269 replies to this topic

[DJ MC]

Its Melvin Emanuel Upton. Yeah, id go by anything else too.

 

 

Oh, I thought you meant what the "BJ" stood for.

 

I believe it's "Bossman Junior"

 

Y'all gonna make me lose my mind.

[DJ MC]

Who has the record for the most career steals of home plate? For a bonus, how many times did he do it?

 

Ty Cobb, 12.

[Mike in STL]

Who has the record for the most career steals of home plate? For a bonus, how many times did he do it?

 
Ty Cobb, 12.

Cobb is right. 12 is way off.

[McNulty]

Besides Ruth, name the top 5 home run totals by a player that's pitched in a major league game.

[Mike in STL]

Cal Ripken, Mark Grace, Wade Boggs, Chris Davis, Rick Ankiel. Am I close at all?

[Russ]

Ted Williams is one.

[McNulty]

Cal Ripken, Mark Grace, Wade Boggs, Chris Davis, Rick Ankiel. Am I close at all?

 

None of those is correct.  Ted Williams is one.

 

Edit: I'll like your post if you get it right.

[Nigel Tufnel]

None of those is correct.  Ted Williams is one.

 

Canseco?

[Icterus galbula]

Jimmie Foxx's last ML appearance was as a pitcher, that's another.

Adam Dunn pitched this year, that should be a third.

[Mike in STL]

Musial?

[DJ MC]

Frank Robinson?

[Mike in STL]

So the first four numbers retired by the Red Sox were Ted Williams (9), Joe Cronin (4), Bobby Doerr (1), and Carl Yaztremski (8). What is unique about that?

[Pedro Cerrano]

So the first four numbers retired by the Red Sox were Ted Williams (9), Joe Cronin (4), Bobby Doerr (1), and Carl Yaztremski (8). What is unique about that?

They were all a part of SGs first four-team trade.

[Mike in STL]

Come on. No guesses? This is a good one.

[RShack]

I hadnt heard that one. Baseball reference didnt list it anyway.

 

His dad's nickname was Bossman... thus, he was Bossman Junior....

[DJ MC]

So the first four numbers retired by the Red Sox were Ted Williams (9), Joe Cronin (4), Bobby Doerr (1), and Carl Yaztremski (8). What is unique about that?

 

They add up to the lowest total (22) of any team's first four?

 

Or, they were the first group of four to all be single-digits.

[RShack]

So the first four numbers retired by the Red Sox were Ted Williams (9), Joe Cronin (4), Bobby Doerr (1), and Carl Yaztremski (8). What is unique about that?

 

The only 1st-four retired numbers to be a George Orwell title?

[Mike in STL]

So the first four numbers retired by the Red Sox were Ted Williams (9), Joe Cronin (4), Bobby Doerr (1), and Carl Yaztremski (8). What is unique about that?

Nope. So 9-4-1-8. Or 9-4-18, was the date of Game 1 of the 1918 WS, the last one Boston won before 2004.

Those numbers hung in that order in the stadium for years until someone realized it. With the curse stuff and all, they rearranged them into numerical order.

It wasnt until Carlton Fisks #27 was added to the group in 2000 that they rearranged the numbers back into the order they were retired.

[DJ MC]

Nope. So 9-4-1-8. Or 9-4-18, was the date of Game 1 of the 1918 WS, the last one Boston won before 2004.

Those numbers hung in that order in the stadium for years until someone realized it. With the curse stuff and all, they rearranged them into numerical order.

It wasnt until Carlton Fisks #27 was added to the group in 2000 that they rearranged the numbers back into the order they were retired.

 

I looked it up and I was going to say that it was the longest continuous span of time among retired numbers (starting with Cronin in 1935, going with Williams to 1960, continuing with Yaz in 1961 through 1983), 48 years.

[DJ MC]

This just popped up on my OOTP game (which runs trivia, quotations, etc. on the loading screens).

 

Who has the record for hitting into the most triple plays?