[BobK]

Moises Alou. Damn you Bartman

Never would have got this without the hint

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Alou didn’t wear batting gloves. He used this instead What?

[BobK]

Moises Alou. Damn you Bartman

Never would have got this without the hint

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Alou didn’t wear batting gloves. He used this instead What?

[DC 86]

Moises Alou.    Damn you Bartman

Never would have got this without the hint

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Alou didn’t wear batting gloves.  He used this instead  What?

Bob got it.

His urine?

[DC 86]

Moises Alou.    Damn you Bartman

Never would have got this without the hint

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Alou didn’t wear batting gloves.  He used this instead  What?

Bob got it.

His urine?

[BobK]

Yes His urine. I just read his bio to confirm that. Also mentioned he liked to play jokes on teammates. Bet they loved that. Not

[BobK]

Yes His urine. I just read his bio to confirm that. Also mentioned he liked to play jokes on teammates. Bet they loved that. Not

[DC 86]

Yes His urine.    I just read his bio to confirm that.    Also mentioned he liked to play jokes on teammates.    Bet they loved that.  Not

Well, Greg Maddux liked to urinate on people in the shower, that probably wouldn't have gone over too well if he wasn't winning 355 games.

Player #1 was a genuine star (six times in the top-10 in MVP voting, three times in the top-3) but he never made it to five complete seasons with any of the many teams he played for, strange career.

[DC 86]

Yes His urine.    I just read his bio to confirm that.    Also mentioned he liked to play jokes on teammates.    Bet they loved that.  Not

Well, Greg Maddux liked to urinate on people in the shower, that probably wouldn't have gone over too well if he wasn't winning 355 games.

Player #1 was a genuine star (six times in the top-10 in MVP voting, three times in the top-3) but he never made it to five complete seasons with any of the many teams he played for, strange career.

[Phogge]

Surprised that Mick and DC didn't get the Little League question... Joey Jay.

[Phogge]

Surprised that Mick and DC didn't get the Little League question... Joey Jay.

[BobK]

Interesting about Jay. His first Major League start was at age 17

[BobK]

Interesting about Jay. His first Major League start was at age 17

[Phogge]

Five club All Star... Lee Smith or Gary Sheffield.

[Phogge]

Five club All Star... Lee Smith or Gary Sheffield.

[DC 86]

Interesting about Jay. His first Major League start was at age 17

As you guys already know, because of the bonus baby rules you had a number of cases like that, Joe Nuxhall being the most extreme example (15 years old) and Sandy Koufax ultimately the most successful.

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Five club All Star... Lee Smith or Gary Sheffield.

Yes Gary Sheffield.

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I'll throw out an easy one since Bob and Phogge probably were in attendance (lol) ...

Who was the only one of the 18 starters at the first major league all star game who wasn't eventually inducted into the Hall of Fame?

[DC 86]

Interesting about Jay. His first Major League start was at age 17

As you guys already know, because of the bonus baby rules you had a number of cases like that, Joe Nuxhall being the most extreme example (15 years old) and Sandy Koufax ultimately the most successful.

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Five club All Star... Lee Smith or Gary Sheffield.

Yes Gary Sheffield.

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I'll throw out an easy one since Bob and Phogge probably were in attendance (lol) ...

Who was the only one of the 18 starters at the first major league all star game who wasn't eventually inducted into the Hall of Fame?

[BobK]

Ok I looked at a list. But still guessing Ben Chapman

[BobK]

Ok I looked at a list. But still guessing Ben Chapman

[DC 86]

Ok I looked at a list.  But still guessing Ben Chapman

I screwed up this question, so I am going to retract it. After you answered I looked it up and realized that there were several non-hall of famers in that first all star game (1932). I had always heard the question being related to Wally Berger and it appears it was the 1934 game which featured 17 future hall of famers in the starting lineup as well as Berger. My bad.

[DC 86]

Ok I looked at a list.  But still guessing Ben Chapman

I screwed up this question, so I am going to retract it. After you answered I looked it up and realized that there were several non-hall of famers in that first all star game (1932). I had always heard the question being related to Wally Berger and it appears it was the 1934 game which featured 17 future hall of famers in the starting lineup as well as Berger. My bad.

