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Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - FarmDad.01 - 03-20-2018
BobK -- As Ed McMahon used to bellow to Carnak the Magnificent: "Sir, you are correct!"
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - FarmDad.01 - 03-20-2018
Unsolicited Question 15: Who threw the first regular-season MLB pitch west of the Rockies?
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Phogge - 03-20-2018
Reuben Gomez.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - FarmDad.01 - 03-20-2018
Phogge -- As Ed McMahon used to bellow to Carnak the Magnificent: "Sir, you are correct!"
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - BobK - 03-20-2018
Hey I knew that also.
Who throw the first pitch for the Marlin organization?
Who was the first batter on the West Coast regular season ?  What HS ? What City is the HS ?
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - DC 86 - 03-20-2018
(03-20-2018, 06:23 PM)BobK link Wrote: Hey I knew that also.
Who throw the first pitch for the Marlin organization?
I believe the ball is in the baseball Hall of Fame, thrown by the great John Lynch.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - BobK - 03-20-2018
Yes sir you are correct with Lynch
San Franciscos own Gino Cimoli led off for the Dodgers. As many times as Phogge has told me what HS I cant recall ð³
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - FarmDad.01 - 03-20-2018
Holy Cimoli!
 As a pre-teen Pittsburgh Pirates fan from NY since 1956 -- a thankless task at first, but they were a young team building -- I remember Gino as the fourth OF (behind, R to L, Clemente, Virdon, Skinner) who in 1960 won a World Series ring just two seasons after he led off MLB's first West Coast game-for-real against SF's Reuben Gomez. Gino's bat proved an integral piece of the Bucs's epic seven-game win.
 Next year, he was traded to Milwaukee, while Dick "Dr. Strangeglove" Stuart remained to play 1B. What was Gino's weakness/offense?
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Phogge - 03-21-2018
Cimoli went to Galileo. So did Tony Lazzeri, Dom DiMaggio, No Neck Williams, OJ Simpson and my mom who used to watch Joe D play on the concrete field at North Beach Playground. And yes, they slid on the concrete. She said he was in a class with her but left after a few weeks to join his dad on a fishing boat.
San Francisco used to be a signing hot bed. Things began changing in the late 60s and City baseball is on life support these days.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Stymie - 03-21-2018
(03-21-2018, 07:06 AM)Phogge link Wrote: Cimoli went to Galileo. So did Tony Lazzeri, Dom DiMaggio, No Neck Williams, OJ Simpson and my mom who used to watch Joe D play on the concrete field at North Beach Playground. And yes, they slid on the concrete. She said he was in a class with her but left after a few weeks to join his dad on a fishing boat.
San Francisco used to be a signing hot bed. Things began changing in the late 60s and City baseball is on life support these days.
What is replacing BB in the City? Football? Basketball? Soccer? Computer Games? Growing up on the East Coast in the 50's, the hierarchy was Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, Swimming, Chess et. al.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Phogge - 03-21-2018
Traveling select teams, helicopter parents, arranged play dates, academics.
Sunset District hierarchy: street football, stair baseball, kick the can, playing war in the sand dunes,
Park Rec baseball and hoops, the Seals, the Niners, TV.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - qwerty49 - 03-21-2018
When I moved back to the City in the 70s they were still sliding on the concrete at North Beach Playground. It was a flat footed slide almost like a skateboard stance on both feet. Amazing watching them go from a full run to skid into 3rd like that.
(03-21-2018, 07:06 AM)Phogge link Wrote: Cimoli went to Galileo. So did Tony Lazzeri, Dom DiMaggio, No Neck Williams, OJ Simpson and my mom who used to watch Joe D play on the concrete field at North Beach Playground. And yes, they slid on the concrete. She said he was in a class with her but left after a few weeks to join his dad on a fishing boat.
San Francisco used to be a signing hot bed. Things began changing in the late 60s and City baseball is on life support these days.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Spiny_Norman - 03-21-2018
My favorite baseball trivia question.
Before Barry Bonds won back-to-back MVPs in 1992-3, there had been 9 back-to-back MVP winners and they filled the 9 positions on the field - P, C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, and 3 outfielders. Who are they? Hint - start when the modern MVP award (as voted by the BBWAA) began in 1931.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Mick - 03-21-2018
(03-21-2018, 11:55 AM)Spiny_Norman link Wrote: My favorite baseball trivia question.
