Elm?

Jdog has the correct answer!

So... Jdog gets to ask the next question.

Haha! That was the biggest guess of my life! I assume you are not lying when you say it is correct so with my limited knowledge I will pose the Next Question!

Name the last two MVP's of the world series that were catchers?

Might as well take a shot: is it Pudge and Pat Borders?

Close but no cigar!

Yeah, I just looked it up. Never would've guessed the second half of it.

Borders and Gary Carter?

wrong again !!

Borders and Rick Dempsey

Pat Borders and Johnny Bench

Borders and Gene Tenace?

Congratulations to Noah ,,, you answered the question correctly!

Sorry for the delay ,

Your question

Who is the oldest (in terms of draft year) current Major league player to be drafted first overall?

This one should be easy. I think it's Ken Griffey Jr.

Im sorry but that is incorrect... you have to get a bit further back then that

I got bored so I looked it up... all I can say is WOW.

Well played Noah.

Dammit I thought there wouldn't be anybody older than Junior .... but I just looked up the answer ..... arghhhh

I guess I'm DQ'ed from this question because I needed to know the answer.

I hate to do this to the rest of you but I have to get to sleep so i'll have to give up the answer... unless either ron or jobu want to fill in as the 'answer keeper' for me....?

Yeah sure... I got nothing better to do. Sad isnt it?

Just COMN and email me just to make sure we're thinking the same guy.

I have also looked it up out of curiousity. I doubt anyone will get it without cheating. And whoever does better explain themselves! ;-)

But yeah, we can confirm it and such.

Alright jobu i sent you the email... best of luck to you all on solving this one :)

There ya go, it will all work out in the end.

Although, seeing the answer I think we should propose some kind of time limit on this so the thread doesnt grind to a halt till morning....

I propose 5 minutes, cause I'm bored and want a new question. :-)

P.S. Have you ever been so tired/drunk that you actually tried to grab objects outside the computer with the computer cursor? You fell pretty stupid when that little arrow stops at the edge of the screen, believe me.

P.S. Have you ever been so tired/drunk that you actually tried to grab objects outside the computer with the computer cursor? You fell pretty stupid when that little arrow stops at the edge of the screen, believe me.

Finally, my exam story will no longer be held the pinacle of Bauxite incompetance.

And I got the email, which helps re assure that Im not crazy.

And just to add a hint, the Dave Roberts drafted in 1972 isn't the same Dave Roberts. Beleive me, I actually checked.

Frank Thomas ...?

Dammit, I obviously meant "feel pretty stupid." I proofread that twice! I need more sleep.

And Yar, the other Dave Roberts was born in 1972.

Tom Glavine

Frank Thomas was a first round pick, but he was not first overall.

And Yar, the other Dave Roberts was born in 1972.

Uh oh.... I think we just found a hole in the space time continuum.

No to both those guesses. Big Hurt was picked 7th overall, and Glavine was a second rounder.

Tom Glavine:

Selected by Atlanta Braves in 2nd Round (47th Overall) of 1984 amateur draft.

Old, but not first overall.

The problem here is you guys are thinking of players too good.

probably some old bullpen guy ! give us a hint

Ah hell.... no one's gonna get it! First person to give me the correct answer to this scenario gets credit for winning the draft challange.

Runners at second and third, one out and a 3-and-2 count on the batter. The next pitch is strike three. The catcher, thinking this is the third out, flips the ball to the plate umpire and walks away. The umpire catches the ball and rolls it toward the mound while two runners race across the plate. What's the call?

Bj Surhoff

Luis Sojo

Sandy Alomar

HA HA HA!! Jdog FINALLY gets it with BJ.... Let's never speak of it again.

Ask a new question sir.

Sweet!

next Question

Name Two Mormon(LDS) Ball players to play in the Major league ?

Actually Name two who played with the JAYS?

Everybody go to sleep or just have no idea !

No freakin clue.

Uh...

Tony Batista...and ....uh....Frank Menechino.

Really, I have no idea.

