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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 08-22-2026
(08-22-2026, 11:00 AM)terry Wrote:(08-22-2026, 10:18 AM)skip75 Wrote: Based on your position clue & Eddie Murray - must be another 1B.
Albert Pujols?
Yes, it's Pujols!
1. Pete Rose 3562 games
2. Carl Yastrzemski 3308
3. Henry Aaron 3298
4. Rickey Henderson 3081
5. Albert Pujols 3080
6. Ty Cobb 3034
7. Stan Musial 3026 (tied)
7. Eddie Murray 3026 (tied)
9. Willie Mays 3005
10. Cal Ripken Jr. 3001
Who were the next six? All were less than 105 from 3,000 games, and none of them have been mentioned in this discussion yet.
They were: a Giant, an Oriole, and the other four played for between four and six teams.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - terry - 08-22-2026
By the way, no currrent players are anywhere near the 3000 game threshold. The active leaders in games played are Freddie Freeman with 2304 and Andrew McCutchen with 2299.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 08-22-2026
(08-22-2026, 11:43 AM)Mick Wrote:Giant - Barry Bonds or Willie McCovey?(08-22-2026, 11:00 AM)terry Wrote:(08-22-2026, 10:18 AM)skip75 Wrote: Based on your position clue & Eddie Murray - must be another 1B.
Albert Pujols?
Yes, it's Pujols!
1. Pete Rose 3562 games
2. Carl Yastrzemski 3308
3. Henry Aaron 3298
4. Rickey Henderson 3081
5. Albert Pujols 3080
6. Ty Cobb 3034
7. Stan Musial 3026 (tied)
7. Eddie Murray 3026 (tied)
9. Willie Mays 3005
10. Cal Ripken Jr. 3001
Who were the next six? All were less than 105 from 3,000 games, and none of them have been mentioned in this discussion yet.
They were: a Giant, an Oriole, and the other four played for between four and six teams.
Oriole - Brooks Robinson
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - bl82 - 08-22-2026
Rusty Staub
Harold Baines
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-23-2026
The Phillies just pulled off a miracle comeback down 4-0 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs, and won 6-4 on a walk-off home run.
https://x.com/novig/status/2091622485607264534?s=61
But that is not the biggest ever comeback in the bottom of the ninth with two outs. The biggest comeback that I could find erased a 6-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth with two outs. Who pulled it off?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 08-23-2026
The Giants in June but maybe down like 8 with two innings left
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-23-2026
(08-23-2026, 02:37 PM)BobK Wrote: The Giants in June but maybe down like 8 with two innings left
I’m talking specifically about teams down to their last out.
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - PAsportsfan - 08-23-2026
I enjoyed watching my Phillies win it today!
The only other epic comeback I know of was in 1990. Phillies at Dodgers. Phillies down 8??? in the top of the ninth, I think two outs. I know the Phillies won, might have been extra innings.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-23-2026
(08-23-2026, 03:09 PM)PAsportsfan Wrote: I enjoyed watching my Phillies win it today!
The only other epic comeback I know of was in 1990. Phillies at Dodgers. Phillies down 8??? in the top of the ninth, I think two outs. I know the Phillies won, might have been extra innings.
This game? https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199008210.shtml
If so, it was an even more epic comeback than you describe, in that the Phillies were down 11-1 in the top of the 8th and scored two in the 8th and 9 in the 9th to win. However, most of the damage was done with 1 out, and they tied it at 11 with 1 out.
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - terry - 08-23-2026
In a AAA minor league game in 1979, the Denver Bears trailed the Omaha Royals 14-7, with two outs and nobody on base in the bottom of the ninth. Denver's next nine batters all reached base and scored, capped by a three-run home run for a 16-14 Bears’ win.
Normally, a minor league game like this would have been witnessed by maybe a few thousand people in a small stadium, most of whom would have left before it was over. But the Bears played in Mile High Stadium, and this game was on the 4th of July with a big fireworks show scheduled after the game. So nobody left, and more than 38,000 people were there to see it happen.
Pasportsfan - PAsportsfan - 08-23-2026
(08-23-2026, 03:56 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(08-23-2026, 03:09 PM)PAsportsfan Wrote: I enjoyed watching my Phillies win it today!
The only other epic comeback I know of was in 1990. Phillies at Dodgers. Phillies down 8??? in the top of the ninth, I think two outs. I know the Phillies won, might have been extra innings.
This game? https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199008210.shtml
If so, it was an even more epic comeback than you describe, in that the Phillies were down 11-1 in the top of the 8th and scored two in the 8th and 9 in the 9th to win. However, most of the damage was done with 1 out, and they tied it at 11 with 1 out.
BC
Yes, that’s the game. I was home for the summer in New Jersey and actually watched it live. Earlier that night I was gambling in Atlantic City. On the way home I stopped at Robert’s Place (sports bar in Margate) and had some steamed crabs and watched some of the game. When I got home in Ocean City I finished the game.
Side track, some other epic Philly games. 76ers 1986-87 season, in the only visit to Seattle, they are getting beat by 30??? at halftime and came back to win.
Eagles fail, gave up 28 in the 4th quarter and lost to the 49ers, 1989???
