11-03-2021, 09:10 AM
The Panda just won his 4th.
Outside Topic Sports trivia thread 2020-2021
(11-03-2021, 09:10 AM)BobK Wrote: The Panda just won his 4th.
There's a few ex-Giants on that Braves team, six of them by my count. The Panda had a rough year, at .178/.302/.342/.644. in 73 ABs with 25 strikeouts. Adam Duvall hit 16 HRs in 199 ABs for Atlanta, 38 overall and led the league in RBIs with 113. Ehire Adrianza went .247/.327/.401/.728. in 109 games. Steven Vogt got into 26 games (.167 avg). Drew Smyly went a career (and Atlanta staff) best .733 winning percentage with an 11-4 record. Will Smith had 37 saves in 71 games.
Interesting that the 107 win (Giants) and 106 win (Dodgers) didn't get into the World Series, but the 88-win Braves did. In the regular season, Braves went 3-3 against the Giants and 2-4 against the Dodgers...of course, they went 4-2 against the Dodgers in the NLCS.
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(11-03-2021, 09:10 AM)BobK Wrote: The Panda just won his 4th.
There's a few ex-Giants on that Braves team, six of them by my count. The Panda had a rough year, at .178/.302/.342/.644. in 73 ABs with 25 strikeouts. Adam Duvall hit 16 HRs in 199 ABs for Atlanta, 38 overall and led the league in RBIs with 113. Ehire Adrianza went .247/.327/.401/.728. in 109 games. Steven Vogt got into 26 games (.167 avg). Drew Smyly went a career (and Atlanta staff) best .733 winning percentage with an 11-4 record. Will Smith had 37 saves in 71 games.
Interesting that the 107 win (Giants) and 106 win (Dodgers) didn't get into the World Series, but the 88-win Braves did. In the regular season, Braves went 3-3 against the Giants and 2-4 against the Dodgers...of course, they went 4-2 against the Dodgers in the NLCS.
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11-03-2021, 06:40 PM
I have a Chronicle Sporting Green picture of me running with Landy. I was about ten or eleven.
When and where and by whom was the only world mile record broken in the Bay Area?
When and where and by whom was the only world mile record broken in the Bay Area?
11-03-2021, 06:41 PM
Bowden was the first 4 minute miler in the USA A cal guy.
Jim Ryan 1968?
Jim Ryan 1968?
11-03-2021, 07:46 PM
(11-03-2021, 08:44 AM)Mick Wrote: Bannister held the unbreakable sub-4 minute mile world record for 46 days before John Landy of Australia ran a 3:57.9 in Turku, Finland. He later lost to Bannister by 0.2 seconds at the 1954 Commonwealth Games.
Actually the margin at the Commonwealth Games was 0.8 seconds, still a great race where Bannister came back from a fifteen yard deficit.
There is a great book called "The Perfect Mile" which recounts the race between Bannister, Landy and Wes Santee to be the first man to run under four minutes, and their various battles. Highly recommended whether you are a track fan or not.
(11-03-2021, 08:44 AM)Mick Wrote: Bannister held the unbreakable sub-4 minute mile world record for 46 days before John Landy of Australia ran a 3:57.9 in Turku, Finland. He later lost to Bannister by 0.2 seconds at the 1954 Commonwealth Games.
Actually the margin at the Commonwealth Games was 0.8 seconds, still a great race where Bannister came back from a fifteen yard deficit.
There is a great book called "The Perfect Mile" which recounts the race between Bannister, Landy and Wes Santee to be the first man to run under four minutes, and their various battles. Highly recommended whether you are a track fan or not.
11-03-2021, 09:26 PM
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(11-03-2021, 08:25 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:58 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 06:30 AM)Phogge Wrote: Wake Forest, Rutgers, Oregon State
Two down, three to go.
Wake and Rutgers are two of the five.
And the other three are…
Cal
Purdue
Virginia
Wasn’t Cal in the final top-25 that year under Tedford when they went to the Holiday bowl? They finished second in the PAC-10 to USC, who went on to play in the national title, and the Bears were pissy that they didn’t fall into the Rose Bowl (Texas was picked), and then they proved the Rose Bowl right by laying an egg in the Holiday Bowl. They were in the top-5 heading into the bowl game; hard to believe they wouldn’t have finished in the top-25.