Ok since you two are the only others awake ....i will give you a good clue ! the most famous mormon ball player won two mvp awards in the 80's and another one i can think of coached first base for the jays recently !

Uhhhh....

Robin Yount and Joe Breeden?

not even close

You guys are obviously slacking on your knowledge of ball players religious affiliations !

Mike Schmidt and John Gibbons?

here are some clues...since i just asked for any two mormon ball players

mvp in the 80's played for a national league team ..won back to back mvp's

a certain pitcher on toronto's staff

a guy who also played for the celtics

old jay pitcher who's last name is shared with a certain mammal

Can I be any more helpful

http://www.battersbox.ca/archives/00002498.shtml#2498101
You guys are obviously slacking on your knowledge of ball players religious affiliations !

That's not true! I have recieved a commondation from the Mighty Wilner himself on baseball affiliations. COMN :)

Mike Schmidt and Danny Ainge

I hope the Might Wilner see's your inability here and can will thus know you were very one-dimensional

This question was meant to be easy so i could go to bed quickly

You got Danny ainge so im giving you the trophy! I dont think Schmidt is mormon but i may be wrong!

The others you could have thrown out there

Dale Murphy
Garth Iorg
Roy Halladay
etc.

here is a link for you if you want to brush up for the possibility of future mormon questions!

http://morgannews.us/baseball.html#baseball

I'm carrying the torch now so my question is:

Name the pitcher this season that faced 3 batters, walked one of them and still only threw 4 pitches.

I'm only going to be online for 15 mins, so if nobody gets it I won't able to check the replies until tommorow.

Was it Dewon or Lurch?

Nope

Smoltz

Nope

I have absolutely no idea how that's even possible, but I'm guessing the answer lies in one of Jayson Stark's columns. ;)

PS. To clarify: Did he only face 3 batters all year, or what?

I was guessing he was brought in from the pen when i guy had 3 balls on him already

Benitez

Does that get rid of the italics?

I'll guess Denny Neagle.

John Thomson (Thompson?)

John Thompson in the playoff game where Byrd had to fill in for him...Byrd finished his walk after Thompson threw the first(first two?) pitches

could be a trivia, but not my turn, but that situation reminded me of what was it Lenny Sakata who came in to catch Dennis Martinez and Jays walked, got on base, tried to steal and got picked off.

John Thomson is correct, by the way (good one Fawaz), but since Ron's not around to confirm the correct answer I'm going to restart the challenge.

Adrian Beltre led the majors in home runs this year with 48. Who was the last Dodger to lead the majors in home runs?

Here's a hint. Unless he was mentioned this year in connection with Beltre, you will NEVER have heard of this player before in your life.

you will NEVER have heard of this player before in your life.

An infinite number of monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters...

Hmmm... is it before Dodgers moved to Los Angeles?

Well, you can look him up in a book, after all.

Hamboy, yes. In fact, it's before the Dodgers were the "Dodgers".

If that's the case, is it great Duke Snider?

Roy Campanella?

If we have to go back to the days of the Brooklyn Excelsiors, then I have no clue

http://www.torontobaseballguys.com
So, we're talking pre Babe Herman here. Was the nickname prior to Dodgers Robins? Or do we go all the way back to the Bridegrooms - pre 1900?

It's not back to Bridegrooms, but to Superbas.

What year was Dodgers not Dodgers?

Okay... the suspence was killing me... so I had to google it... two things I realized...

1. This guy was quite the masher (for that era), but no one seems to know what position he played.

2. I need to polish up on my baseball history... didn't even know there was team named Superbas... wow.

Tim Jordan... and the only reason I knew that is because I read the article at Dodger Thoughts yesterday.

I don't have a new question so whoever wants to ask one can go right ahead.

Elijah is correct!

The thread is open for whoever wants to ask the next question.

I seem to think Barry Bonnell was a Mormon, which means the Jays had two Mormons in 1981.

Don got the John Thomson question, I think he's up....

By the way, here is Tim Jordan.

Magpie, you are way behind, man! :) The thread is now open for anyone to ask the next question.

But Fawaz got it first...

