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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-01-2023

Back to a Phogge special

There are nine members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame born in foreign countries. Who and for extra credit, what are the countries?

Answered:
Jan Stenerud, Norway
Morten Andersen, Denmark
Nagurski, Canada

6 to go

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - cardcrimson - 02-03-2023

Lots of discussion about mental health of late. What Cy Young winner suffered from depression and ended up taking his own life?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-03-2023

Lol. I know of course
CC you are a Brave dude

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-04-2023

Mike Flanagan was the pitcher who died
Who was the last player to wear his number. Hint a corner Stanford player

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Mick - 02-04-2023

(02-04-2023, 11:23 AM)BobK Wrote:  Mike Flanagan was the pitcher who died
Who was the last player to wear his number. Hint a corner Stanford player

Buechele.

Which MLB player has struck out in the most consecutive games in MLB history. Hint: there's a Giants connection.

Which MLB player hit a home run, but did NOT get credit for a run scored. Hint: there's a Giants conneection.

Who's the only Cy Young award winner to have a losing career record? No Giants connection...

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - terry - 02-04-2023

(02-04-2023, 11:26 AM)Mick Wrote:  Who's the only Cy Young award winner to have a losing career record?  No Giants connection...

Randy Jones?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Mick - 02-04-2023

(02-04-2023, 12:55 PM)terry Wrote:  

(02-04-2023, 11:26 AM)Mick Wrote:  Who's the only Cy Young award winner to have a losing career record?  No Giants connection...

Randy Jones?

Nice pull, Terry. Jones was 100-123 for his career. Like Matt Cain, he was a pretty good pitcher with good stuff and a good ERA (3.42 vs. Cain's 3.68) but with a career losing record (Cain was 104-118). Their career WHIP was about the same, 1.251 (Jones) to 1.228. Jones had two really good years, going 20-12 in 1975 and 22-8 (Cy Young) in 1976. Overall, Jones had seven sub-.500 seasons in his ten year career. Might have had something to do with throwing 25 complete games in 40 starts during his cy young season, because he never had a winning season after that.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-04-2023

Joe Adcock hit the ball out of the park vs Harvey Haddix to break up his no hitter in the 12 th inning. He passed a runner between 1st and 2nd thus it became a single

Jeremy Guthrie was the last to wear Flanagan’s number

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Mick - 02-04-2023

(02-04-2023, 11:26 AM)Mick Wrote:  Which MLB player has struck out in the most consecutive games in MLB history. Hint: there's a Giants connection.
Which MLB player hit a home run, but did NOT get credit for a run scored. Hint: there's a Giants connection.

Aaron Judge struck out at least once in 37 consecutive games.

On 9/26/08, Bengie Molina hit a home run that was originally judged a single. He rounded the bag, and stayed at first base. Bochy had pre-arranged that if Molina got on base, Emmanuel Burriss would run for him.   

While Burriss was at first base, Omar Vizquel told Bochy that the ball should be ruled a home run, and that Bochy should challenge it...which he did, successfully.  But since the pinch runner substitution had already technically occurred, Burriss was forced to finish out Molina's home run, starting at first base.

Therefore, technically, Molina hit a home run and did not score. His line for that game reads 3 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 2 RBI.

BTW, baseball reference disagrees with the ruling. On their box score, they show Molina with the run, and do not include Burriss in the game box score, much less scoring a run:
Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants Box Score: September 26, 2008 | Baseball-Reference.com

PPS...this was a game against the Dodgers, in which future Dodger manager Dave Roberts played and scored a run.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-04-2023

There are only 4 MLB pitchers who played at least part of their careers after 1950
Who are in the top 50 all time in complete games. Who are they?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Giants - 02-04-2023

(02-04-2023, 06:07 PM)BobK Wrote:  There are only 4 MLB pitchers who played at least part of their careers after 1950
Who are in the top 50 all time in complete games.  Who are they?

Spahn, Roberts, Marichal?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-04-2023

Good one Giants.
Yes on Warren Spahn and Robin Roberts
No on Juan.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - Mick - 02-04-2023

Bob Gibson

Fergie Jenkins

Nolan Ryan

Steve Carlton

Hoyt Wilhelm

Wilbur Wood

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-04-2023

None of the above. Wilhelm had 20 complete games

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - skip75 - 02-04-2023

Bob Feller, Bob Lemon??

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-05-2023

Not Feller or Lemon but so close
Not Juan but so close

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - skip75 - 02-05-2023

Gaylord Perry?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - BobK - 02-05-2023

Yes on Perry. One to go. But it’s early in the day

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - 82lsju - 02-05-2023

(02-05-2023, 02:05 PM)BobK Wrote:  Yes on Perry.  One to go.  But it’s early in the day

with that clue someone should win soon....

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2022 - skip75 - 02-05-2023

(02-05-2023, 02:08 PM)82lsju Wrote:  

(02-05-2023, 02:05 PM)BobK Wrote:  Yes on Perry.  One to go.  But it’s early in the day

with that clue someone should win soon....

Clever - and clear.  Early Wynn!!

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