[BobK]

No I played for the highest % of major league teams. Lol

Only 16 teams then
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How I and not Newson got there I don’t know. 

[BobK]

No I played for the highest % of major league teams. Lol

Only 16 teams then
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How I and not Newson got there I don’t know. 

[qwerty49]

No I played for the highest % of major league teams. Lol

Only 16 teams then

I thought Strat-o-matic didn’t count. 😄

[qwerty49]

No I played for the highest % of major league teams. Lol

Only 16 teams then

I thought Strat-o-matic didn’t count. 😄

[Phogge]

Foto Electric or All Star Baseball?

[Phogge]

Foto Electric or All Star Baseball?

[lex24]

Excellent!!  Major LOL.

#6.  They were both juiced.

[lex24]

Excellent!!  Major LOL.

#6.  They were both juiced.

[lex24]

Don’t ever say Bobby Richardson to a Giants fan!  But great stuff Mick.

[quote author=Mick link=topic=18541.msg222333#msg222333 date=1516886884]
1. Why are road uniforms gray?  Because in the old days, they didn’t wash uniforms on the road, so they got grimy and turned gray.
2. Who is the only player to play in three straight World Series for three separate teams?  Don Baylor, 1986 Red Sox, 1987 Twins, 1988 Oakland A’s
3. Who is the only World Series MVP from the losing team?  Bobby Richardson, 1960 New York Yankees. 
4. Which player made one error as a first baseman, two errors as a second baseman and three errors as a third baseman?  Name team and season.  Pete Castiglione, 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates.
5. What two pitchers struck out their age, in terms of number of batters in a single game?  Bob Feller, 17 and 17 in 1936 for the Indians, and Kerry Wood who did 20 and 20 for the Cubs in 1998.
6. In 1994, Jeff Bagwell won the NL MVP and Frank Thomas won the AL MVP.  What else did they have in common?  They were both born on May 27, 1968
7. Which player has played for more major league teams than any other and how many?  Octavio Dotel pitched for the Mets, Astros, A’s, Yankees, Royals, Braves, White Sox, Pirates, Dodgers, Rockies, Blue Jays, Cardinals and Tigers.
8. What did Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ken Ash do on July 27, 1930?  Became the only pitcher to win a game on one pitch.  He came in in the top of the ninth inning, with no outs and two on, the batter hit into a triple play.  Ash was pinch-hit for, and the Reds rallied to win.
9. Outfielder Jack McCarthy played for the Cubs in 1905.  He holds a unique single game record.  What is it?  McCarthy threw out all three runners at home plate in one inning, making him the only OF ever to do so.
10. What was strange about the 1957 minor league trade the Dodgers and Cubs made?  The Dodgers and Cubs traded their entire minor league teams for each other.  The Cubs farm team was the Los Angeles Angels and the Dodgers were planning to move there, so the Dodgers traded their Fort Worth affiliate to the Cubs.
11. Who is the only player to have a hit for two teams in two separate cities on the same day?  Joel Youngblood was a center fielder for the Mets; in 1982, they were playing the Cubs in Chicago, Youngblood struck out his first at-bat but knocked a single his next.  After the Cubbies had retired the Mets in the top of the inning, Youngblood was informed he was traded to the Expos (now defunct), he arrived in Philadelphia (where the Expos were playing the Phillies) mid-way through the game.
12. What is the only team to turn two triple plays in one game?  Bonus question, what was unique about those two teams on the next day?
The Twins had a triple play in the fourth and eighth innings in their game against the Red Sox on July 17, 1990.  The next day, the two teams combined for the most double plays ever in one game.  The Twins lost both games.

 
The rest of the answers are in red above.
[/quote]

[lex24]

Don’t ever say Bobby Richardson to a Giants fan!  But great stuff Mick.

