huh that doesn't seem like a very unusual line
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 26 May 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
By beating the Mets, Stephen Strasburg became the first National League pitcher to start a season 12-0 since Rube Marquard did it back in 1912, aka the year the Titanic sank.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 July 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
The White Sox have become the first team since 1979 to turn three triple plays in a season.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 July 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Name the two remaining active players who appeared at Candlestick Park. (If you heard it on a broad/podcast this week, ineligible!)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link
expect beltre is one, dunno the other
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:51 (seven years ago) link
dickey? prob not
Beltre correct!
The other was a Giant.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
He's also a bit of a cheat, as he was in MLB this year but is presently only in a team's farm.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
yup I looked it up, would've never come up w him
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
btw, Joe Nathan
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 August 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
@BuccigrossCleveland is the first team in MLB history to have a game-tying HR and a walkoff inside the park HR in the same inning. #elias
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 August 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
three franchises' all-time home run leaders are active and still with the team. who are the hitters?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 September 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Papi, Stanton, Encarnacion?
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
maybe beltre instead of edwing
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
Don't think Edwin--gotta be Delgado...I doubt Ortiz, too; I'd say Williams. Which leaves...Stanton, probably; Longoria, surely; Votto or Braun?
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
I'll be happy if I even got one of them right. I'm terrible at sports trivia.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
I checked--be happy.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
clem pretty much otm: giancarlo, longoria and braun
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 September 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
who is the youngest active hitter with more career WAR than mike trout
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Cabrera?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
Just checked--tough question, easy guy to overlook.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
my guess would be longoria
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
ah! longoria would have been right a couple of months ago
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link
actually if you go by fan graphs i was right!
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:00 (seven years ago) link
I automatically checked Baseball Reference--different answer.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
My no-cheating guess was Tulo, but he's 4 WAR behind Trout. After that I looked it up -- it's a great question, and definitely not obvious.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
for the record, the answer is dustin pedroia, who is seven years and 355 days older than mike trout
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
@sabrA Golden Pitch is any pitch thrown when *both* teams could win or lose WS on one swing of the bat. 1912, '26, ’62, ’72, ’97, 2001, ’14, ’16.
mike montgomery became the eighth pitcher to throw one
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 November 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
@ajacksonevansBarry Bonds homered on every day between Apr 1st-Sep 29th in his career, except Aug 5thAug 5th is the date Bobby Bonds homered on the most
Aug 5th is the date Bobby Bonds homered on the most
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
i can't parse that, help?
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
oh its two different names
― mint challop (Will M.), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
there are eight hall of famers* whose on-base percentage was higher than their slugging percentage. how many can you name?
*inducted as batters, not pitchers/managers/etc
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
(only two of them played during any of our lifetimes, and one just barely)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
quite a few from Deadball i imagine, incl some notorious inductions from the 'Frisch' VC period of late '60s
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
dang, my first guess of rickey was .018 off
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link
Pure guess for one of the modern players: Nellie Fox?
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
Nope--slugging .015 higher.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link
One of them has to be Ozzie.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:02 (seven years ago) link
Yes: .337/.328.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link
Billy Hamilton 1888-1901 .344/.455/.432Roger Bresnahan 1897-1915 .279/.386/.377Johnny Evers 1902-1929 .270/.356/.334Ray Schalk 1912-1929 .253/.340/.316Rick Ferrell 1929-1947 .281/.378/.363Luke Appling 1930-1950 .310/.399/.398Richie Ashburn 1948-1962 .308/.396/.382Ozzie Smith 1978-1996 .262/.337/.328
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 January 2017 03:20 (seven years ago) link
hmmm only 2.5 deadballers really
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2017 03:42 (seven years ago) link
I remember during the first baseball strike as a hid, ESPN had on tv an old-timers game in DC and Luke Appling hit a home run and I think he was like 70 years old.
― earlnash, Thursday, 26 January 2017 09:46 (seven years ago) link
I knew Richie Ashburn hit a lot of singles, but I don't think I ever realized just how good he was--led the league in walks four times (high of 125), stole a fair number of bases in a station-to-station decade, a lot of triples, good defense. Must have been next among '50s CF after Mays, Mantle, and Aaron.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 January 2017 12:45 (seven years ago) link
Snider, I meant to say.
name the two hall-of-fame pitchers who won world series games in stadiums that also hosted a super bowl
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
one has to be the lefty from Brooklyn
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
or maybe the righty from Van Nuys
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
one is indeed the righty from van nuys, in the la coliseum in 1959
weird that you didn't tell me to not mention football, though -- are you okay
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 January 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link
i thought about it ;)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
i thought the other park was in Florida, but that does not seem to be the case
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 January 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link