerto Rican art.
A. Javier Vazquez (10 H, 0 R/ER in 5.1 IP
on 21-Jun-2011;
2,500th K )
FCR - John Null, Sugarland, TX
SATURDAY
Q. Who
was chosen immediately before fellow Mt. St. Joseph High School alum Mark Teixiera
in the 2001 draft?
Hint: After
pitching in parts of four seasons in the majors, his 2008 win total was more
than double his previous career total.
Twint: He
led the American League in batters hit by pitch in 2012.
A. Gavin Floyd (#4 pick in the 2001 draft;
17 W in 2008, 8 career wins entering the season; 14 HBP in 2012)
FCR - Andy Bradley, Washington, DC
SUNDAY
Q. Who
was the only American League pitcher to face 1,000 batters in 2002?
Hint: He
also led the league’s pitchers in hits, bases on balls, earned runs and losses,
results which call into question why he was allowed to face so many batters.
Hint: The
Braves signed him to a $750,000 contract in 2007.
Hint: He
would have earned an additional $350,000 if he spent even a single day on the
active roster, but he spent the entire year on the Disabled List, missing out
on the bonus.
Twint: He
became an insurance salesman after retiring from baseball.
A. Tanyon Sturtze (1,008 BFP, 271 H, 89
BB, 129 ER & 18 L in 2002)
FCR - Arieh Siegal, Austin, TX
WEEKLY THEME
– Pitchers who have surrendered two home runs in a game to the redoubtable and
lissome Ichiro Suzuki.
First Correct Respondent
to Identify Theme – Randall
Chandler, Germantown, TN
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