[quote author=Mick link=topic=18541.msg222333#msg222333 date=1516886884]
1. Why are road uniforms gray?  Because in the old days, they didn’t wash uniforms on the road, so they got grimy and turned gray.
2. Who is the only player to play in three straight World Series for three separate teams?  Don Baylor, 1986 Red Sox, 1987 Twins, 1988 Oakland A’s
3. Who is the only World Series MVP from the losing team?  Bobby Richardson, 1960 New York Yankees. 
4. Which player made one error as a first baseman, two errors as a second baseman and three errors as a third baseman?  Name team and season.  Pete Castiglione, 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates.
5. What two pitchers struck out their age, in terms of number of batters in a single game?  Bob Feller, 17 and 17 in 1936 for the Indians, and Kerry Wood who did 20 and 20 for the Cubs in 1998.
6. In 1994, Jeff Bagwell won the NL MVP and Frank Thomas won the AL MVP.  What else did they have in common?  They were both born on May 27, 1968
7. Which player has played for more major league teams than any other and how many?  Octavio Dotel pitched for the Mets, Astros, A’s, Yankees, Royals, Braves, White Sox, Pirates, Dodgers, Rockies, Blue Jays, Cardinals and Tigers.
8. What did Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ken Ash do on July 27, 1930?  Became the only pitcher to win a game on one pitch.  He came in in the top of the ninth inning, with no outs and two on, the batter hit into a triple play.  Ash was pinch-hit for, and the Reds rallied to win.
9. Outfielder Jack McCarthy played for the Cubs in 1905.  He holds a unique single game record.  What is it?  McCarthy threw out all three runners at home plate in one inning, making him the only OF ever to do so.
10. What was strange about the 1957 minor league trade the Dodgers and Cubs made?  The Dodgers and Cubs traded their entire minor league teams for each other.  The Cubs farm team was the Los Angeles Angels and the Dodgers were planning to move there, so the Dodgers traded their Fort Worth affiliate to the Cubs.
11. Who is the only player to have a hit for two teams in two separate cities on the same day?  Joel Youngblood was a center fielder for the Mets; in 1982, they were playing the Cubs in Chicago, Youngblood struck out his first at-bat but knocked a single his next.  After the Cubbies had retired the Mets in the top of the inning, Youngblood was informed he was traded to the Expos (now defunct), he arrived in Philadelphia (where the Expos were playing the Phillies) mid-way through the game.
12. What is the only team to turn two triple plays in one game?  Bonus question, what was unique about those two teams on the next day?
The Twins had a triple play in the fourth and eighth innings in their game against the Red Sox on July 17, 1990.  The next day, the two teams combined for the most double plays ever in one game.  The Twins lost both games.

 
The rest of the answers are in red above.
[/quote]

[Mick]

No I played for the highest % of major league teams. Lol

Only 16 teams then
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How I and not Newson got there I don’t know.

Went back and checked.  Newsom played for nine of the 16 teams, but was traded multiple times among them.  He played for the Senators five times.  in fact, if you include minor leagues, he wore 29 different jerseys in 26 seasons.

[Mick]

No I played for the highest % of major league teams. Lol

Only 16 teams then
Edit
How I and not Newson got there I don’t know.

Went back and checked.  Newsom played for nine of the 16 teams, but was traded multiple times among them.  He played for the Senators five times.  in fact, if you include minor leagues, he wore 29 different jerseys in 26 seasons.

[Phogge]

Newsom's last card in the famous Topps set 1953. Looked like an old man.

[Phogge]

Newsom's last card in the famous Topps set 1953. Looked like an old man.

[Mick]

Newsom's last card in the famous Topps set 1953. Looked like an old man.

And here it is:

[Mick]

Newsom's last card in the famous Topps set 1953. Looked like an old man.

And here it is:

[BobK]

Well he was 45 at the time of the photo.    I thought he was a 4 decade player and looked and 1929-53. 

[BobK]

Well he was 45 at the time of the photo.    I thought he was a 4 decade player and looked and 1929-53. 

