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What nickname was given to the New York Yankees baseball team of the late 1920s, in particular to the first six hitters in the 1927 team lineup?

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Murderer’s Row The 1927 Yankees are recognized as one of the best teams in baseball history, alongside the 1939 Yankees, the 1961 Yankees and the 1998 Yankees.

What was the greatest number of home runs hit in a single season by baseball’s “Georgia Peach,” Ty Cobb?

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12

What National League baseball team’s cap did Billy Crystal wear in City Slickers?

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The New York Mets’.

Outfielder Pete Gray played with the St. Louis Browns in 1945 despite a serious handicap. What was it?

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He had only one arm.

What was the World Series batting average of Shoeless Joe Jackson, one of the eight Chicago White Sox players convicted of accepting bribes to throw the 1919 world championship to the Cincinnati Reds?

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He had the highest average in the series, .375, as well as a perfect fielding record.

What Yankee pitcher threw his first no-hitter the night before hid dad had open-heart surgery, in 1996?

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Dwight Gooden.

What country’s first U.S. major league baseball player was Chan-Ho Park?

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South Korea’s

In the US, the World Series of Major League Baseball is confined to the champions of two baseball leagues that currently operate only in the United States and Canada. So how did the name ‘World Series’ come about?

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The obvious reason. When the term was first used in the 1880s, baseball was almost exclusively confined to North America; thus it was understood that the winner of the championship was the best baseball team in the world A recent myth has arisen that the ‘World’ in ‘World Series’ came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it. There is no evidence at all supporting that hypothesis.

Four players on the first New York Mets team became major-league managers. Name them.

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Gil Hodges, Don Zimmer, Roger Craig and Jim Marshall were the four future manages on Casey Stengel’s 1962 Mets.

When the New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball club to adopt an official uniform in 1849, what did team members wear on their heads?

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Straw hats. The rest of the uniform consisted of blue woolen pantaloons and white flannel shirts.

What Mariner’s 15 homers in May of 1994 were more than the entire Montreal Expos team managed?

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Ken Griffey Jr.’s.

What did Chris Sabo shower the field with when his bat broke in a July 31,1996 game?

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Cork.

What major league baseball player retired in 1980 after playing in five different decades?

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Outfielder Minnie Minoso, who started out with the Cleveland Indians in 1949, and ended his career as a pinch hitter for the Chicago White Sox.

What major league baseball team had an Internet home page in English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin in 1996?

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The Los Angeles Dodgers.

In how many world Series did Babe Ruth play during his 22 year career?

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Ten, with his team winning seven of them.

Who was the last graduate of the Negro Leagues to retire from major league baseball?

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Hank Aaron.

How many home run titles did Roger Maris win?

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One

What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?

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The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.

How many baseball gloves can be made from one cow?

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Five.

What was Babe Ruth’s won-lost record as a big-league pitcher?

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94-46.

What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?

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The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.

Who threw baseball’s last legal spitball?

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Hall of Fame’s Burleigh Grimes, for the New York Yankees in 1934. Although the pitch had been outlawed 14 years earlier, those already throwing it were permitted to continue.

What two Players led the National League in stolen bases every year from 1981 to 1990?

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Vince Coleman and Tim Raines.

Who signed with the Yankees in 1980 for over twice the amount George Steinbrenner paid for the franchise?

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Dave Winfield.

Joe DiMaggio was known as what kind of Joe?

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Joltin’.

Who was baseball’s acting commissioner during the infamous 1994-95 strike?

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Bud Selig.

What clan consisting of Ray, Bob and Bret became the first three-generation family to play major league baseball?

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The Boone Family.

How many players are there on a Baseball Team?

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9

What baseball player said of Biloxi Blues: “It reminded me of being in the Army, even though I was in the Navy:?

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Yogi Berra

What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nick name for what he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?

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Pee Wee Reese

Rugby’s man mountain Jonah Lomu plays for which country?

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New Zealand.

Of what Colorado mining town was heavy weight boxing champion jack Dempsey a native?

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Manassa – thus his nickname, the Manassa Mauler, coined by Damon Runyon.

What baseball slugger did Felipe Alou dub “El Gran Gato,” the Big Cat”?

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Andres Galarraga.

In which country is the world’s largest McDonalds Restaurant?

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China (The McDonalds in Beijing is 28,000 square feet, 2 stories high, and seats 700 people). They are building one in London, England, for the 2012 Olympics which is assumed to be even larger.

WHICH BASEBALL TEAM WON A RECORD 37 WORLD SERIES IN THE 20TH CENTURY?

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NEW YORK YANKEES

WHAT BASEBALL ERA ENDED IN 1894 WITH THE RETIREMENT OF INFIELDER JEREMIAH DENNY, WHO HAD PLAYED WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS HOOSIERS AND LOUISVILLE COLONELS?

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THE ERA OF BARE-HANDED FIELDING

WHAT WERE THE FIRST AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS TO DRAW OVER ONE MILLION FANS IN A SEASON?

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FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, THE NEW YORK YANKEES – 1,289,422 IN 1920; FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, THE CHICAGO CUBS – 1,159,168 IN 1927

How did baseball superstar Leroy “satchel” Paige get his nickname?

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From his size-14 shoes, which were “as big as satchels.”

What annual sports event was introduced in 1933 as an adjunct to the Chicago World’s Fair?

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Baseball’s All-Star Game. The first All-Star Game was played at Comiskey Park. The America League, managed by Connie Mack, defeated the National League, managed by John McGraw; 4-2

Who was the first man referred to as the “Acting Commissioner” of baseball?

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Bud Selig

In the US, baseball parks are often designed so that the batter is facing east, in order that the afternoon sun does not shine in his eyes. This means that left-handed pitchers are always throwing from a particular direction. What term for a left-hander originated from this practice?

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A southpaw The first use of the term is credited to Finley Peter Dunne. However, the Oxford English Dictionary lists a non-baseball citation for “south paw”, meaning a punch with the left hand, as early as 1848, just three years after the first organized baseball game. In boxing, someone who boxes left-handed is frequently referred to as southpaw

What former L.

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Dodgers southpaw autographed yarmulkes that fetched $75 each in 1995?

What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major league player to wear in his on the field? A: Curlers.

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WHAT ‘B’ IS PLAYED BY THE NEW YORK YANKEES?

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BASEBALL

WHAT FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER, WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS JEWEL-STUDDED HICKOK BELT AS 1962’S PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, LOST A COURT BATTLE WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AFTER CLAIMING THE BELT AS NON-TAXABLE INCOME?

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LOS ANGELES DODGER SHORTSTOP MAURY WILLS, WHO WAS HONORED FOR STEALING 104 BASES

WHAT BASEBALL GREAT HAD HIS UNIFORM NUMBER RETIRED BY THREE TEAMS?

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NOLAN RYAN, WHO PITCHED A RECORD SEVEN NO-HITTERS DURING HIS CAREER. HIS NUMBER, 34, HAS BEEN RETIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA (ANAHEIM) ANGELS, THE TEXAS RANGERS AND THE HOUSTON ASTROS

Who became the first pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards?

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Greg Maddux

What catcher replaced Mel Allen as TV announcer for the Yankees in 1964?

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Joe Garagiola

What’s the LCS to a baseball pennant winner?

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League Championship Series

Who was the American League base-stealing champ for nine years in the 1980s?

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Rickey Henderson
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