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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 07-23-2024

(07-23-2024, 12:27 PM)BobK Wrote:  Jeff Kent

Interesting. Kent was drafted as a shortstop, which is what he played at Cal. He played third and SS in low A's, moving to 2B the next year.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-23-2024

Craig Biggio

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 07-23-2024

Interesting...at the 2016 Brazil Olympics, for the first time, there was a team competing under the "Refugee" banner...a team of athletes without a country, as it were. At the 2016 Olympics, there were 56 refugee athletes from 13 countries. In Tokyo in 2020, there were 29 athletes competing in 12 sports.

Again, there will be a refugee team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, or the Équipe olympique des réfugiés.

Here's the trivia questions. How many countries will these athletes represent, and from which countries do they originate?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-24-2024

Russia is one

So the 2nd Baseman answer ?????

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Giants - 07-24-2024

(07-24-2024, 07:43 AM)BobK Wrote:  Russia is one

So the 2nd Baseman answer ?????

I didn’t have a clue re: the answer so I looked it up.  I would be quite surprised if anyone answers the question correctly.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BostonCard - 07-24-2024

No on Kent or Biggio.

Was drafted second in 2003 by the Brewers.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-24-2024

Paul monitor

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Wow. Other than 7 days in this I would never ever have guessed

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BostonCard - 07-24-2024

Molitor 50 years before and 27 rounds after this guy (drafted in the 28th round of the 74 draft), but at least you got the team right ;)

Despite being drafted second overall, he had a middling career, with a lifetime average of .246, 161 home runs, and 474 RBIs playing for 14 seasons, mostly with the Brewers.  He was the starting second baseman in the 2011 all-star game.

It’s a tough one.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 07-25-2024

(07-24-2024, 01:54 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Molitor 50 years before and 27 rounds after this guy (drafted in the 28th round of the 74 draft), but at least you got the team right ;)

Despite being drafted second overall, he had a middling career, with a lifetime average of .246, 161 home runs, and 474 RBIs playing for 14 seasons, mostly with the Brewers.  He was the starting second baseman in the 2011 all-star game.

It’s a tough one.

BC

I looked it up too. I never heard of the guy.

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(07-24-2024, 07:43 AM)BobK Wrote:  Russia is one

Not Russia or Ukraine. Think Middle East, Africa, Carribean. 36 athletes from 11 countries. Bonus if you can guess which country is responsible for the most refugees on this team, with 14 of the 36 from this country. Two other countries have five each. All other countries are one or two.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-25-2024

Ok there will be Russian athletes not representing Russia and they are neutral athletes.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 07-25-2024

Here's the breakout:

Iran, 14 athletes

Syria and Afghanistan, 5 athletes each

Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan; two athletes each

Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Venezuela; one athlete each

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-25-2024

The Giants Fitzgerald recently hit HRs in 5 straight games tying the team record
The MLB record is 8 by 3 players. Who are they. Yes I remember the first to hit in 8 straight games

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - terry - 07-25-2024

(07-25-2024, 09:32 AM)BobK Wrote:  The Giants Fitzgerald recently hit HRs in 5 straight games tying the team record
The MLB record is 8 by 3 players.  Who are they.  Yes I remember the first to hit in 8 straight games

I think I can remember two of them:

Dale Long
Don Mattingly

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-25-2024

Perfect Terry. One more
Long caught a couple of games which was noteworthy as he was left handed

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BostonCard - 07-26-2024

Mick dateline='[url=tel:1721920799' Wrote:  1721920799[/url]']

BostonCard dateline='[url=tel:1721854455' Wrote:  1721854455[/url]']
Molitor 50 years before and 27 rounds after this guy (drafted in the 28th round of the 74 draft), but at least you got the team right ;)

Despite being drafted second overall, he had a middling career, with a lifetime average of .246, 161 home runs, and 474 RBIs playing for 14 seasons, mostly with the Brewers.  He was the starting second baseman in the 2011 all-star game.

It’s a tough one.

BC

I looked it up too. I never heard of the guy.

Wow, can’t believe I stumped this group.  The highest drafted second baseman before this year was Rickie Weeks, drafted second overall by Milwaukee in 2003: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weeksri01.shtml

In honor of Dylan Cease’s no-hitter for the Padres yesterday, who is the only other Padre pitcher to have thrown a no-hitter?

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BobK - 07-26-2024

Jake Peavy no hitter

HR in 8 straight games Ken Griffey Jr

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BostonCard - 07-26-2024

(07-26-2024, 08:05 PM)BobK Wrote:  Jake Peavy no hitter

HR in 8 straight games Ken Griffey Jr

Not Peavy, much more recently; the pitcher is still on the Padres roster.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Sam Leopold - 07-26-2024

Joe Musgrove, native of San Diego.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - BostonCard - 07-26-2024

(07-26-2024, 08:55 PM)Sam Leopold Wrote:  Joe Musgrove, native of San Diego.

Well done.  April 9, 2021

https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-no-hitter-history

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2024 - Mick - 08-04-2024

What do these pitchers have in common (all except the last one):

Pedro Martinez
Don Drysdale
Steve Carlton
Greg Maddux 
Roger Clemens
CC Sabathia
John Smoltz
Barry Zito
Jake Peavy
Blake Snell

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