# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2178

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43546 "2016-05-16T02:16:12Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43547 "2016-05-16T03:15:58Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43548 "2016-05-16T13:14:11Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43549 "2016-05-16T13:20:21Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II
8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43550 "2016-05-16T13:58:51Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II
8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two
9. Funny Cide, 2004, finished third at Belmont

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43551 "2016-05-16T14:36:35Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II
8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two
9. Funny Cide, 2004, finished third at Belmont
10. California Chrome, 2014, injured coming out of the gate at Belmont and finished fourth

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43552 "2016-05-16T15:12:19Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II
8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two
9. Funny Cide, 2004, finished third at Belmont
10. California Chrome, 2014, injured coming out of the gate at Belmont and finished fourth
11. Big Brown (2008), finished last at Belmont.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43553 "2016-05-16T15:14:11Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II
8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two
9. Funny Cide, 2004, finished third at Belmont
10. California Chrome, 2014, injured coming out of the gate at Belmont and finished fourth
11. Big Brown (2008), finished last at Belmont.
12. Risen Star, 1988. 3rd in Kentucky Derby, won Preakness and Belmont

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43554 "2016-05-16T16:57:25Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)
2. Riva Ridge
3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)
4. Bold Forbes
5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont
6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness
7. Canonero II
8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two
9. Funny Cide, 2004, finished third at Belmont
10. California Chrome, 2014, injured coming out of the gate at Belmont and finished fourth
11. Big Brown (2008), finished last at Belmont.
12. Risen Star, 1988. 3rd in Kentucky Derby, won Preakness and Belmont
13. Pillory (1922), last horse to win Belmont and Preakness, but not run in Derby.

Pass.

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**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:** [May 16, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43555 "2016-05-16T16:58:00Z")

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Horses Which Won Only Two of the Three Triple Crown Races:

1. Man o’ War (1920)

2. Riva Ridge

3. Tim Tam (1958, didn’t win the Belmont)

4. Bold Forbes

5. Smarty Jones - 2004, finished second at Belmont

6. Zev (1923), 12th in Preakness

7. Canonero II

8. Tabasco Cat (1994) 6th in Derby, won the other two

9. Funny Cide, 2004, finished third at Belmont

10. California Chrome, 2014, injured coming out of the gate at Belmont and finished fourth

11. Big Brown (2008), finished last at Belmont.

12. Risen Star, 1988. 3rd in Kentucky Derby, won Preakness and Belmont

13. I’ll Have Another (2012), scratched from the race the day before Belmont  
Next: Fictional Sports Figures

14. Joe Palooka, boxer

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43556 "2016-05-16T17:07:37Z")

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Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43557 "2016-05-16T17:17:53Z")

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Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43558 "2016-05-16T17:18:00Z")

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Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”

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**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:** [May 16, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43559 "2016-05-16T17:19:39Z")

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Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
4. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43560 "2016-05-16T17:27:43Z")

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Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
4. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)
5. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43561 "2016-05-16T17:30:08Z")

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Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
4. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)
5. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case)
6. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire)

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43562 "2016-05-16T17:37:29Z")

</div>

Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball
4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)
6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case)
7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire)  
Housekeeping

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43563 "2016-05-16T17:50:25Z")

</div>

Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball
4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)
6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case)
7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire)
8. Rocky Balboa, boxer ( **Rocky** film series)

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43564 "2016-05-16T17:55:29Z")

</div>

Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball
4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)
6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case)
7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire)
8. Rocky Balboa, boxer (Rocky film series)
9. John Kelly, football (soccer) player, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical The Beautiful Game

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43565 "2016-05-16T18:09:17Z")

</div>

Fictional Sports Figures

1. Joe Palooka, boxer
2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher
3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball
4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat”
5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees)
6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case)
7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire)
8. Rocky Balboa, boxer (Rocky film series)
9. John Kelly, football (soccer) player, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical The Beautiful Game
10. Roy Hobbs, major league baseball player (The Natural)

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