Monday, November 7, 2016
Oct 31-Nov 6, 2016 MLB managers born in Cuba
MONDAY
Q. Who hit the first home run in Three Rivers Stadium?
Hint: He once collected 6 RBI, accounting for all of his team's runs as they won both ends of a doubleheader on his 30th birthday.
Hint: That sort of dominance went a long way to helping his team earn their nickname.
Hint: He and Willie Mays each had more than 1,600 RBI, yet neither ever led the league in RBI.
- 1st HR 16-Jul-1970
- “The Big Red Machine”. A decisive win over the Cubs once resulted in the the headline “Big Red Machine rolls over the Little Blue Bicycle”.
FCR - Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect answers: Johnny Bench, Roberto Clemente, George Foster, Dave Parker, Willie Stargell
TUESDAY
Q. Who removed pitcher Clay Kirby in the 8th inning, even though Kirby was pitching a no-hitter?
Hint: Four years later he did the same thing to Don Wilson.
Hint: He was the first Padres manager, leading the team to a last-place finish each year he was there.
Hint: He beat Gene Mauch in the 1959 Junior World Series.
- Padres manager 1969-72 (fired after 11 games in 1972)
FCR - Fred Worth, Arkadelphia, AR
Incorrect answers: Jack McKeon, John McNamara
WEDNESDAY
Q. Who is the only player to have played all 9 defensive positions plus DH during his career, who was also both a National League and American League All-Star?
Hint: He was part of the trade that led Curt Flood to challenge the reserve clause.
Hint: His first hit was a single off of Sandy Koufax.
Hint: He has served as a Spanish language broadcaster for the Marlins.
FCR - Timothy Kearns, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Dick Allen, Bert Campaneris, Leo Cardenas, Tony Gonzalez, Willie Miranda, Willie Montanez, Cesar Tovar
THURSDAY
Q. Who, on 31-Mar-2014, became the first manager to successfully challenge an umpire’s call under the expanded video review policy?
Hint: He was a 16th-round Yankee draft pick.
Hint: He succeeded Bobby Cox.
- Successfully challenged Greg Gibson’s “safe” call at 1B
- 16th round pick in 1982 draft (414th overall)
- Succeeded Cox as Braves manager in 2011
FCR - Jim Lovelace, Kent, OH
Incorrect answers: Freddy Garcia, Joe Girardi, Buck Showalter
SATURDAY
Q. Which long-time coach and scout coined the term “good field, no hit”?
Hint: He was the third base coach for Enos Slaughter’s “Mad Dash” in the 1946 World Series.
Hint: He called bright people “smart dummy” and less-intelligent folk “humpty-dumpty.”
Hint: He owned the Havana Reds from 1946 until the team’s dissolution during the 1961 revolution.
- Sent telegram simply stating “good field, no hit” to John McGraw after a 1921 scouting assignment
FCR - Leonard Levin, Providence, RI
Incorrect answers: Leo Durocher
SUNDAY
Q. Who is the only Blue Jays manager with a career W-L percentage of exactly .500?
Hint: He was the first bench coach in Diamondbacks history.
Hint: He was the first manager for the Portland Sea Dogs.
Hint: He never played pro ball and, in fact, was cut from his college team at the University of South Florida.
- 191-191 as Blue Jays manager
- Diamondbacks bench coach 1998-2000
- Portland Sea Dogs manager 1994-96
- Joined & cut from USF team in 1975
FCR - Daniel Wilson, St. Paul, MN
Incorrect answers: Terry Collins, John Gibbons, Tim Johnson, Torey Lovullo, Bob Melvin, Jimy Williams
WEEKEND BONUS
Q. Which scout signed Edgar Martinez to a professional contract in 1982?
Hint: As a pitcher for the Marianao Civic Military Institute, he set a record with 23 strikeouts in one game.
Hint: Cal Ermer converted him to a switch-hitter, resulting in a remarkable .160 increase in his batting average.
Hint: He started a community outreach program in Houston in which all of the Astros players visited patients in local hospitals.
- 23 K game in 1957
- Converted to switch-hitter Jul-1966
FCR - Adrian Fung, Toronto, ON
THEME FOR THE WEEK - Natives of Cuba who managed in the major leagues.
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Mike McCroskey, Sugar Land, TX
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - Cubans
Natives of Cuba
Cuban players with May birthdays
Cuban-born players who played in the major leagues and were part of the Havana Sugar Kings
Havana Sugar Kings
Wednesday - The last Havana team before Castro shut down American baseball
Cubans
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Monday, October 31, 2016
October 24-30, 2016 First-round draft picks made under the direction of Pat Gillick
MONDAY
Q. What 5-time MLB All-Star, 4-time Gold Glove Award winner and Silver Slugger Award winner was the first to excoriate the rudest fan in Canada when that fan threw a full glass of beer onto the field in the Rogers Centre in this year’s AL Wild Card game?
Hint: He was drafted out of high school as a pitcher, but said he would rather play every day and so was moved to shortstop, yet has only played outfield and DH in the majors.
Hint: Along with NFL star Ray Lewis, he was a major force for settling down an angry local population when civil unrest broke out.
Hint: He signed the largest contract in Orioles history.
- Contract
FCR - Paul Goodson, Cheyenne
Incorrect answers: Troy Tulowitzki, Chris Davis, Nelson Cruz
TUESDAY
Q. Who tied Rusty Staub for their franchise’s record of reaching base in consecutive games?
Hint: His grandfather, father, step-father and uncle all played professional baseball.
Hint: His baseball earnings to date come to over $100,000,000 more than their combined total.