Flyers epic game, playoffs vs Pittsburgh 2000??? I think the Flyers tied it late and eventually won in 5 or 6??? overtimes.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 08-23-2026
(08-22-2026, 01:29 PM)bl82 Wrote: Rusty Staub
Harold Baines
Barry Bonds (2,986), Robinson (2,896) & Staub (2,951) are all accurate. The other three were former GIant Omar VIzquel (2,968), Adrian Beltre (2,933), and Dave Winfield (2,968)
Baines (2,830) was close, McCovey (2,588) not quite as close.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 08-29-2026
All-Star Tristan Peters of the White Sox became the second player in MLB history (after Babe Ruth in 1921) to record 10+ hits, a home run in every game, multiple doubles and walks, and a stolen base over a five-game span. At 26 years old, Peters is hitting .282/.345/.472 with 12 HRs and 52 RBIs, and is considered one of the best defensive center fielders in MLB.
SS Otto Lopez is currently slashing .306/.341/.440/.781 with 30 doubles and 29 SBs.
Which team did the White Sox fleece to acquire the services of Mr. Peters and which team did Miami fleece to acquire Mr. Lopez?
Hint: it's the same team...
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 08-30-2026
(08-29-2026, 09:18 PM)Mick Wrote: All-Star Tristan Peters of the White Sox became the second player in MLB history (after Babe Ruth in 1921) to record 10+ hits, a home run in every game, multiple doubles and walks, and a stolen base over a five-game span. At 26 years old, Peters is hitting .282/.345/.472 with 12 HRs and 52 RBIs, and is considered one of the best defensive center fielders in MLB.
SS Otto Lopez is currently slashing .306/.341/.440/.781 with 30 doubles and 29 SBs.
Which team did the White Sox fleece to acquire the services of Mr. Peters and which team did Miami fleece to acquire Mr. Lopez?
Hint: it's the same team...
Going to guess it is the Giants, and if so, ouch
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025-2026 - Giants - 08-30-2026
Correction on both players.
Peters was traded by SF to Tampa for Brett Wisely. Subsequently, his contract was sold by the Rays to the White Sox.
Lopez was waived by SF. He was selected through the waiver process by Miami.
In other words, the Giants were not fleeced by anyone. Things are not going great now but there is no reason to rewrite history to build on a negative narrative.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025-2026 - Mick - 08-30-2026
(08-30-2026, 09:50 AM)Giants Wrote: Correction on both players.
Peters was traded by SF to Tampa for Brett Wisely. Subsequently, his contract was sold by the Rays to the White Sox.
Lopez was waived by SF. He was selected through the waiver process by Miami.
In other words, the Giants were not fleeced by anyone. Things are not going great now but there is no reason to rewrite history to build on a negative narrative.
What's the positive narrative for letting two talented 2026 All-Stars -- slip through your fingers?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025-2026 - Giants - 08-30-2026
(08-30-2026, 10:17 AM)Mick Wrote:(08-30-2026, 09:50 AM)Giants Wrote: Correction on both players.
Peters was traded by SF to Tampa for Brett Wisely. Subsequently, his contract was sold by the Rays to the White Sox.
Lopez was waived by SF. He was selected through the waiver process by Miami.
In other words, the Giants were not fleeced by anyone. Things are not going great now but there is no reason to rewrite history to build on a negative narrative.
What's the positive narrative for letting two talented 2026 All-Stars -- slip through your fingers?
I have no problem at all with either guy moving on. Lopez was a flyer signed during spring training and put on waivers before the end of that same spring training. He had no track record that indicated he would be a good player.
Peters was acquired by SF from Milwaukee for a low level pitcher. Three months later, he was dealt to Tampa for a fringe big leaguer. Again, he had no track record of success.
In other words, both guys were nothing more than part of the never ending whirlpool of players that came and went during the Zaidi era. To single out two guys out of who knows how many players is weak. Overall, Zaidi’s track record was terrible. The reason the Giants are in the mess they currently find themselves is Zaidi. He was too busy playing fantasy baseball (by wheeling and dealing at edges) when he should have been focusing on drafting and developing talent.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025-2026 - Mick - 08-31-2026
(08-30-2026, 10:43 AM)Giants Wrote:(08-30-2026, 10:17 AM)Mick Wrote:(08-30-2026, 09:50 AM)Giants Wrote: Correction on both players.
Peters was traded by SF to Tampa for Brett Wisely. Subsequently, his contract was sold by the Rays to the White Sox.
Lopez was waived by SF. He was selected through the waiver process by Miami.
In other words, the Giants were not fleeced by anyone. Things are not going great now but there is no reason to rewrite history to build on a negative narrative.
What's the positive narrative for letting two talented 2026 All-Stars -- slip through your fingers?
I have no problem at all with either guy moving on. Lopez was a flyer signed during spring training and put on waivers before the end of that same spring training. He had no track record that indicated he would be a good player.
With genuine respect, I disagree. Lopez hit .436 in 43 ABs at AAA in the IL before the Giants acquired him and gave him just six ABs. He would go on to hit .271 in MLB that year for Miami. Agree with you that Zaidi didn't develop him, that is certain. But he had a track record.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025-2026 - Mick - 09-11-2026
Last night, new 49er Mike Evans caught a touchdown pass to mark 13 seasons in a row with a TD reception.
There's only one other NFL player who can make that claim. Who is it?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025-2026 - skip75 - 09-11-2026
(09-11-2026, 04:07 PM)Mick Wrote: Last night, new 49er Mike Evans caught a touchdown pass to mark 13 seasons in a row with a TD reception.Jerry Rice?
There's only one other NFL player who can make that claim. Who is it?