[Mick]

Gregor Blanco is coming back on a minor league contract. 

Last year, he batted .246/.337/.357 for Arizona.  He knows the CF, though he's lost a few steps at age 34.  His Range Factor has decreased in CF, league average was 2.32 chances per nine innings in CF, Blanco had 1.87, but the numbers were reversed in right field where he thrived last year.  Also, he made three errors in the outfield last year for a fielding average of .970.  League OF average is .985.

If his salary is one dollar more than league minimum, the Giants got jobbed.

[Mick]

Gregor Blanco is coming back on a minor league contract. 

Last year, he batted .246/.337/.357 for Arizona.  He knows the CF, though he's lost a few steps at age 34.  His Range Factor has decreased in CF, league average was 2.32 chances per nine innings in CF, Blanco had 1.87, but the numbers were reversed in right field where he thrived last year.  Also, he made three errors in the outfield last year for a fielding average of .970.  League OF average is .985.

If his salary is one dollar more than league minimum, the Giants got jobbed.

[DC 86]

[quote author=teejers1 link=topic=18541.msg222359#msg222359 date=1516900291]
#6.  They were both juiced.

Bagwell totally denied using PEDs in a 2010 interview with ESPN, and he wasn't linked in the Mitchell report.  he wasn't in the list of 104 names inadvertently released as having tested positive for PEDs.  His career numbers went down markedly after age 35.  He was pretty consistent from 1991 when he came in the league.  Frank Thomas was just a big dude, I think.  He came in at 6'5" 240 lbbs, and left with the same measurements.

[/quote]

Agree that it's an unfair assertion. Bagwell admitted to using Andro and other "supplements" that were legal at the time but vehemently denied using illegal PEDs. Thomas was a very big man even when he arrived as a tight end at Auburn, also a vehement and outspoken opponent of PEDs who was the only major league player who met with and co-operated with the group that issued the Mitchell report.

As an aside, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that there were over ten false positives associated with the infamous "inadvertently released" list of PED users.

[DC 86]

[quote author=teejers1 link=topic=18541.msg222359#msg222359 date=1516900291]
#6.  They were both juiced.

Bagwell totally denied using PEDs in a 2010 interview with ESPN, and he wasn't linked in the Mitchell report.  he wasn't in the list of 104 names inadvertently released as having tested positive for PEDs.  His career numbers went down markedly after age 35.  He was pretty consistent from 1991 when he came in the league.  Frank Thomas was just a big dude, I think.  He came in at 6'5" 240 lbbs, and left with the same measurements.

[/quote]

Agree that it's an unfair assertion. Bagwell admitted to using Andro and other "supplements" that were legal at the time but vehemently denied using illegal PEDs. Thomas was a very big man even when he arrived as a tight end at Auburn, also a vehement and outspoken opponent of PEDs who was the only major league player who met with and co-operated with the group that issued the Mitchell report.

As an aside, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that there were over ten false positives associated with the infamous "inadvertently released" list of PED users.

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=18541.msg222390#msg222390 date=1516907939]
[quote author=teejers1 link=topic=18541.msg222359#msg222359 date=1516900291]
#6.  They were both juiced.

Bagwell totally denied using PEDs in a 2010 interview with ESPN, and he wasn't linked in the Mitchell report.  he wasn't in the list of 104 names inadvertently released as having tested positive for PEDs.  His career numbers went down markedly after age 35.  He was pretty consistent from 1991 when he came in the league.  Frank Thomas was just a big dude, I think.  He came in at 6'5" 240 lbbs, and left with the same measurements.

[/quote]

Agree that it's an unfair assertion. Bagwell admitted to using Andro and other "supplements" that were legal at the time but vehemently denied using illegal PEDs. Thomas was a very big man even when he arrived as a tight end at Auburn, also a vehement and outspoken opponent of PEDs who was the only major league player who met with and co-operated with the group that issued the Mitchell report.

