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Post by alum on Apr 7, 2022 7:34:38 GMT -5
It is baseball season once again. Sox and Yankees postoponed until tomorrow. No matter how nervous I am about the Sox this year (and actually the next couple of years if they don't resign Bogaerts and Devers) I still like knowing that most nights I can put a game on. Here is George Will's opening day quiz. I got 22 right.  www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/george-will-baseball-quiz-2022/ |
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 7, 2022 8:51:48 GMT -5
You did better than I did...I had only 9 right.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 7, 2022 10:18:13 GMT -5
13. And a couple of those were rather obvious because Will kept inserting the guy's name into the questions. Had no idea the guy was that good.
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 7, 2022 10:20:07 GMT -5
I had the same reaction...who is he??? Never thought of him at that level.
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Post by alum on Apr 7, 2022 10:36:27 GMT -5
13. And a couple of those were rather obvious because Will kept inserting the guy's name into the questions. Had no idea the guy was that good. I actually read an article about that guy a few months ago which helped a lot. |
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Post by WCHC Sports on Apr 7, 2022 11:43:39 GMT -5
15/36. The ones I knew, I knew. Messed up the MLB leading question for a batter in a season (apparently, not quite the triple crown). Some of the names I have no idea on.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 7, 2022 11:49:32 GMT -5
Tough quiz- got19 correct- did better on the career questions than on the obscure All Star Game ones.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 7, 2022 12:01:27 GMT -5
19/36
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Post by CHC8485 on Apr 7, 2022 12:28:48 GMT -5
18 of 36
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 7, 2022 13:39:38 GMT -5
I am thinking I have last place (9/36) locked up.  |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 7, 2022 14:45:02 GMT -5
I am thinking I have last place (9/36) locked up.  If I should play it will probably change that for you! |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Apr 7, 2022 20:52:42 GMT -5
Batted .500 - 18/36.
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Post by clmetsfan on Apr 11, 2022 17:26:46 GMT -5
23/36. Annoyed that I didn't get either of the bonus questions.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 11, 2022 18:29:56 GMT -5
Here's a trivia question for you : in MLB history there are four players who have stolen a base in four different decades. Can you name them?
Just so there's no confusion, a "decade" means the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's , and so forth
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 11, 2022 18:51:11 GMT -5
Henderson is definitely one of them.
He wasn't fast but I'm going to go out on a limb and say Carlton Fisk.
Pete Rose is my third guess. Let's see if my brain can come up with a possible fourth...
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 11, 2022 19:01:19 GMT -5
1990's, 2000's, 2010's, 2020's -- I'm pretty confident no body stole a base in any of those four decades. I don't believe there was even one non-pitcher who appeared in those four decades.
Oops -- by chance the Yankees broadcast dropped me a huge clue. Thanks Michael Kay.
Rickey Henderson, Carlton Fisk, Pete Rose, Tim Raines
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Post by hcnation on Apr 11, 2022 19:06:57 GMT -5
Here's a trivia question for you : in MLB history there are four players who have stolen a base in four different decades. Can you name them? Just so there's no confusion, a "decade" means the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's , and so forth , Ted Williams Ricky Henderson Omar Vizquel I know played in 4 decades maybe stole a base Minnie Minosa |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 11, 2022 19:07:44 GMT -5
Just remembered Omar Vizquel (80's, 90's, 00's, 10's).
I'm wrong on one of the others then....
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 11, 2022 19:45:15 GMT -5
You got them all
Rickey Henderson
Tim Raines
Omar Vizquel
Ted Williams-never stole more than 4 in one season and had 24 in his career, but he did steal a base in 4 decades
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 11, 2022 19:51:53 GMT -5
Minnie stole bases in the40s,50s,60s but not in his novelty appearances in the 70s or 80s
Rose only played in three decades
Fisk played two games in 1969 but did not steal a base that decade
tim mc carver played 8 games in 1959 and 6 in 1980 but stole no bases in those games
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Post by alum on Apr 12, 2022 5:11:39 GMT -5
I was hoping that Willie Mays would be one as MLB counts Negro League stats pre 1949 but research tells me he did not steal a base in 4 decades. At age 17, Willie played 13 games in 1948 with the Birmingham Barons but didn’t steal a base. I am sure he had steals in 1949 but those don’t count. He stole 23 bases in 1970, the year he turned 40!! www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayswi01.shtml |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 12, 2022 7:18:55 GMT -5
Thanks for doing this KY.
For some reason I thought Rose came up in 1959 and played into the early 80's. Turns out he played from 1963-1986.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 12, 2022 7:22:13 GMT -5
Saw Tim Raines in a bar in Florida during Spring Training in 1992. His thighs were bigger than my waist by a decent margin. I was a lot skinnier then, but still a very impressive physical specimen.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 12, 2022 7:42:59 GMT -5
I was a lot skinnier then, but still a very impressive physical specimen. How modest of you to comment on your physique at a young age. |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Apr 12, 2022 9:37:42 GMT -5
Saw Tim Raines in a bar in Florida during Spring Training in 1992. His thighs were bigger than my waist by a decent margin. I was a lot skinnier then, but still a very impressive physical specimen. Senior year spring break? |
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