Before Barry Bonds won back-to-back MVPs in 1992-3, there had been 9 back-to-back MVP winners and they filled the 9 positions on the field - P, C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, and 3 outfielders. Who are they? Hint - start when the modern MVP award (as voted by the BBWAA) began in 1931.
From memory:
P - Hal Newhauser, Det
C - Berra, Yanks
1B - Frank Thomas, Chisox
2B - Pete Rose, Cincy
SS - Ozzie Smith, St. L
3B - Mike Schmidt, Phil
LF -
CF - Mickey Mantle, NYY
RF - Stan Musial? St. L
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - DC 86 - 03-21-2018
(03-21-2018, 01:12 PM)Mick link Wrote: [quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=18886.msg226462#msg226462 date=1521658538]
My favorite baseball trivia question.
Before Barry Bonds won back-to-back MVPs in 1992-3, there had been 9 back-to-back MVP winners and they filled the 9 positions on the field - P, C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, and 3 outfielders. Who are they? Hint - start when the modern MVP award (as voted by the BBWAA) began in 1931.
From memory:
P - Hal Newhauser, Det
C - Berra, Yanks
1B - Frank Thomas, Chisox
2B - Pete Rose, Cincy
SS - Ozzie Smith, St. L
3B - Mike Schmidt, Phil
LF -
CF - Mickey Mantle, NYY
RF - Stan Musial? St. L
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Ozzie Smith was never an MVP, shortstop is Ernie Banks. Pete Rose was an MVP at third base but his teammate Joe Morgan was the back-to-back 2B MVP. Roger Maris was the RF back-to-back MVP. Not sure about LF, maybe that was Musial?
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Spiny_Norman - 03-21-2018
(03-21-2018, 01:17 PM)DC 86 link Wrote: [quote author=Mick link=topic=18886.msg226464#msg226464 date=1521663121]
[quote author=Spiny_Norman link=topic=18886.msg226462#msg226462 date=1521658538]
My favorite baseball trivia question.
Before Barry Bonds won back-to-back MVPs in 1992-3, there had been 9 back-to-back MVP winners and they filled the 9 positions on the field - P, C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, and 3 outfielders. Who are they? Hint - start when the modern MVP award (as voted by the BBWAA) began in 1931.
From memory:
P - Hal Newhauser, Det
C - Berra, Yanks
1B - Frank Thomas, Chisox
2B - Pete Rose, Cincy
SS - Ozzie Smith, St. L
3B - Mike Schmidt, Phil
LF -
CF - Mickey Mantle, NYY
RF - Stan Musial? St. L
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Ozzie Smith was never an MVP, shortstop is Ernie Banks. Pete Rose was an MVP at third base but his teammate Joe Morgan was the back-to-back 2B MVP. Roger Maris was the RF back-to-back MVP. Not sure about LF, maybe that was Musial?
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P - Hal Newhauser, Det - correct
C - Berra, Yanks - correct
1B - Frank Thomas, Chisox - nope, this came after Bonds (93-94). Another 1B did it earlier.
2B - Joe Morgan, Cincy - correct
SS - Ernie Banks, Cubs - correct
3B - Mike Schmidt, Phil - correct
OF - ??
OF - Mickey Mantle, NYY - correct
OF - Roger Maris, NYY - correct
You are just missing 1B and the other outfielder. Not necessarily a left fielder.
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - BobK - 03-21-2018
SF had three teams in the state basketball tournament
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Phogge - 03-21-2018
Dont know if he played left but Dale Murphy?
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - BobK - 03-21-2018
Murphy catcher to CF. Most unusual switch. Why did he make it ?
I also think Murphy won two in a row
Re: Bracket-bustin' MLB Baseball Trivia - Spiny_Norman - 03-22-2018
(03-21-2018, 07:25 PM)Phogge link Wrote: Dont know if he played left but Dale Murphy?
Just needed to be an outfielder. Dale Murphy (we called him the Stormin' Mormon) won back to back in 1983 and 1984. So the outfielders are Mantle, Maris and Murphy. All Ms but not Mays.