As an aside, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that there were over ten false positives associated with the infamous "inadvertently released" list of PED users.
[/quote]

If that's true, he should have released those names...

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=18541.msg222390#msg222390 date=1516907939]
[quote author=teejers1 link=topic=18541.msg222359#msg222359 date=1516900291]
#6.  They were both juiced.

Bagwell totally denied using PEDs in a 2010 interview with ESPN, and he wasn't linked in the Mitchell report.  he wasn't in the list of 104 names inadvertently released as having tested positive for PEDs.  His career numbers went down markedly after age 35.  He was pretty consistent from 1991 when he came in the league.  Frank Thomas was just a big dude, I think.  He came in at 6'5" 240 lbbs, and left with the same measurements.

[/quote]

Agree that it's an unfair assertion. Bagwell admitted to using Andro and other "supplements" that were legal at the time but vehemently denied using illegal PEDs. Thomas was a very big man even when he arrived as a tight end at Auburn, also a vehement and outspoken opponent of PEDs who was the only major league player who met with and co-operated with the group that issued the Mitchell report.

As an aside, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that there were over ten false positives associated with the infamous "inadvertently released" list of PED users.
[/quote]

If that's true, he should have released those names...

[DC 86]

[quote author=DC 86 link=topic=18541.msg222795#msg222795 date=1517437604]

As an aside, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that there were over ten false positives associated with the infamous "inadvertently released" list of PED users.

If that's true, he should have released those names...
[/quote]

The entire list of names was supposed to remain confidential, so if Manfred identifies the false positives he is confirming the remaining names as being guilty, which essentially violates the agreement between MLB and the player's association. By stating that there were a significant number of false positives he undermines the entire validity of the information which was leaked, which is probably what both MLB and the player's association prefer.

http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf...3_ped.html

[DC 86]

[quote author=DC 86 link=topic=18541.msg222795#msg222795 date=1517437604]

As an aside, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that there were over ten false positives associated with the infamous "inadvertently released" list of PED users.

If that's true, he should have released those names...
[/quote]

The entire list of names was supposed to remain confidential, so if Manfred identifies the false positives he is confirming the remaining names as being guilty, which essentially violates the agreement between MLB and the player's association. By stating that there were a significant number of false positives he undermines the entire validity of the information which was leaked, which is probably what both MLB and the player's association prefer.

http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf...3_ped.html

[BostonCard]

That being said, if you wanted to sew doubt into a list of names that wasn’t supposed to have been released, the best way of doing so would be to allege that ten names on that list were false positives, but,sorry, the false positives cannot be divulged, so there is now some element of doubt about all of those names.

Sorry, but the injustice done to the false positives, if there are indeed false positives, of leaving them hanging on the list is much worse than the injustice done by inadvertently outing the true positives despite an agreement not to.

BC

[BostonCard]

That being said, if you wanted to sew doubt into a list of names that wasn’t supposed to have been released, the best way of doing so would be to allege that ten names on that list were false positives, but,sorry, the false positives cannot be divulged, so there is now some element of doubt about all of those names.

Sorry, but the injustice done to the false positives, if there are indeed false positives, of leaving them hanging on the list is much worse than the injustice done by inadvertently outing the true positives despite an agreement not to.

BC

[OutsiderFan]

My favorite writer on all things Giants has a good take on the state of affairs:

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2018/1...luxury-tax

[OutsiderFan]

My favorite writer on all things Giants has a good take on the state of affairs:

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2018/1...luxury-tax

[Phogge]

Thanks OF, food for thought. The guy on that list I'd love to have is Blackmon. He'd solve the CF snafu in a heartbeat.

[Phogge]

Thanks OF, food for thought. The guy on that list I'd love to have is Blackmon. He'd solve the CF snafu in a heartbeat.

[BobK]

True Phogge but he’d be 32 in July and while I don’t think that as old some here do.

[BobK]

True Phogge but he’d be 32 in July and while I don’t think that as old some here do.

