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Jaw Breaker
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Here's one that got me in the Tribune once when I was a kid:

Which starting pitcher own the most career home runs?


Babe Ruth

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Name the only major-league player to kill himself during a season



Willard Hershberger in 1940. He was the backup catcher for the eventual champion Reds. Slit his own throat in his hotel room during a Red doubleheader.

Boy....I've read a lot of baseball history, and that sounds vaguely familiar....vaguely. Man, that's awful.



I know a lot of baseball history but never heard of Willard until the Dead Ball podcast. Real tragic story that led up to his suicide.

It still is full of guys who have enormous problems, but before WWII....man....there was some misery in the league. Drunks, brawlers, suicidal men.....

Archie Bunker: "Of course, the biggest change of all was 1947. You know, with Jackie Robinson. It changed the whole complexion of the game--in more ways than one."
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Keyser Soze wrote:
tommy wrote:
Here's one that got me in the Tribune once when I was a kid:

Which starting pitcher own the most career home runs?

Drysdale

Drysdale is up there, I think, as is Bob Gibson. If Gibson played at a different time, he might be the king. But, as Frank Drebin says, Wes Farrell.
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Name the original name of the Cubs.
What was the original name of Wrigley Field and what professional team played there first?

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Only once has there been a triple crown winner in baseball and horse racing in the same year. Name the year and player/horse.

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Name the original name of the Cubs.
What was the original name of Wrigley Field and what professional team played there first?

Weegham Park--the Federal League Whales
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Name the original name of the Cubs.
What was the original name of Wrigley Field and what professional team played there first?

Orphans or Rainmakers? Maybe White Stockings.
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Only once has there been a triple crown winner in baseball and horse racing in the same year. Name the year and player/horse.


1937. Joe Medwick/War Admiral

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Only once has there been a triple crown winner in baseball and horse racing in the same year. Name the year and player/horse.


1937. Joe Medwick/War Admiral


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Six 1-1 MLB draft picks have won the World Series with the team that drafted them.
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tommy wrote:
FrankDrebin wrote:
Name the original name of the Cubs.
What was the original name of Wrigley Field and what professional team played there first?

Orphans or Rainmakers? Maybe White Stockings.


White Stockings is correct.
Weegham Park is correct.

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tommy wrote:
FrankDrebin wrote:
Name the original name of the Cubs.
What was the original name of Wrigley Field and what professional team played there first?

Orphans or Rainmakers? Maybe White Stockings.

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Six 1-1 MLB draft picks have won the World Series with the team that drafted them.



Strawberry.
Chipper

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Both are correct
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Six 1-1 MLB draft picks have won the World Series with the team that drafted them.

1-1? Not sure what it means. Still:

Chipper Jones. Someone from the Reds and Cardinals.
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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
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FrankDrebin wrote:
Name the original name of the Cubs.
What was the original name of Wrigley Field and what professional team played there first?

Orphans or Rainmakers? Maybe White Stockings.

Image



They were called the Orphans the season after Cap Anson left.

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tommy wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
Six 1-1 MLB draft picks have won the World Series with the team that drafted them.

1-1? Not sure what it means. Still:

Chipper Jones. Someone from the Reds and Cardinals.

1st overall pick in the draft
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Both are correct


Springer for HOU?

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Right team wrong player
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Keyser Soze wrote:
tommy wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
Six 1-1 MLB draft picks have won the World Series with the team that drafted them.

1-1? Not sure what it means. Still:

Chipper Jones. Someone from the Reds and Cardinals.

1st overall pick in the draft

Oh, shit, besides the two already mentioned, no idea. Baines was a few years short.
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Correa?

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Correa is correct
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It's obviously no one from Washington....I think they had a couple 1-1 players....
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This was fun. Too bad I gotta go.
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Had to be someone from the '69 Mets. Ryan or Seaver?

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Darryl Strawberry- Mets
Chipper Jones- Braves
Carlos Correa- Astros
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tommy wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
tommy wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
Six 1-1 MLB draft picks have won the World Series with the team that drafted them.

1-1? Not sure what it means. Still:

Chipper Jones. Someone from the Reds and Cardinals.

1st overall pick in the draft

Oh, shit, besides the two already mentioned, no idea. Baines was a few years short.



Technically, Baines was a coach on the '05 Sox.

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Had to be someone from the '69 Mets. Ryan or Seaver?

Nope and nope
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Pat Burrell for the Phillies
Luke Hockevar- Royals

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