# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/101 "2020-01-28T20:50:52Z")
Great moments from a World Series game (any year) 1. Game 7, 2019: Howie Kendrick’s go-ahead home run, hitting the grating of the right-field foul pole to put the Nationals on top for good 2. Game 5, 2010: on a 3-2 pitch, the SF Giants’ Brian Wilson strikes out the Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz for the final out. The Giants Win! Their first World Series Championship in San Francisco! 3. Game 7, 2016: The Cubs rally from behind and after a rain delay they win in the 10th inning; overcoming a 3-1 deficit and getting their first World Series win since 1908. 4. Game 4, 2012: The SF Giants SWEEP the heavily favored Detroit Tigers. 5. Game 1, 2019: Juan Soto ties the game in the top of the 4th by hitting a home run that lands on the railroad tracks for the Nationals 6. Game 7, 2014: before the Giants won it over the Royals, we Giants fans called the rumbling bumbling stumbling Giants outfielders “The Keystone Cops Play”. But, Pablo Sandoval caught the final out, and we won it! 7. Game 6, 1986: Mets win in the 10th inning on Mookie Wilson’s grounder that goes through Bill Buckner’s legs 8. Game 4, 2004: The Curse of the Bambino, from 1918, ends 9. Game 6, 1993: Joe Carter hits 2-2 pitch off Mitch Williams with the Blue Jays down 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th. 3-run home run to win the Series. 10. Game 6, 1923: Yankees win their first world series, Babe Ruth hit a two-run homer in the 1st inning. Bible Scholars 11. Bruce M. Metzger ---
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_Still need three more World Series moments, **Professor** _ 😃 **Great moments from a World Series game (any year)** 1. Game 7, 2019: Howie Kendrick’s go-ahead home run, hitting the grating of the right-field foul pole to put the Nationals on top for good 2. Game 5, 2010: on a 3-2 pitch, the SF Giants’ Brian Wilson strikes out the Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz for the final out. The Giants Win! Their first World Series Championship in San Francisco! 3. Game 7, 2016: The Cubs rally from behind and after a rain delay they win in the 10th inning; overcoming a 3-1 deficit and getting their first World Series win since 1908. 4. Game 4, 2012: The SF Giants SWEEP the heavily favored Detroit Tigers. 5. Game 1, 2019: Juan Soto ties the game in the top of the 4th by hitting a home run that lands on the railroad tracks for the Nationals 6. Game 7, 2014: before the Giants won it over the Royals, we Giants fans called the rumbling bumbling stumbling Giants outfielders “The Keystone Cops Play”. But, Pablo Sandoval caught the final out, and we won it! 7. Game 6, 1986: Mets win in the 10th inning on Mookie Wilson’s grounder that goes through Bill Buckner’s legs 8. Game 4, 2004: The Curse of the Bambino, from 1918, ends 9. Game 6, 1993: Joe Carter hits 2-2 pitch off Mitch Williams with the Blue Jays down 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th. 3-run home run to win the Series. 10. Game 6, 1923: Yankees win their first world series, Babe Ruth hit a two-run homer in the 1st inning. 11. Game 5, 1956: Yankees’s pitcher Don Larsen retires 27 consecutive batters, completing MLB’s first perfect game since 1922. ---
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Great moments from a World Series game (any year) 1. Game 7, 2019: Howie Kendrick’s go-ahead home run, hitting the grating of the right-field foul pole to put the Nationals on top for good 2. Game 5, 2010: on a 3-2 pitch, the SF Giants’ Brian Wilson strikes out the Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz for the final out. The Giants Win! Their first World Series Championship in San Francisco! 3. Game 7, 2016: The Cubs rally from behind and after a rain delay they win in the 10th inning; overcoming a 3-1 deficit and getting their first World Series win since 1908. 4. Game 4, 2012: The SF Giants SWEEP the heavily favored Detroit Tigers. 5. Game 1, 2019: Juan Soto ties the game in the top of the 4th by hitting a home run that lands on the railroad tracks for the Nationals 6. Game 7, 2014: before the Giants won it over the Royals, we Giants fans called the rumbling bumbling stumbling Giants outfielders “The Keystone Cops Play”. But, Pablo Sandoval caught the final out, and we won it! 7. Game 6, 1986: Mets win in the 10th inning on Mookie Wilson’s grounder that goes through Bill Buckner’s legs 8. Game 4, 2004: The Curse of the Bambino, from 1918, ends 9. Game 6, 1993: Joe Carter hits 2-2 pitch off Mitch Williams with the Blue Jays down 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th. 3-run home run to win the Series. 10. Game 6, 1923: Yankees win their first world series, Babe Ruth hit a two-run homer in the 1st inning. 11. Game 5, 1956: Yankees’s pitcher Don Larsen retires 27 consecutive batters, completing MLB’s first perfect game since 1922. 12. Game 5, 2018: the Boston Red Sox beat the LA Dodgers, making it two straight World Series losses for Dem Bums. Oh my heart, how it dances with joy! ---