[Phogge]

Berger... .300 lifetime, 242 homers

Tony Perez... .279, 379

Orlando Cepeda... .297, 379

Perez played 23 years, Cepeda 17 to compile the HR numbers. I loved Cepeda when the Giants moved in '58 but I think he and Perez belong in the Hall of Very Good, not the BHOF. If they are in Berger should be in.

[Phogge]

Berger... .300 lifetime, 242 homers

Tony Perez... .279, 379

Orlando Cepeda... .297, 379

Perez played 23 years, Cepeda 17 to compile the HR numbers. I loved Cepeda when the Giants moved in '58 but I think he and Perez belong in the Hall of Very Good, not the BHOF. If they are in Berger should be in.

[DC 86]

Berger... .300 lifetime, 242 homers

Tony Perez... .279, 379

Orlando Cepeda... .297, 379

Perez played 23 years, Cepeda 17 to compile the HR numbers. I loved Cepeda when the Giants moved in '58 but I think he and Perez belong in the Hall of Very Good, not the BHOF. If they are in Berger should be in.

I would not have voted for either Perez or Cepeda. Berger was clearly a superior player but he only played 1,350 career games (only eight seasons with over 100 games played, including a 115 game season). He was a no-doubt hall of famer through his first seven seasons but suffered a shoulder injury at age 30 that effectively ended his career.

Even though I got the year wrong I like the trivia question because Berger is one of those players who were genuinely great but due to an unfortunate injury ended up mostly forgotten. Cecil Travis is another one, whose circumstances were much more unfortunate.

[DC 86]

Berger... .300 lifetime, 242 homers

Tony Perez... .279, 379

Orlando Cepeda... .297, 379

Perez played 23 years, Cepeda 17 to compile the HR numbers. I loved Cepeda when the Giants moved in '58 but I think he and Perez belong in the Hall of Very Good, not the BHOF. If they are in Berger should be in.

I would not have voted for either Perez or Cepeda. Berger was clearly a superior player but he only played 1,350 career games (only eight seasons with over 100 games played, including a 115 game season). He was a no-doubt hall of famer through his first seven seasons but suffered a shoulder injury at age 30 that effectively ended his career.

Even though I got the year wrong I like the trivia question because Berger is one of those players who were genuinely great but due to an unfortunate injury ended up mostly forgotten. Cecil Travis is another one, whose circumstances were much more unfortunate.

[Mick]

Surprised that Mick and DC didn't get the Little League question... Joey Jay.

Man, I had no idea.  Carney Lansford popped into my head, but i don't know the Little League trivia.

[Mick]

Surprised that Mick and DC didn't get the Little League question... Joey Jay.

Man, I had no idea.  Carney Lansford popped into my head, but i don't know the Little League trivia.

[BobK]

Carney in the Little league World Series ? Right?

[BobK]

Carney in the Little league World Series ? Right?

[DC 86]

The only little league superstar I knew about was Lloyd McClendon, but I figured he was too late to have been the first major leaguer. But he was a little league legend.

[DC 86]

The only little league superstar I knew about was Lloyd McClendon, but I figured he was too late to have been the first major leaguer. But he was a little league legend.

[Mick]

Carney in the Little league World Series ? Right?

Right.  The Briarwood Little League in Santa Clara.  Lost to Taiwan in the the LLCS game.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/19/c...eague-run/

[Mick]

Carney in the Little league World Series ? Right?

Right.  The Briarwood Little League in Santa Clara.  Lost to Taiwan in the the LLCS game.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/19/c...eague-run/

[BobK]

Thanks. I was on the district board but much later than Carney

[BobK]

Thanks. I was on the district board but much later than Carney

[Phogge]

Who was the first player to say, "It's great to be young and a Giant."

[Phogge]

Who was the first player to say, "It's great to be young and a Giant."

[BobK]

Mel Ott. Well he was young

[BobK]

Mel Ott. Well he was young

[Phogge]

Not even close.

[Phogge]

Not even close.