baseball Trivia Quiz # 5
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Baseball for Dummies No. 6 - Which of the following teams lost 3 World Series in a row in the 20th Century?
The correct answer is 'Detroit Tigers'
The Tigers lost 3 straight 1907-08-09. They were the only team in the 20th Century to lose three in a row. They were led by manager Hughie Jennings all 3 seasons.
Baseball Question 2
My name is JD - I could swing, boy, I could swing, I was not a dancer, but a baseball-player in New York. I had more claims to fame though, like my short-lived marriage to a blonde bombshell of an actress. Also my name popped up in a Simon & Garfunkel record about one Mrs. Robinson. Nicknamed "The Yankee Clipper", can you tell who this J.D. was?
The correct answer is 'Joe DiMaggio'
Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio was born November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California, and died March 8, 1999. During his whole MLB career (from 1936-1951) he only played for the New York Yankees. He was married with Marilyn Monroe, but only for just 274 days. After their divorce he never married again.
Baseball Question 3
Pick The Year - In the final game of this series, Kirk Gibson hits a homerun off one of baseball's best-ever relievers clinching victory for his team.
The correct answer is '1984'
Sorry if you guessed 1988. Gibson's famous homerun off Dennis Eckersley in 1988 did help his Dodger team win game one (and eventually the series) against Oakland. But it was 1984, when as a Detroit Tiger, he blasted two dingers in the series finale against San Diego. His second homer that game was a three-run blast off Goose Gossage in the bottom of the eighth inning. Those three runs upped the Tigers' lead to 8-4 and squashed any comeback hopes of the Padres. The Tigers win the series four games to one.
Baseball Question 4
Yankee Acquisitions 1990-2004 - Don Mattingly, nicknamed "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hitman," played his final season in what year?
The correct answer is '1995'
The Yankee Captain sat out the 1996 season, but didn't officially retire until after the '96 season was complete. Donnie baseball had been hired as the Yankees' hitting coach.
Baseball Question 5
Baseball Quotes - What Hall of Fame and 300-win pitcher (Mets, Reds and White Sox), said the following: "There are only two places in this league. First place and last place"?
The correct answer is 'Tom Seaver'
Tom Terrific was the most dominating pitcher of the seventies in the National League. In his 20 year career, Seaver's record was 311-205. His final 5 career wins, came in a White Sox uniform in 1986. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992.
Baseball Question 6
Baseball Potpourri - Who won the first ever World Series in 1903?
The correct answer is 'Boston Pilgrims'
The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three. Boston's Bill Dineen won three games, and Cy Young won the other two.
Baseball Question 7
"Dodgeball" The Funniest Movie in the World - Kate played eight years of baseball.
The correct answer is 'False'
She played eight years of softball, not baseball. She says this after she hits White Goodman's head off with the Dodgeball when the guys are practicing. She hits a cardboard cut-out of White, not actually White Goodman himself.
Baseball Question 8
Colorado Rockies Baseball - As at the end of the 2000 season, what player holds the Rockies' single season saves record?
The correct answer is 'Dave Veres'
Dave Veres recorded 31 saves in 1999.
Baseball Question 9
Baseball Records - Stealing home once is quite an achievement, and stealing home a record 54 times is truly remarkable. What 20th century great accomplished this feat?
The correct answer is 'Ty Cobb'
Cobb stole home 8 times in 1912.
Baseball Question 10
Best Baseball Moments - Carlton Fisk's dramatic late inning home run gave the Red Sox a needed world series victory. Who was the other team in the game?
The correct answer is 'Reds'
The Reds ("The Big Red Machine") won the series.