The Baseball Guru OMI: it's trivia time - part 2! by Herb Rogoff

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it's trivia time!part two

CHAN HO PARK:WAS SOUTH KOREA'S FIRST EVER MAJOR LEAGUER

THE FIRST COVERING USED ON BASEBALL'S: WAS COWHIDE.

BOSTON AND DETROIT: HAVE THE OLDET BASEBALL STADIUMS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

0ZZIE SMITH:HAS THE MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD FOR GAMES PLAYED, DPs AND ASSISTS.

BOB GIBSON: HAD THE LOWEST ERA (1.12) IN 1968 WHICH IS STILL THE LOWEST SINCE WW2.

DOCK ELLIS: PLAYED SEVERAL GAMES WITH CURLER'S IN HIS HAIR

CARL YASTRZEMSKI: WAS THE LAST AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN.

BILL TERRY: WAS THE LAST NATIONAL LEAGUER TO BAT OVER .400

LOU GEHRIG:PLAYED ONE SEASON WHERE HE PLAYED IN EVERY INNING OF EVERY GAME.

PETE ROSE:PLAYED IN RIVERFRONT BALLPARK WHEN HE BROKE TY COBB'S HITS RECORD.

IN 1996: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY GAINED CONTROL OF THE CALIFORNIA ANGELS.

HANK AARON: NEVER HIT 50 HOMERUNS IN HIS CAREER.

THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS: FANS ARE KNOWN AS CHEESEHEADS.

CY YOUNG: HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST INNINGS PITCHED IN A SEASON AT 384.2.

PETE ROSE: HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST GAMES PLAYED, CARL YASTRZEMSKI IS SECOND.

THE MOST ROAD GAMES: PLAYED IN A ROW IS HELD BY THE ATLANTA BRAVES (22) IN 1996.

THE FIRST AT BATS: FOR BABE RUTH, ROGERS HORNSBY, TED WILLIAMS, AND WILLIE MAYS RESULTED IN A STRIKEOUT.

WILLIE MAYS: IS THE GODFATHER OF BARRY BONDS.

WHEN BABE RUTH: SET A NEW RECORD FOR A SEASON AT 60 HRs HE BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 59 SET BY .........BABE RUTH

A STATUE OF BABE RUTH: IN BALTIMORE HAS HIM HOLDING A RIGHTHANDED FIELDERS GLOVE......HE WAS LEFTHANDED.

A BERRA QUOTE: WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD SEEN DR. ZHIVAGO, HIS ANSWER WAS, "NO I FEEL FINE."

SANDY KOUFAX: ONCE AUTOGRAPHED SEVERAL YARMULKES.......THEY SOLD FOR $75:00 EACH.

HALL OF FAMER PHIL NIEKRO: ONCE THREW 6 WILD PITCHES (FOUR IN ONE INNING) IN A SIGLE GAME.

DWIGHT GOODEN: THREW A NO HITTER THE NIGHT BEFORE HE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY

BROOKS ROBINSON: WAS THE FIRST BALTIMORE ORIOLE TO WIN THE AMERICAN LEAGUES MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD.

BABE RUTH: ALWAYS TOUCHED SECOND BASE WHEN HE CAME RUNNING INTO THE DUGOUT FROM THE OUTFIELD.

HERB ROGOFF: (THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE) ONCE CAUGHT 3 BALLS IN A BALL GAME AND OVER 8 FROM THE AGE OF 11 TO 15.

 

 

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