And if Fawaz wants to ask a question, he can ask a question.

So, what happened to Tim Jordan in 1909 or 1910? Here's a great hitter who started late, and he's out of major league baseball at age 31 with no decline phase. One presumes a serious injury.

Anyways, he was 6'1" and 170 lbs., and he led the majors in homers. There's hope for guys like me yet. At least, younger guys than me.:)

Tim Jordan looks a good size in this picture (scroll down).

And it was bad knees that did him in, by the way.

Here is a question.

When the Moncton Mets (of NB) attended the 1987 Canadian Senior Baseball Championships in Red Deer, AB, there were two future Major Leaguers and one former Major Leaguer on their roster.

The two future Major Leaguers are both still in the Majors, one in the American League and one in the National League. They are the only currently active MLB players from New Brunswick.

The former player is not a Canadian. The former pitcher now makes his home in the Maritimes. Strangely, the two MLB teams that he pitched for are the two teams closest to the Maritimes.

Who are these three players?

Was the former player Bill Lee ?

Yes, Gwyn.

Cool, Craig. He looks more like 6'4", 190 to me. Small arms, strong legs. Funny that a first baseman of that build would run into knee problems so young. Somehow I suspect that he would have done much better in the modern age- I'm thinking about Harold Baines, who had knee problems from his early 30s here. Maybe Steve Treder could do one of his modern version of old ballplayers stories on him for THT. "Tim Jordan" doesn't even require a name change.

By the way, I love the names of the Superba players- Kaiser Wilhelm, Harry Lumley, Jim Pastorius (any relation to Jaco?).

Matt Stairs, and hmm, is Rheal Cormier still around? Yeah, I think so.

That's correct, Mike. I guess you get to ask 2/3 of the next question (Gwyn the other 1/3).

Bill Lee, Rheal Cormier and Matt Stairs?

All right. I have 2 Minnesota Twins questions. Gwyn can ask a third if he thinks these are too easy.

Name the last 3 Twins Rookie of the Year winners.
Name 2 of the 3 leading home-run hitters on the great Twins 65 ballclub.

Funny that a first baseman of that build would run into knee problems so young

Well, there was no such thing as knee surgery in those days, so you played until the pain became too much and then stopped. Now, arthroscopic surgery can clear the junk out of a knee in minutes.

Which does make the task of comparing old ballplayers with modern ones quite challenging.

Hmm... last 3 Twins rookie winners including this year? Or last year?

If it's 2001-2003 I'll guess Juan Rincon, Tony Fiore, and Luis Rivas.

2 of the 3 leading home run hitters on the '65 Twins... I'm going to guess Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew

No guesses after 10 minutes, so here's a clue for the ROY winners. You only have to go back to 1979.

65 Twins: Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva
ROY ? T Walker, Tony Oliva

Oh, I get it. The last 3 AL ROY winners who were Twins.

John Castino, Kent Hrbek, and ????????

Craig, sorry if my question wasn't clear. I meant winners of the ROY award, who were Minnesota Twins. You get another guess.

Oliva/Killebrew is half right.

Nope and nope. Jabonoso gets another guess, as he didn't see my clue(s).

K Pucket

Well, I'll add some more clues about one of the 65 Twins HR leaders, whose name has not yet been mentioned. He led the league in OPS in 1963 and was third in 1964. His batting average fell in 1965 at age 29, but he retained most of his power. He was a terrific percentage base-stealer, stealing 26 bases and being caught 4 times over a 3 year period.

Jimmy Hall?

Kirby Puckett did not win the ROY. Craig had one of them. Another one of the ROYs played for the Jays in 2000. The third is a well-known great ballplayer.

Jimmie Hall is an excellent guess, but narrowly incorrect.

Was in that team Zoilo Versalles?

Marty Cordova was the Blue Jay...

And on the Cordova thing, might I say just how much I miss the Gord Ash era! :)

Marty Cordova?

Zoilo Versailles was the 65 MVP and hit 19 homers, but was not one of the Twins' 3 leading homer hitters. Good guess though.

