MONDAY
Q. Who is the most recent National League
pitcher to achieve the pitching Triple Crown?
Hint: That same year, he and Ian Kennedy tied for
the most wins in the National League.
Twint: Unlike his American League counterpart who
also won his league’s Most Valuable Player Award, he finished 12th
in that category without a single 1st place vote.
A. Clayton
Kershaw (2011 TC; 21 W each, Kennedy; Jason Verlander 2011 MVP and CYA)
FCR
- Arieh Siegal, Austin, TX
WEEK-OPENING
BONUS
Q. What starting pitcher had the fewest
wins and second-most losses the season he won the American League Cy Young Award?
Hint: Just over a year ago, he pitched a perfect
game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Twint: He hit the first home run by a pitcher in
his team’s history—a grand slam off Johan Santana.
A. Felix
Hernandez (CYA 2010 13-12 record,
Jim Palmer lost 13 in 1976; 2012 Rays; GS 23‑Jun‑2008 SEA vs. Santana of NYM)
FCR
- Doug
Wilkins, San Francisco, CA
TUESDAY
Q. Who was the first Red Sox pitcher to
throw a no-hitter while a rookie?
Hint: While a freshman at McNeese State
University, he and an accomplice stole laptop computers valued at $70,000 from
his neighboring middle school.
Twint: He transferred to Angelina College. Only the latter is listed on his Facebook
page.
Twint: His wife Lindsay
Clubine has appeared on two television series and a video game.
A. Clay
Buchholz (No-no 01‑Sep‑2007; Arrest report; Facebook page; Wife
appearances)
FCR
- Leanne
Rohrbach, Minnapolis, MN
TUESDAY
TWICE
Q. Which former Marlins pitcher joined the
New York Yankees the same year as C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira?
Hint: He was unable to work well with Jorge
Posada and so was teamed up with Jose Molina during the 2009 postseason.
Hint: He was a Marlin in 2003, but failed to make
the postseason when he injured his elbow after four starts and then had season-ending
Tommy John surgery.
Twint: In late 2011 he was traded to the Pirates
though the Yankees had to pick up $20million of his $33million salary.
Twint: During Spring training of 2012, he bunted a
ball into his face and suffered an eye socket blowout fracture (orbital fracture).
A. A.J.
Burnett (Signed as Free Agent with 2009 NYY; Molina to catch for Burnett ALDS;
Inury 2003 after 4 starts; TJ surgery; NYY/PIT trade; Return
to the Pirates to start 21‑Apr‑2012 with a 2-0
victory going 7IP and 7K’s; Face bunt)
FCR - Matt
Gibson, Barboursville, WV
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who won the first game but lost the fifth
deciding game of the 2011 American League Division Series between the Yankees
and Tigers?
Hint: He took over Game 1 after it was postponed
a day and CC Sabathia had already pitched three innings.
Hint: In early 2012, the Orioles stopped his
15-consecutive-game regular-season wins streak when they handed him a 5-0 loss.
Hint: By doing so, he fell one short of the Yankees
franchise record 16 consecutive wins, but still topped Whitey Ford by one
victory.
Twint: Though he grew up in a poor Dominican
Republic family, he refused to sign with any team but the Yankees even if it
mean he could earn more elsewhere.
Twint: He eventually signed with the Yankees with
an $80,000 signing bonus.
A. Ivan
Nova (Game 1 win 3-2, Game 5 loss 3-2;
2-May-2012 streak ended; Roger Clemens 16 consecutive wins;
He refused to sign with the Red Sox,
2004 signing)
FCR - Mark Hayne, Dumfries, VA
MIDWEEK
BONUS
Q. Who missed his first All-Star Game this
year due to a neck injury?
Hint: He is currently tied for second in the
National League with three complete games.
Hint: In 2012, he was the third member of his
team to win Pitcher of the Month honors in the National League.
Hint: He pitched for Team Canada in the 2003
World Junior Championship and the 2004 WBC.
Twint: A business administration major, he pitched
final season at Division III Wisconsin‑Stevens Point with jaw wired shut after
being hit by a line drive during BP.
Twint: He was still voted Division III Second-team
All-American.
A. Jordan
Zimmermann (Adam Wainwright 4 CG; NL
POM; UWSP)
FCR - Bob
Kimball, Washington, DC
THURSDAY
Q. In 2012, who stepped in for an injured
David Robertson—who had replaced an injured Mariano Rivera—and registered 42
saves in 48 opportunities?
Hint He won the 2010 American League Rolaids
Relief Award.
Hint: He led his league that year with 45 saves.
Hint: Also in 2010 he achieved an earned run
average of 1.73 yielding only 36 hits in 62.1 innings pitched.
Twint: In 2013 he opted out of his Yankees contract
and signed a $28million dollar contract with the Washinton Nationals.
