Forum Game ...so you think you know your Baseball?

[Mattingly23NY]

You guys are making my Head Spin.

Ya' mean like:
You spin me round round baby round round like a record player round round round round....

Which one's the most hysterical?
A-


B-



C-

 

[yankeesince59]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first skipper to lead three different teams to pennants.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first skipper to lead three different teams to pennants.

Only one I can think of and that would be Dick Williams. Red sox/Athletics / Padres.

I don't know if he was the first to do it. And he's the only one I can think of.

LaRussa came close but no cigar.

 

[yankeesince59]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first skipper to lead three different teams to pennants.

The answer is Bill McKechnie (1928 St. Louis Cardinals; 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates; 1939, 1940 Cincinnati Reds)

 

[yankeesince59]

Next question;

Without googling, name the manager who, after Connie Mack and John McGraw, had the most consecutive years managing one team.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Next question;

Without googling, name the manager who, after Connie Mack and John McGraw, had the most consecutive years managing one team.

Had to be Walt Alston, 54-76?

If there were a skipper(s) other than the two noted prior, who managed longer than Walt, I don't know who that person would be...

 

[yankeesince59]

Correct.

 

[yankeesince59]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first player to hit 30 home runs, score 125 runs and steal 45 bases in a season.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first player to hit 30 home runs, score 125 runs and steal 45 bases in a season.

I am going to recuse myself on this one. I watched a game this weekend, in which the game commentator spoke of this.

Had I not of heard about this, I would have guessed incorrectly.

I will not disclose the game, channel nor announcer, as such could possibly be a give away.

 

[yankeesince59]

I'll give a hint...the player is still playing.

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first player to hit 30 home runs, score 125 runs and steal 45 bases in a season.

Mike Trout?

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Mike Trout?

Hey Al how have you been?
I was just thinking about you the other day.

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

Hey Al how have you been?
I was just thinking about you the other day.

doing well, thanks for asking ....i havent been watching much Yankee baseball due to the extended tax season, two years in a row....
just went for my first covid shot on Tuesday and had the usual side affects yesterday...chills..slight fever, flipping thru the channels i saw the final out of Kluber's no no..and as usual we have Stanton injuried...judge apparently injuried and sanchez sucking....

 

[BigDaddyAl1973]

Hope all is well with you guys as well

 

[yankeesince59]

Mike Trout?

BIG AL IN THE HIZZY !!!

You are correct, Sir...so great to hear from you again, Al !



...that goddamn Matts finally has some competition in this game.

 

[yankeesince59]

Next question; Without Googling, name the four hitters who, since World War II, had five or more seasons batting .350 or better.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

I'm going to guess based on the greatest Hitters I've seen in my time-
Off the top of my head..
Ted Williams
Rod Carew
Tony Gwynn
Wade Boggs

I'm going to chew on it the rest of the night while I cook dinner and bake Kim's birthday cake. One of my favorites the German chocolate cake recipe from The bakers square chocolate bar.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

No need to chew any further how in the hell could I have overlooked and Stan the Man Musial?

Because he like Ted Williams, did play when I was a kid, my memories are not as vivid. Stan the man was by far the best autograph I have ever obtained in person, and nobody else came close!

 

[yankeesince59]

Matts, remember that the question was "Since WWII....."

I need your final answer....a bag of Chee-tos hangs in the balance.

 

[stampedehero]

Next question; Without Googling, Name the first player to hit 30 home runs, score 125 runs and steal 45 bases in a season.

Lou Brock

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Matts, remember that the question was "Since WWII....."

I need your final answer....a bag of Chee-tos hangs in the balance.

Scratch Musial-
I'm going to go with-

-Ted Williams
-Rod Carew
-Wade Boggs
and
-Tony Gwynn

 

[yankeesince59]

Scratch Musial-
I'm going to go with-

-Ted Williams
-Rod Carew
-Wade Boggs
and
-Tony Gwynn

Smart move....and that would make you correct.

 

[Lillie]

Smart move....and that would make you correct.

This is getting Boring Now.

 

[yankeesince59]

This is getting Boring Now.

 

[Lillie]

Not Really.

 

[yankeesince59]

Next question; Without Googling, name 3 of the 5 hitters ranked in the top 25 in career singles, doubles and triples.

(since it is such a tough question, I lowered the answer from 5 to 3)

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Next question; Without Googling, name 3 of the 5 hitters ranked in the top 25 in career singles, doubles and triples.

(since it is such a tough question, I lowered the answer from 5 to 3)

I know 2 of those guys, I think:

Musial
Cobb

I gotta' think on this one a bit longer, and channel the baseball gods, but not in a field of corn, rather a field of tumbleweeds and blowing dirt...

 

[Lillie]

I know 2 of those guys, I think:

Musial
Cobb

I gotta' think on this one a bit longer, and channel the baseball gods, but not in a field of corn, rather a field of tumbleweeds and blowing dirt...

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Ahaa... You got it

 

[Lillie]

Ahaa... You got it