GT is correct about Cordova. Craig got Castino. One more, and he's the easiest of the three.

Hey, Coach, can you help out the young-uns with the 65 Twins?
Gleeman might be a good lifeline too.

I was tempted to go with Rod Carew, once i remembred his name, but with your tip i also remembered C Knoblack (sp) won the awrd!

i used to follow those Twins very closely, they were my AL team back in those days, but cannot remember well, who played besides Kill, Oliva, Versalles, Hall?
alzheimer got the best out of me, sorry...

Good, Jabonoso, Craig and GT have combined to get the ROYs- Castino, Knoblauch and Cordova.

For the 65 Twins, we have one of Oliva/Killebrew, the All-Star outfielder I mentioned earlier, and a first baseman who is not so well known.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1965.shtml
Jabonoso, if you want the answer, COMN. For others, you can keep playing until 1:00, and then I'll reveal the answer, and let someone else set the trivia question.

One is Killebrew, the others? what about Allison

once we are on the 65 Twins, who were the pitchers: Kaat, Pascual and i just wonder if Jim Perry was already there?
this question is for Mike as he must have a good book at hand...

Wow, Zoilo Versalles had 76 extra-base hits in 1965 and only drove in 77 runs. Leadoff hitters, eh?

i wait for the answer, i like this game...

I'll save Mike the trouble, as I looked up the answer. Jabonoso is correct. Feel free to ask a question...

Jabonoso, Killebrew and Allison (the "who am I" clues answer) are correct. The third is first baseman Don Mincher. Jim Perry was there, and the fourth starter was Mudcat Grant. Al Worthington (who I've never heard of) was the closer.

The trivia question is in your hands, and you may collaborate with Craig and GT.

Whose the best Cuban player ever?
He played all 9 positions very well.
It may be contested that there were a couple of pitchers as good as him.

http://www.torontobaseballguys.com
Martin DiHigo?

yes!!!
and he is in the ML hall of fame

but he did not played in ML, it was an homage from the negro league inmortals that played with him and wanted him honoured...

http://www.torontobaseballguys.com
My buddy Joel, also of TBG, and I used to draft old timer teams for Hardball 2, and we integrated Negro League players into the draft with approximated stats, including Martin. Speaking of which, if anyone is interested in owning a Diamond Mind Fantasy team, please email me here.

I have to go, so I will pass my questioning rights onto Craig. Have fun guys.

OK, Jim. Thanks!

New question is :

Who is the only Rookie Of The Year winner to win the award while playing for a first-year expansion team?

Alfredo Griffin?

Nope. Griffin won in '79, the Jays' third year.

Oh well... took a shot...
Hmm... it's not Lou Piniella, is it?

And Hamboy has the correct answer! Don't forget to ask a question...

Wow... shot in the dark does work...

Okay... since I don't know any obscure questions... I'll go with something easy...

Who was the first pitcher to win Most Valueable Player award?

Carl Hubbell?

Nope... Carl Hubbell was SECOND pitcher to win that award.

I don't know if the Chalmers awards count, and I don't know if Matty won one, but what the hey. How 'bout Christy Mathewson?

Okay... I guess, I didn't clarify the question enough....

First pitcher to win BWAA MPV award, which started 1931.

(Biggest hint just gave out).

And it wasn't Christy Mathewson

No frickin idea, but I looked in a book and Lefty Grove was really good back around 1931. Is that the answer?

And Simon gets the correct answer. Lefty Grove did win first BWAA MVP award.

Your turn at question

Nice...Okay, here goes.

In 1886, the St Louis Browns won the second-ever "World Series" (though it wasn't officially the World Series before the modern era) over the Chicago White Stockings in the bottom of the tenth inning of the sixth game courtesy of this man's "$15,000 slide". What was his name?

Wow... I even amaze myself... that I actually know this...

In 1886, game 6 of "World Series", John Clarkson of Chicago White Stockings uncorked a wild pitch in the 10th inning, which allowed Curt Davis to slide under the tag to win the series. It was nick named $15,000 slide, due to purse won by the St. Louis Browns, which was largest ever at that time.