[Mick]

He had 14 starts and threw 106 1/3 innings his last year at Stanford, about twice as much as the next pitcher, and averaging 7 2/3 innings per start.  I wonder if that had anything to do with his persistent shoulder inflammation?

[Mick]

He had 14 starts and threw 106 1/3 innings his last year at Stanford, about twice as much as the next pitcher, and averaging 7 2/3 innings per start.  I wonder if that had anything to do with his persistent shoulder inflammation?

[BostonCard]

He had 14 starts and threw 106 1/3 innings his last year at Stanford, about twice as much as the next pitcher, and averaging 7 2/3 innings per start.  I wonder if that had anything to do with his persistent shoulder inflammation?

Compared to major league pitchers who frequently pitch 150 innings, an can often break 200 innings, I would think that 106 innings with a week between starts wouldn't be that much of a big deal.  But then again, there are age, strength, and maturity issues.

BC

[BostonCard]

He had 14 starts and threw 106 1/3 innings his last year at Stanford, about twice as much as the next pitcher, and averaging 7 2/3 innings per start.  I wonder if that had anything to do with his persistent shoulder inflammation?

Compared to major league pitchers who frequently pitch 150 innings, an can often break 200 innings, I would think that 106 innings with a week between starts wouldn't be that much of a big deal.  But then again, there are age, strength, and maturity issues.

BC

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=18541.msg222833#msg222833 date=1517507457]
He had 14 starts and threw 106 1/3 innings his last year at Stanford, about twice as much as the next pitcher, and averaging 7 2/3 innings per start.  I wonder if that had anything to do with his persistent shoulder inflammation?

Compared to major league pitchers who frequently pitch 150 innings, an can often break 200 innings, I would think that 106 innings with a week between starts wouldn't be that much of a big deal.  But then again, there are age, strength, and maturity issues.

BC
[/quote]

I think those last three are concerns, along with all the throwing that gets done on the side.  My roommate was a strong pitcher at SCU when I was there, piled up a good pre-season record (three outings, seven innings, nine strikeouts, five runners on base -- it  was my roommate).  Then he was told by a coach to play "dead arm" in between starts, in which he and another pitcher had to throw until one of them couldn't go on.  Presto, ended that pitcher's career.

The arms of young pitchers are particularly fragile.  Even workhorse Nolan Ryan pitched more than 152 innings just once in the first seven years of his professional career --  1966, in which he pitched 202 innings -- and promptly pitched just 11 innings the next year.  Even Lincecum, the so-called freak, had just four really good years and was basically washed up by age 28 when he led the league in losses.  He pitched pretty close to what Appel pitched in his three years at Washington.

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=18541.msg222833#msg222833 date=1517507457]
He had 14 starts and threw 106 1/3 innings his last year at Stanford, about twice as much as the next pitcher, and averaging 7 2/3 innings per start.  I wonder if that had anything to do with his persistent shoulder inflammation?

Compared to major league pitchers who frequently pitch 150 innings, an can often break 200 innings, I would think that 106 innings with a week between starts wouldn't be that much of a big deal.  But then again, there are age, strength, and maturity issues.

BC
[/quote]

I think those last three are concerns, along with all the throwing that gets done on the side.  My roommate was a strong pitcher at SCU when I was there, piled up a good pre-season record (three outings, seven innings, nine strikeouts, five runners on base -- it  was my roommate).  Then he was told by a coach to play "dead arm" in between starts, in which he and another pitcher had to throw until one of them couldn't go on.  Presto, ended that pitcher's career.

The arms of young pitchers are particularly fragile.  Even workhorse Nolan Ryan pitched more than 152 innings just once in the first seven years of his professional career --  1966, in which he pitched 202 innings -- and promptly pitched just 11 innings the next year.  Even Lincecum, the so-called freak, had just four really good years and was basically washed up by age 28 when he led the league in losses.  He pitched pretty close to what Appel pitched in his three years at Washington.