FCR - Arieh Siegal,
Austin, TX
FRIDAY
Q. What hurler graduated from Princeton in
2006 with a 3.75 gpa in Operations Research and Financial Engineering?
Hint: His thesis was about the success of Major
League baseball rule IV drafts from 1989-1993.
Hint: Perhaps not a surprise, he was voted
“Smartest in MLB” in a poll of 211 major league players.
Twint: His high school coach was Keith Moreland, whom
he gives full credit for his baseball career.
Twint: He was part of the trade that sent Randy Johnson to the Yankees.
Twint: He often helps maintain his family’s Texas
Longhorn ranch.
A. Ross
Ohlendorf (Princeton record, thesis and Texas Longhorn ranching article SI Vault 01-Feb-2010; SI poll; St. Stephens Episcopal High
School 2001 grad; Trade 11‑Jan‑2005 with Alberto Gonzalez, Steven Jackson and Luis Vizcaino to
the New York Yankees ;
See the Ranch)
FCR - Max Burgess,
Houston, TX
FRIDAY
FRIED-EGG DAY
Q. Among active pitchers, who is second
only to Mariano Rivera in pitching appearances?
Hint: He pitched the final inning that sealed
Greg Maddux’ 300th win.
Hint:: In 1999 with the Minnesota Twins and his
last year as a starter, he led his league in earned runs (the bad way).
Hint: Following that season, he never started
another game.
Twint: Commenting on his huge number of appearances—and
perhaps his own erratic performance—over a 19-year span, he said “Who trusted
me to go out there that many times?”
A. LaTroy
Hawkins (928 GP to Mo’s 1,102; 07-Aug-2004, Maddux
300th; 129ER 1999; 824 games
with 0 starts 2000-13; full quote "I
can't believe that managers have sent me out there that many times, first of all.
Who trusted me to go out there that many times? But it's a great
accomplishment.")
FCR - Mike Spatz, Ellicott City, MD
SATURDAY
Q. Who finished a close 2nd to
Bryce Harper for the 2012 National League Rookie of the Year Award?
Hint: He was the sole representative of the
Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2012 All-Star Game.
Hint: He was the National League’s Rookie of the
Month in April of his Rookie year.
Hint: He was the 43rd pick of the
first round in the 2008 amateur draft.
Twint: He became a starter that season when Daniel Hudson injured
his elbow.
Twint: In his debut, he gave up career home run 182
to Dan Uggla, and in his
first start, he gave up career home run 182 to Ryan Braun.
A. Wade
Miley (ROY 7 points behind
Harper with 12 1st place votes to Harper’s 16; 2012 ASG roster; NL ROM April-2012; Hudson injury led to
Tommy John Surgery; debut Uggla 182 20-Aug-2011,
first start Braun 182 30-Jun-2012)
FCR - Derek Norin, Arlington, VA
WEEKDND
BONUS
Q. Although undrafted in 1998, who was the
Red Sox’ "Minor League Pitcher of the Year" in 1999?
Hint: He began his Blue Jays career by pitching 22 consecutive before
surrendering an earned run, a franchise record.
Hint: He was recently placed on the disabled list
after giving up five runs on four hits and three walks in a blowout loss to the
Oakland A’s.
Hint: He made his major league debut at the age
of 28 after 5 season in the minors.
Twint: He has appeared in the minors every season
of his 14 year career.
A.
Juan
Perez (22-inning streak 29‑May‑ through 23‑Jul‑2013; Blew out his arm in a
14-6 loss to OAK 09‑Aug‑2013; debut 07-Sep-2006; Minor league record)
FCR
- Henry
Hascup, Lodi, NJ
SUNDAY
Q. Who was the first pitcher in major
league history to strike out four batters in an inning after the ninth inning?
Hint: It was the first time a Blue Jays pitcher
had stuck out four in an inning.
Hint: A serious elbow injury saw him quit
baseball in favor of substitute teaching.
Hint: In 2012 he had the highest strikeout-to-innings-pitched
rate in the American League.
Twint: According to him, his friends and family in
Elizabethtown, KY propelled him to the 2013 All-Star Game.
A.
- Steve Delabar (13-Aug-2012, 10th
inning; Substitute teacher stint;
12.55 K/9; Won the Final Man vote for the 2013 AL All-Star team)
FCR - Richard
Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
WEEKLY THEME – Active players who have pitched an Immaculate Inning (faced three batters, threw 9 strikes for three outs).
Pitcher Date For Vs. In Victims
Nova 29‑May‑2013* Yankees Mets 8th Ike Davis
*LaTroy
Hawkins also pitched in this game, for the Mets
N.B. All strikeouts above were swinging except for those of Jones, Wieters, Jacobs & Buck.
N.B. All strikeouts above were swinging except for those of Jones, Wieters, Jacobs & Buck.
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme
– Joe Haardt, McLean, VA
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