Well, actually, according to the book I originally got that question from (it's been a longtime favorite to stump baseball trivia lovers everywhere), his last name was Welch. But close enough, I guess. You're up, Hamboy. Stump me.

Yup, it was Curt Welch who made the "$15,000 slide".

According to the book I read... it was Curt Davis... and what I wrote is almost direct quote from that book... which amazes me that I could quote the damn book but I can't for life of me remember the title of the book....

Okay... Next question is...

Who struck out most batter in a game as a relief pitcher?

Randy Johnson -- it was a suspended game and he pitched the 3rd through 9th innings.

Hmm...
Google result gives me:
Curt Davis - 2
Curt Welch - more than I can count

Okay... now I feel stupid

I'm going to guess that it was a starter, who filled in during an emergency. OK, Randy Johnson?

Rob, you know the answer and I'm just guessing. So who is Curt Gowdy and who is Joe Garagiola next year on BBRadio :)

Randy Johnson is correct, with 16K.

Rob got it right first... so, Rob?

Where was the first professional baseball game that was played at night, under artificial lights?

Hint: I think it was in 1931.

Correction: April 28, 1930. (I'm getting this from The Baseball Timeline, a huge fold-out book I bought ten years ago.)

And it's a really obscure town, not by any means a major league city.

I don't know where, but wasn't it Van Der Meer's no-no, so I'd say Brooklyn? :s

Oh crap, i just re-read the question. I'd have to look that one up, so I guess I'm out.

It wasn't an MLB game, it was in the Western Association. This is probably way too obscure.

Here, I'll ask another question, and whoever answers either one first gets to ask the next one. I'll reveal both the answers after the first correct guess.

Anyway, the new question...
Who was the last National League player to hit over .400? And you are not allowed to visit this page to find the answer.

Rogers Hornsby?

I know the answer, but it's not fair, so I'll let someone else have a turn.

Bill Terry?

I guess it's not fair having two guesses...but I think it's one of the two. Terry?

Bill Terry is correct!
And the answer for the other question was Enid, Oklahoma (portable lights).

Mike D, take it away.

Hooray for Memphis Bill!

Here's my question: Name the NBA team and the NFL team who drafted Dave Winfield.

Winfield is from Minneapolis, and I have vague recollections that he was drafted by his hometown club, so I'll say the Vikings. I have no idea about the NBA team, but I'll try the Knicks.

One for two, Mike G...

It might get a little confusing if we do this, but I like the idea of having multiple questions on the board at once. I just love baseball trivia, and when I don't know an answer I want to try another question. What does everyone think?

I have no clue what NBA team drafted Winfield. The Pistons?

Nope. I'll un-confuse the matter and give the answer: The Hawks and Vikings.

And I'll yield the questioning rights to Simon.

Multiple questions would be okay, but we MUST set a maximum, or else it would be insanity. I would say only 2 or MAYBE 3 questuons at a time.

Thanks Mike. Hmm...

Who had the only hit for the Braves in Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game in 1959? And who was the winning pitcher?

Incidentally, the answer on lighting is correct, it was Enid, OK, but the date is April 6, 1930. Not 1931. There was only one professional team playing; the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League, who had built a portable lighting system so that they could barnstorm at night.

And since it's my idea (OK, my stolen idea) I make the rules. Ha! I love power!

We only do one question at a time. BUT I will post another thread, so we can have two Trivia Challenges going at once.

Simon, that's an insanely hard question. I like it.

Was the hitter Hank Aaron? And the winning pitcher... shot in the dark... Warren Spahn?

Nope, I'm afriad you're wrong on both counts...good guesses though.

Ugh... this is super hard...
hmmm... I'm trying to come up with any names in that Braves roster... and I'm coming up with...
Joe Adcock and Buhl?

You're 1/2 right. It was Adcock

Eddie Mathews ?
Cant think of another hitter

winning pitcher Burdete?

Burdette it was. Gwyn or Hamboy, either of you can throw up the next question, since you were both half right.

wow, what a lucky guess!

