First Occasional No Googling Baseball Trivia Quiz

The Game Room
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  1. Baseball fans know that Ugueth Urbina was the first MLB player with the initials “UU” (actually, UUU). Where is he now?

  2. Glenallen Hill, a jouneyman outfielder with several teams in the 1990’s, suffered serious injuries while with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1990, putting him on the 15 day DL. What nightmarish scenario was the cause of his injuries?

  3. Speaking of injuries, what caused Vince Coleman to miss the 1985 World Series?

  4. Robert Ferguson, a player with the NY Mutuals and the Brooklyn Atlantics in the 1800’s was known by what colorful nickname?

  5. What famously named ballplayer hit two homeruns in a World Series game twice in the same World Series?

  6. Before each game, brand new baseballs are rubbed with a compound to remove the sheen from the balls. What are they rubbed with and where does it come from?

  7. Who was the first baseball player to sign for $1M a year?

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  1. In a Venezuelan prison on attempted murder charges.

  2. He was caught in the automatic tarp to protect the field in case of rain delay.

  3. Nolan Ryan.

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  1. I believe he’s in a Venezuelan prison for threaten some of his workers with a machete.
  2. Coleman was injured by an automatic tarp machine.
  3. Nolan Ryan

ETA: Wow - simulpost on the same answers.

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What are the rules lamar? The answer to 2 is:

He was an arachnophobic and had a dream about spiders, causing him to fall out of bed and injure (I think) his ankle!
(I know nothing about baseball, but plenty about arachnophobia)

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Just answer the questions, no Googling allowed.

BTW, all are correct so far.

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  1. As the story was told, he had a nightmare about spiders and injured himself while thrashing about in reaction (trying to get away from and/or kill the arachnids).

  2. “Death to Flying Things” (I know there was someone with that nickname, and I think it was Ferguson)

  3. It’s mud from somewhere in Pennsylvania or Delaware (the reported location has varied in accounts I’ve heard and read – perhaps the original source dried up, forcing a search for a new “mine”).

ETA: Didn’t see the Hill answer before I raced to hit “Submit” before previewing!

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  1. Fergalicious?
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Actually, Fergizzle.

All the above answers are correct (Including “Death to Flying Things”), leaving

  1. What famously named ballplayer hit two homeruns in a World Series game twice in the same World Series?
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I want to say Dusty Rhodes, but I’m not positive…

ETA: nope, I’m wrong.

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  1. He was caught in a tarp being rolled out during a rain delay.

  2. Death to Flying Things!!

  3. Reggie Jackson?

  4. Rollie Fingers?

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Nope.

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  1. Lena Blackburn’s mud, from a secret location on his farm in New Jersey.
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  1. Robert Ferguson, a player with the NY Mutuals and the Brooklyn Atlantics in the 1800’s was known by what colorful nickname?
    Was it “Death of flying things”?

  2. What famously named ballplayer hit two homeruns in a World Series game twice in the same World Series?
    Homerun Baker?

  3. Before each game, brand new baseballs are rubbed with a compound to remove the sheen from the balls. What are they rubbed with and where does it come from?
    Mud from a New Jersey River. (I don’t remember which river, but of course I knew this one)

  4. Who was the first baseball player to sign for $1M a year?
    Nolan Ryan, but Andy Messersmith had the first Million Dollar contract, but it was for 3 years total.

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Darn! I just read about “Death to Flying Things” Ferguson last night, but too little, too late.

Oh well.

I’d like to add more questions, since all the previous ones appear to have been answered:

  1. Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron. Besides being three of the all-time greatest home-run hitters, they share something else in common that has nothing to do with home runs. What is it?
  2. What is the longest-existing team to have never pitched a no-hitter?
  3. Who were the first 5 players inducted into the Hall of Fame?
  4. Which two pitchers have admitted to being “impaired” when they pitched their no-hitters?
  5. Grover Cleveland Alexander was known by what shorter, much simpler nickname?
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Ruth, Cobb, Johnson, Mathewson, Wagner

Dock Ellis (LSD) was one of them.

Pete

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Since Dock Ellis was already guessed (the only freaking one I’ve known so far), I’m going to guess David Wells. Wasn’t he hungover during his perfect game?

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Now that I think about it, was the other one Pascual Perez? It wouldn’t surprise me.

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…sigh. The Mets.

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They all played in the National League.

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Ended their careers in the same city that they started, but with different teams. Now we just to find a new Pittsburgh team for Bonds to sign with.