Hint: His total of doubles one season is still in the all-time Top Ten for a 120+ year-old franchise.
Hint: Only once in the past 8 seasons has his doubles total dropped under 20.
- Streak of 46 games lasted from 20-Jun- to 19-Aug-2016
- 46 doubles in 2010 for PHI
- 16 doubles in 2015 for WSN
FCR - Samuel Olken, Chicago
Incorrect answers: David Wright, Ian Kinsler, Miguel Cabrera, Dwayne Murphy, Bret Boone, Jose Altuve, Moises Alou
WEDNESDAY
Q. What Arkansas native was the centerfielder in what many sportswriters at the time called the “best outfield in baseball” in the 1980’s?
Hint: His nickname was a leftover from his high school basketball days.
Hint: An All-Star and a Silver Slugger Award winner, he was twice named the annual “Most Improved Player” for his team.
Hint: His home team stadium announcer seemed able to milk 5-6 syllables from his one-syllable first name.
- “Shaker” was said to stem from his ability to elude opponents in basketball.
- Most Improved Blue Jay 1983, 87. SS in 1983; AS in 1986.
- “LLLLLLLO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-D-D-D M-M-M-M-M-O-O-O-O-O-Z-BEE”! (Try it.)
FCR - Adrian Fung, Toronto
Incorrect answers: Torii Hunter, Dwayne Murphy, John Boccabella, Jesse Barfield, Bake McBride, Rickey Henderson
MIDWEEK BONUS
Q. What Cy Young Award winner was denied a chance for a second one because a teammate also had an outstanding season?
Hint: He is nevertheless comforted by his two World Series Championship rings.
Hint: Owner of a significant catalog of injuries, he became the first pitcher ever to start on Opening Day and then miss the entire rest of the season.
Hint: Twice did he win the Comeback of the Year Player Award.
- CYA in 2005, then, in 2009, he and his teammate Adam Wainwright both had outstanding years, but “split the vote” allowing SFG’s Tim Lincecum, the 2008 winner, to emerge to win the award.
FCR - Rick Tharp, Gaithersburg, MD
Incorrect answers: Adam Wainwright, Curt Schilling, Francisco Liriano, Don Drysdale, Tim Lincecum, Jimmy Key, Roy Halladay
THURSDAY
Q. What former Cardinal was inducted into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame?
Hint: Sean Casey, Mike Hargrove, Charley Keller, Steve Blass, Grady Little and Clyde King, among others, have also been similarly honored.
Hint: He was the #3 overall pick in the 1979 draft but also the #1 overall pick in the 1984 draft.
Hint: He is currently a high school coach in St. George, Utah.
- 1979 MLB draft #3. Brief baseball career followed: 1980-83. Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the FIRST ROUND ( “#1 overall” cited in hint was incorrect) of the 1984 NFL draft.
FCR - Scott Matteson, Shawnee, KS
Incorrect answers: Shawn Abner, Jesse Barfield, Andy Van Slyke, Cory Snyder, Willie McGee, Ryan Ludwig, John Tudor
FRIDAY
Q. Who is the all-time Dodgers/Robins/Superbas/Bridegrooms/Grooms/Grays/Atlantics record holder for home runs in a single season?
Hint: He was the first player to have a 30/30 season for his franchise.
Hint: He owns the record for longest consecutive-game hitting streak for the same franchise.
Hint: Only he and Frank Robinson have had 120-RBI seasons for teams in both leagues.
- 28 G in 1999 for TOR
- 123 RBI in 1999 for TOR, 125 RBI for the 2001 LAD; Robinson had multiple 120+ RBI seasons for each of CIN & BAL.
HOWEVER, Thanks to several readers whose research helped us, we now know that the following players also had seasons in each league with 120+ RBI:
- Mark McGwire (1997), Manny Ramirez (2008) and Mark Teixeira (also 2008) each had multiple 120+ RBI seasons at least 1 of which was a split season between leagues.
FCR - Alex Remington, Washington, DC
Incorrect answers: Kirk Gibson, Adrian Beltre, Raul Mondesi, Eddie Murray, Duke Snider
SATURDAY
Q. Who was the first American League player to hit a pinch-hit home run in his first World Series at-bat?
Hint: It turned out to be, at that point, the most important home run in the history of his franchise.
Hint: He has an interesting link with Hank Greenberg and Lance Parrish
Hint: He is the only person to win consecutive MLB World Series championships as well as consecutive NCAA baseball championships, both as a player.
- WS PH HR 18-Oct-1992
- HR put TOR ahead to stay in G #2, giving the expansion Canadian franchise the confidence to know they could compete at this level, having lost G #1.
FCR - Richard Lerner, Silver Spring, MD
Incorrect answers: Bill Freehan, Al Weis, Shane Spencer, AL Rosen, Dave Winfield, Brady Anderson
SUNDAY
Q. What Blue Jays announcer died on the last game of the regular season?
Hint: Ironically, he was the first Blue Jays pitcher to win a game in Sky Dome.
Hint: He once picked off a baserunner unassisted.
Hint: Ironically, that baserunner was Joe Carter.
- D. 03-Oct-2004
FCR - Ron Kaufman, Thornhill, ON
Incorrect answers: Tom Cheek; Jim Clancy
THEME FOR THE WEEK - First-round MLB Draft picks made under the direction of
Player Year Pick Team
First Correct Respondent to Identify Theme – Nary a soul
Incorrect theme guesses:
Tuesday - 1st round amateur draft picks that transitioned from infielders to outfielders in the minor leagues.
- Players who went on to be All Stars at their outfield position and have at least one season of 30 homers or more.
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