Question: Who was the last (and I believe only) Blue Jay to be the victim of the hidden ball trick ?

Ah, I used to know that one; it was an outfielder...Stewart, Cruz, Nixon, Merced...can't remember.

I'll go with Jose Cruz, but it's a shot in the dark.

http://www.retrosheet.org/hidden.htm
Rob, you're right!

The details are at retrosheet (COMN)

The jays are 1-1 lifetime on the hidden ball play.

Rob's question...

When Dave Stieb almost pitched two no-hitters at the end of the 1988 season, who started for Cleveland and Baltimore in those two games?

Hint: They both threw complete games, and one of them was in his first MLB season.

Hmm... Mike Flanagan and, oh, Ken Schrom?

Duh. First MLB season. Guess not!

Mike Boddicker and...Man, I can't remember Cleveland's pitching staff from 1988. Oh yeah, Candiotti and Swindell, right. Hmm, I'll say Candiotti.

No to all answers so far.

More hints:

Pitcher X has a last name that nobody else in MLB has ever had, and he went to Stanford. His last name of is one that Leaf fans just love to hear. :) He only struck out 41 in 153 innings that year. 41!
Pitcher Y was in his first MLB season (debut on July 30/88) and was a righthanded junkballer. He also shares my hometown of Burlington -- Iowa for him, however.

By the way, I can't believe we haven't used The Oracle of Baseball yet. That's just begging for a trivia question or 70.

Interesting link. I have no idea on the Steib question, I was a young-un in those days.

What, so now that there's another thread, we're neglecting this one?

Seems that way. Either that or I can really clear out a room.

Maybe if you gave the answer and gave us another question we'd see some more traffic in here again...

Rod Nichols and Jeff Ballard were the pitchers.

I don't have a question, though, so it's all yours, Simon.

Would Scott Bailes be the Cleveland pitcher?

I have what I think is a good question..don't want to interupt though

If no one's asking question here, I'll pose one here.

Question:

Who got the first win at Yankee Stadium?

Was it a Yankee? I'll take a blind guess and say it's the spitballer at the top of this thread

He was a Yankee, but it wasn't Grimes

First win at Yankee Stadium... Carl Mays?

Nope, on Carl Mays.

Herb Pennock?

no... it wasn't Herb Pennock

"Sad" Sam Jones?

I looked it up. Craig B, David C and I were all close, but no cigar.

No... Sam Jones wasn't the one.
Getting close... there's only 3 more left in '23 Yankees starting rotation.

Was Urban Shocker there yet? Don't think so. Bob Shawkey, maybe not.

I'll guess Waite Hoyt.

Mike G.,
Your guess of Waite Hoyt, didn't do it, but you discarded correct answer of Bob Shawkey. Shawkey started the openning game of Yankee Stadium agaist Boston Red Sox and won it.

Your turn....

Way too kind, Hamboy.

For that kindness, an easy one. Who was the first player to win an MVP award while playing for a losing ballclub?

Ten minutes and no guesses. So, I guess it's time for a clue. He's a Hall of Famer.

Ripken did for sure but there must have been somebody before that

I've got to go for lunch soon, so the clues will keep coming. He won the MVP award twice.

Ripken did do it and he did win two MVP awards, but it's before Ripken.

I've got a better one - Ernie Banks - he won back to back awards & the Cubs always sucked

If now can we have a hint of how far back to go?

David C is correct. Ernie Banks is it. Hank Sauer won a MVP award with a .500 ballclub, but Banks' Cubs were the first to be below.

Your turn.

OK - name the two former Blue Jays sharing a birthday today

Need hints? - one shares the same last name as a brand of soup mixes, the other shares the name of a world 'leader'

Randy Knorr and Homer Bush

Correctomundo! - Sammy Sosa also lit up 36 candles today - over to you

What 3 teams had the highest payroll in the National League this year, and what was that payroll (+/-$2M)?

If anyone's interested, I have another question posed in the other Trivia thread.

I wondered where everyone had gone.

Los Angeles Dodgers $92M
New York Mets $90M
St. Louis Cardinals $78M

???