BC
Looked it up. The year was 2004 and Cal finished ranked #9 by the AP.
BC
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(11-03-2021, 08:25 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:58 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 06:30 AM)Phogge Wrote: Wake Forest, Rutgers, Oregon State
Two down, three to go.
Wake and Rutgers are two of the five.
And the other three are…
Cal
Purdue
Virginia
Wasn’t Cal in the final top-25 that year under Tedford when they went to the Holiday bowl? They finished second in the PAC-10 to USC, who went on to play in the national title, and the Bears were pissy that they didn’t fall into the Rose Bowl (Texas was picked), and then they proved the Rose Bowl right by laying an egg in the Holiday Bowl. They were in the top-5 heading into the bowl game; hard to believe they wouldn’t have finished in the top-25.
BC
Looked it up. The year was 2004 and Cal finished ranked #9 by the AP.
BC
11-03-2021, 10:03 PM
(11-03-2021, 09:26 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(11-03-2021, 08:25 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:58 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 06:30 AM)Phogge Wrote: Wake Forest, Rutgers, Oregon State
Two down, three to go.
Wake and Rutgers are two of the five.
And the other three are…
Cal
Purdue
Virginia
Wasn’t Cal in the final top-25 that year under Tedford when they went to the Holiday bowl? They finished second in the PAC-10 to USC, who went on to play in the national title, and the Bears were pissy that they didn’t fall into the Rose Bowl (Texas was picked), and then they proved the Rose Bowl right by laying an egg in the Holiday Bowl. They were in the top-5 heading into the bowl game; hard to believe they wouldn’t have finished in the top-25.
BC
Looked it up. The year was 2004 and Cal finished ranked #9 by the AP.
BC
Yep. The last time Cal was ranked in the final AP poll was 2006. They finished #14.
(11-03-2021, 09:26 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(11-03-2021, 08:25 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 07:58 AM)Giants Wrote:(11-02-2021, 06:30 AM)Phogge Wrote: Wake Forest, Rutgers, Oregon State
Two down, three to go.
Wake and Rutgers are two of the five.
And the other three are…
Cal
Purdue
Virginia
Wasn’t Cal in the final top-25 that year under Tedford when they went to the Holiday bowl? They finished second in the PAC-10 to USC, who went on to play in the national title, and the Bears were pissy that they didn’t fall into the Rose Bowl (Texas was picked), and then they proved the Rose Bowl right by laying an egg in the Holiday Bowl. They were in the top-5 heading into the bowl game; hard to believe they wouldn’t have finished in the top-25.
BC
Looked it up. The year was 2004 and Cal finished ranked #9 by the AP.
BC
Yep. The last time Cal was ranked in the final AP poll was 2006. They finished #14.
11-03-2021, 11:49 PM
(11-03-2021, 11:12 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(11-03-2021, 10:03 PM)Giants Wrote: Yep. The last time Cal was ranked in the final AP poll was 2006. They finished #14.
I’d have thought there were five teams who haven’t finished the season ranked for longer.
BC
I think it tells us there is a lot more going than bad football. It speaks to how dysfunctional the program is from top to bottom.
By the way, here are the next five on the drought list:
Kansas, Illinois, Boston College - last ranked in the final poll in 2007
Pitt and Texas Tech - last ranked in the final poll in 2009
(11-03-2021, 11:12 PM)BostonCard Wrote:(11-03-2021, 10:03 PM)Giants Wrote: Yep. The last time Cal was ranked in the final AP poll was 2006. They finished #14.
I’d have thought there were five teams who haven’t finished the season ranked for longer.
BC
I think it tells us there is a lot more going than bad football. It speaks to how dysfunctional the program is from top to bottom.
By the way, here are the next five on the drought list:
Kansas, Illinois, Boston College - last ranked in the final poll in 2007
Pitt and Texas Tech - last ranked in the final poll in 2009
11-04-2021, 10:38 PM
Since the Rookie of the Year Award was introduced in 1947, only two players have:
Been named Rookie of the Year
Been named League MVP
Won three WS rings
Buster is one. Who is the other guy?
Been named Rookie of the Year
Been named League MVP
Won three WS rings
Buster is one. Who is the other guy?