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Great moments from a World Series game (any year) 1. Game 7, 2019: Howie Kendrick’s go-ahead home run, hitting the grating of the right-field foul pole to put the Nationals on top for good 2. Game 5, 2010: on a 3-2 pitch, the SF Giants’ Brian Wilson strikes out the Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz for the final out. The Giants Win! Their first World Series Championship in San Francisco! 3. Game 7, 2016: The Cubs rally from behind and after a rain delay they win in the 10th inning; overcoming a 3-1 deficit and getting their first World Series win since 1908. 4. Game 4, 2012: The SF Giants SWEEP the heavily favored Detroit Tigers. 5. Game 1, 2019: Juan Soto ties the game in the top of the 4th by hitting a home run that lands on the railroad tracks for the Nationals 6. Game 7, 2014: before the Giants won it over the Royals, we Giants fans called the rumbling bumbling stumbling Giants outfielders “The Keystone Cops Play”. But, Pablo Sandoval caught the final out, and we won it! 7. Game 6, 1986: Mets win in the 10th inning on Mookie Wilson’s grounder that goes through Bill Buckner’s legs 8. Game 4, 2004: The Curse of the Bambino, from 1918, ends 9. Game 6, 1993: Joe Carter hits 2-2 pitch off Mitch Williams with the Blue Jays down 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th. 3-run home run to win the Series. 10. Game 6, 1923: Yankees win their first world series, Babe Ruth hit a two-run homer in the 1st inning. 11. Game 5, 1956: Yankees’s pitcher Don Larsen retires 27 consecutive batters, completing MLB’s first perfect game since 1922. 12. Game 5, 2018: the Boston Red Sox beat the LA Dodgers, making it two straight World Series losses for Dem Bums. Oh my heart, how it dances with joy! 13. Game 1, 1954: Willie Mays makes “The Catch” for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Indians in the 8th inning New category: Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul Meyer ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul Meyer 3. Karl Barth ---
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(Spell correct #2) Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman ---
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I’m starting to spit out names of people I don’t know. But I did take a class with Paul L. Maier, and I read one of his book.s Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir 8. Robert Eisenman ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir 8. Robert Eisenman 9. Amy-Jill Levine Professor at Vanderbilt University Divinity School; I’m planning to attend her talk, “Jesus and the Jews: Why the Connection Matters” in May ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir 8. Robert Eisenman 9. Amy-Jill Levine 10. Michael Coogan His class on the Old Testament was one of my favorites; I still reference it regularly. ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir 8. Robert Eisenman 9. Amy-Jill Levine 10. Michael Coogan 11. Joanne Caladine Bailey Wells ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir 8. Robert Eisenman 9. Amy-Jill Levine 10. Michael Coogan 11. Joanne Caladine Bailey Wells 12. Raymond E. Brown ---
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Bible Scholars 1. Bruce M. Metzger 2. Paul L Maier 3. Karl Barth 4. Craig A. Evans 5. Bart Ehrman 6. Fred Garrigus Holloway 7. Ronald Menmuir 8. Robert Eisenman 9. Amy-Jill Levine 10. Michael Coogan 11. Joanne Caladine Bailey Wells 12. Raymond E. Brown 13. Gail R. O’Day Books of the Old Testament 14. Ruth ---
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Books of the Old Testament 1. Ruth 2. Job ---
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Books of the Old Testament 1. Ruth 2. Job 3. Judges ---
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