Hamboy has one of the teams. And the easy part about the size of the payroll is that all three are the same.

Hmm... only one, eh?
I'm guessing that one is Mets, so...

Mets
Astros, and
Giants?

Ouch... at least you went down swinging!

Name the only player to play in all 4 division in one season. What teams did he play for?

This is before the divisional realignment

wasn't Dave Kingman traded three times in mid-season? not sure of the teams although I think the Mets were one of them

I'll try Jonny's question
Phillies, Cardinals and...Astros or Rockies...I'll guess Astros

As for the figure...hmm I think it's more than 92, I'll say 96

Now, that was a Friday afternoon thing to do. If Hamboy guesses Astros and Jonny says that he went down swinging, and Green guesses Astros, what's that? Swinging at strike one from the on-deck circle?

Can I change to Phillies, Cardinal and Rockies please, Alex.

Sure can, Mike, but you've still only got one team right.

Hmmm... using my brain... it tells me that one of the team is Cards.

So...
Cardinals
Braves, and I'll go on the limb and say
D'Backs

Three more knee-buckling curves there, Hamboy!

The team you had right and the team Mike had right were not the same team. And you were very close to the payroll in your initial answer.

I hate those curve balls... not to mention those juicy high fastballs I just can't lay off.... bah!

Okay... here's my final try before I go and look it up...

Dodgers
Phillies, and those damn
Marlins?

http://dugoutdollars.blogspot.com/2003_06_08_dugoutdollars_archive.html
Marlins? I'm afraid I can't even dignify that with a lame analogy. COMN for the lookup.

Ugh... I need to be chastised for my ignorance.... bah...
but 2 out of 3 ain't bad...

Phillies, Cubs, Marlins

Wait, what!? Marlins?

Me stpuid.

Okay, this one stalled, so I'll just point out that the REAL answer is Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers. And we can move on.

Who were the first, second, and third pitchers to win unanimous Cy Young Awards (i.e. receiving all the votes).

Complete guesses here:

Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver?

Ryan, you got one of the three - Sandy Koufax was the first.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1968.shtml#NLcya
I couldn't believe Gibson wasn't unanimous in 68 - I looked it up and he got all 20 votes - so did the AL winner that year - I guess they must not have been in the first third to do so...

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1968.shtml#NLcya
I couldn't believe Gibson wasn't unanimous in 68 - I looked it up and he got all 20 votes - so did the AL winner that year - I guess they must not have been in the first third to do so...

I won't be around in the morning, so I'll spill. The answer is Koufax, Koufax, and Koufax.

Someone else can fire off another question whenever they wish.

Bah! Trick Question!

Uhhhm, who was the last switch hitter to lead the MLB in homeruns?

What current GM once played for the Jays?

Well Mantle certainly did - best switch hitter since then was Eddie Murray - he ever lead the league? Best current switch hitter is Lance Berkman...OK I give up

What current GM once played for the Jays?

Kenny Williams, ChiSox.

Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak began May 30, 1982, against the Blue Jays. Who were the starting pitchers in that game?

(I won the Headline Sports trivia contest with this question a few years back. Received a HS baseball cap and the adulation of the dozens of viewers still watching at 11:30 pm.)

Total guess - Luis Leal & El Presidente

Nope. Hint: they had the same first name.

Clancy & Palmer woo hoo!

Close, very close....but you've only Gott it half right. :-)

Ha ha! Jim Palmer and Jim Gott.

Wow! Gott and Roy Lee Jackson combined for a one-hitter in that game.

Speaking of which, here is my trivia question...

Who pitched the very first one-hitter in Blue Jays history? (For the Jays, that is).

Jim Clancy?

Nope! Clancy did pitch the first two-hitter in Jays history, though.

Last switch-hitter to lead the majors in HR...Howard Johnson?

Lemanczyk? If not, then Stieb.

And Mike Green nails it, out of left field, with Dave Lemanczyk! It was in '79.

Fire away, Mike.

Since we're up to 250+ posts, I am retiring this "Trivia Challenge" thread and starting a new one.