11-05-2021, 06:39 AM
Gil Mcdougald 2 of 3 awards
Frank Robinson
Johnny Bench
Pete Rose
All 4 rookies of the year, 3 MVPs
One of the last three names ?
Frank Robinson
Johnny Bench
Pete Rose
All 4 rookies of the year, 3 MVPs
One of the last three names ?
(11-05-2021, 06:39 AM)BobK Wrote: Gil Mcdougald 2 of 3 awards
Gil McDougald and Mickey Mantle both broke in with the Yankees in 1951; McDougald won rookie of the year.
McDougald hit 306/396/488, Mantle hit 267/349/443 in fewer games. Of course Mantle was only 19 years old.
(11-05-2021, 11:06 AM)Giants Wrote: You got it Bob - Pete Rose.
Dustin Pedroia had a chance to match Rose. He was rookie of the year, won an MVP, and was a starter on two World Series champions. In 2018 he was injured almost the entire year and wasn't on the World Series roster when the Red Sox won again.
(11-05-2021, 06:39 AM)BobK Wrote: Gil Mcdougald 2 of 3 awards
Gil McDougald and Mickey Mantle both broke in with the Yankees in 1951; McDougald won rookie of the year.
McDougald hit 306/396/488, Mantle hit 267/349/443 in fewer games. Of course Mantle was only 19 years old.
(11-05-2021, 11:06 AM)Giants Wrote: You got it Bob - Pete Rose.
Dustin Pedroia had a chance to match Rose. He was rookie of the year, won an MVP, and was a starter on two World Series champions. In 2018 he was injured almost the entire year and wasn't on the World Series roster when the Red Sox won again.
11-06-2021, 04:48 AM
Who was the first college basketball player to be drafted in to the NBA without ever having started a college basketball game?
Who was the first college basketball player to be drafted in to the NBA without ever having started a college basketball game?
11-06-2021, 08:52 AM
I thought it was Swen Nater, who never started but played behind Bill Walton at UCLA. Supposedly Nater was terrible at first, but playing against Walton every day he really improved. Never started at UCLA, was the 16th overall selection after having played against Walton in practice for four years. Walton, to his credit, said Nater was the toughest guy he played against in college.
Looked up the answer. Not Nater.
Looked up the answer. Not Nater.
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I thought it was Swen Nater, who never started but played behind Bill Walton at UCLA. Supposedly Nater was terrible at first, but playing against Walton every day he really improved. Never started at UCLA, was the 16th overall selection after having played against Walton in practice for four years. Walton, to his credit, said Nater was the toughest guy he played against in college.
Looked up the answer. Not Nater.
Looked up the answer. Not Nater.
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11-06-2021, 11:53 AM
(11-06-2021, 08:52 AM)Mick Wrote: I thought it was Swen Nater, who never started but played behind Bill Walton at UCLA. Supposedly Nater was terrible at first, but playing against Walton every day he really improved. Never started at UCLA, was the 16th overall selection after having played against Walton in practice for four years. Walton, to his credit, said Nater was the toughest guy he played against in college.
Looked up the answer. Not Nater.
I like this answer more than the actual answer. There have been plenty of high schoolers who went directly to the NBA but Swen Nater's career was remarkable:
1. Raised in an orphanage in the Netherlands, reunited with his mother as part of a television show at age nine.
2. Didn't play high school basketball; not being able to afford shoes may have been a factor in being cut during tryouts.
3. Averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds as a senior at UCLA.
4. Drafted by both the ABA and NBA, became ABA rookie of the year.
5. Played four years in the ABA and eight years in the NBA. Finished with cumulative averages of 12 ppg and 12 rpg, leading the ABA and NBA in rebounding one season each.
Unlikely to see another career like this one.
P.S. He only played two seasons at UCLA and he'd been a Community College All America before that so he probably wasn't terrible, but practicing against Walton every day surely served him very well even though his court time in games was limited.
(11-06-2021, 08:52 AM)Mick Wrote: I thought it was Swen Nater, who never started but played behind Bill Walton at UCLA. Supposedly Nater was terrible at first, but playing against Walton every day he really improved. Never started at UCLA, was the 16th overall selection after having played against Walton in practice for four years. Walton, to his credit, said Nater was the toughest guy he played against in college.
Looked up the answer. Not Nater.
I like this answer more than the actual answer. There have been plenty of high schoolers who went directly to the NBA but Swen Nater's career was remarkable:
1. Raised in an orphanage in the Netherlands, reunited with his mother as part of a television show at age nine.
2. Didn't play high school basketball; not being able to afford shoes may have been a factor in being cut during tryouts.
3. Averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds as a senior at UCLA.
4. Drafted by both the ABA and NBA, became ABA rookie of the year.
5. Played four years in the ABA and eight years in the NBA. Finished with cumulative averages of 12 ppg and 12 rpg, leading the ABA and NBA in rebounding one season each.
Unlikely to see another career like this one.
P.S. He only played two seasons at UCLA and he'd been a Community College All America before that so he probably wasn't terrible, but practicing against Walton every day surely served him very well even though his court time in games was limited.
11-07-2021, 12:06 PM
Here's a list of superb MLB catchers and the number of innings they threw per passed ball during their careers. Question is below:
BUCK EWING, 15
LANCE PARRISH, 79
ERNIE LOMBARDI, 83
TED SIMMONS, 83
JOE TORRE, 85
JORGE POSADA, 90
BENITO SANTIAGO, 101
JASON VARITEK, 115
THURMAN MUNSON, 119
GABBY HARTNETT, 119
ELSTON HOWARD, 127
JOSH GIBSON, 129
MIKE PIAZZA, 132
MICKEY COCHRANE, 136
CARLTON FISK, 143
IVAN RODRIGUEZ, 160
ROY CAMPANELLA, 179
BIZ MACKEY, 184
YADIER MOLINA, 185
YOGI BERRA, 188
BILL DICKEY, 189
JOE MAUER, 197
GARY CARTER, 206
Trivia question: How many innings per passed ball did Buster Posey have?
BUCK EWING, 15
LANCE PARRISH, 79
ERNIE LOMBARDI, 83
TED SIMMONS, 83
JOE TORRE, 85
JORGE POSADA, 90
BENITO SANTIAGO, 101
JASON VARITEK, 115
THURMAN MUNSON, 119
GABBY HARTNETT, 119
ELSTON HOWARD, 127
JOSH GIBSON, 129
MIKE PIAZZA, 132
MICKEY COCHRANE, 136
CARLTON FISK, 143
IVAN RODRIGUEZ, 160
ROY CAMPANELLA, 179
BIZ MACKEY, 184
YADIER MOLINA, 185
YOGI BERRA, 188
BILL DICKEY, 189
JOE MAUER, 197
GARY CARTER, 206
Trivia question: How many innings per passed ball did Buster Posey have?
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Here's a list of superb MLB catchers and the number of innings they threw per passed ball during their careers. Question is below:
BUCK EWING, 15
LANCE PARRISH, 79
ERNIE LOMBARDI, 83
TED SIMMONS, 83
JOE TORRE, 85
JORGE POSADA, 90
BENITO SANTIAGO, 101
JASON VARITEK, 115
THURMAN MUNSON, 119
GABBY HARTNETT, 119
ELSTON HOWARD, 127
JOSH GIBSON, 129
MIKE PIAZZA, 132
MICKEY COCHRANE, 136
CARLTON FISK, 143
IVAN RODRIGUEZ, 160
ROY CAMPANELLA, 179
BIZ MACKEY, 184
YADIER MOLINA, 185
YOGI BERRA, 188
BILL DICKEY, 189
JOE MAUER, 197
GARY CARTER, 206
Trivia question: How many innings per passed ball did Buster Posey have?
BUCK EWING, 15
LANCE PARRISH, 79
ERNIE LOMBARDI, 83
TED SIMMONS, 83
JOE TORRE, 85
JORGE POSADA, 90
BENITO SANTIAGO, 101
JASON VARITEK, 115
THURMAN MUNSON, 119
GABBY HARTNETT, 119
ELSTON HOWARD, 127
JOSH GIBSON, 129
MIKE PIAZZA, 132
MICKEY COCHRANE, 136
CARLTON FISK, 143
IVAN RODRIGUEZ, 160
ROY CAMPANELLA, 179
BIZ MACKEY, 184
YADIER MOLINA, 185
YOGI BERRA, 188
BILL DICKEY, 189
JOE MAUER, 197
GARY CARTER, 206
Trivia question: How many innings per passed ball did Buster Posey have?
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