# Post your favorite sports trivia question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [September 15, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164 "2023-09-15T14:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/321 "2024-10-24T01:15:44Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > it’s codified in MLB’s rulebook From Rule 5.05 (a) : The batter becomes a runner when … … … (6) A fair ball, after touching the ground, bounds into the stands, or passes through, over or under a fence, or through or under a scoreboard, or through or under shrubbery, or vines on the fence, in which case the batter and the runners shall be entitled to advance two bases; (7) Any fair ball which, either before or after touching the ground, passes through or under a fence, or through or under a scoreboard, or through any opening in the fence or scoreboard, or through or under shrubbery, or vines on the fence, or which sticks in a fence or scoreboard, in which case the batter and the runners shall be entitled to two bases; So it’s actually an entitlement! ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/322 "2024-10-24T02:50:24Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > setting the ground rules for a meeting Wow, I had no idea that was a sports term. I thought it was “ground” like “from the ground up”, like the most basic rules that everything else builds on. > [@Stratocaster](#): > > Knocked it out of the park. Out of left field. Lol, never knew what those meant either. Thought it was like a kid losing a toy that rolled out of a park, or a cowboy that appeared out of nowhere. I probably misunderstood a lot of moments… ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/323 "2024-10-24T03:10:04Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Knocked it out of the park. Out of left field. Grandstanding. Bat a thousand. Ballpark estimate. Bush league. Go to bat for. Etc. Got a free pass. Three strikes and you’re out. Couldn’t get past first base. Pinch hitter. The list goes on. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/324 "2024-10-24T03:20:21Z")
Wasn’t the original term _ground **s** rule(s)_ as the 19th century venues were called ‘baseball grounds’ instead of stadiums or ballparks? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/325 "2024-10-24T05:41:42Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The list goes on. Touch base ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/326 "2024-10-24T06:15:00Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Another example. If a baseball game has to be postponed because there’s bad weather, you’d exchange your ticket for a different type of ticket. The new ticket could be used later to be exchanged for a free ticket to a different game. So you planned to do something one day and rather than canceling you did it on a different day. What was that secondary ticket called? > > A rain check Back in the day when horse race tracks charged admission(\*), they also issued those (I’m being careful not to spoil your spoiler here) if weather caused the cancellation of a day’s card. If it did, you were given one of those, which was good for another admission and program on any other racing day. Under certain circumstances, the Daily Racing Form would also exchange your now-useless copy of its newspaper for one good on the day you chose to attend later. Pretty sure the term you stated is originally from baseball though. Baseball can be frequently disrupted by weather; but it takes a lot to cancel the rest of a horse racing card. I imagine that racing borrowed the term from baseball. (\*) Most tracks no longer charge admission, so there is little to no need for what you describe any more. Still, us long-time horseplayers remember them from the old days. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/327 "2024-10-24T08:00:17Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Another example. If a baseball game has to be postponed because there’s bad weather, you’d exchange your ticket for a different type of ticket. The new ticket could be used later to be exchanged for a free ticket to a different game. So you planned to do something one day and rather than canceling you did it on a different day. What was that secondary ticket called? [https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1970/05/17](https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1970/05/17) Answer spoiled in the link. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/328 "2024-10-24T14:45:20Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > like a kid losing a toy that rolled out of a park Pretty apt, really. No snark. Pro athletes are usually young and get paid for playing a game they love. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/329 "2024-10-24T15:14:16Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Teams started avoiding him more and more each year. In 2002, was intentionally walked 60 times (21.3%), in 2003 it was 56 times (21.4%), and in 2004, he was intentionally walked 101 times (32.1% of all plate appearances). > > Because of all of those free passes, Bonds’ .362 led the league, but didn’t qualify him for a batting title. Adding on an additional hitless 129 at bats would have dropped his average down to .269 that year (which would have been the 53rd best average in the NL). The latter is incorrect: qualifying for the batting title was (and still is) based on _plate appearances_, not at-bats, of which he had more than enough to qualify. As to all the IBBs in 2004, I did an informal study of how the guys behind him did afterwards. Normally an IBB is a Very Bad Idea, even with BB or even Babe Ruth coming up, but here the opposing managers actually knew what they were doing, as the followup batters (includes everyone who batted until the inning was over) performed absolutely **abysmally** , something like .200/.280/.340. BB usually batted 4th (note nowadays managers often hit their best hitters 1st or 2nd, a la Ohtani), ahead of these guys: Alfonzo-57 Feliz-43 Pierzynski-26 Snow-21 Tucker-7 Hammonds-4 Mohr-3 Cruz-1 Alfonzo-57 Feliz-43 Pierzynski-26 Snow-21 Tucker-7 Hammonds-4 Mohr-3 Cruz-1 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/330 "2024-10-24T15:35:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Because of all of those free passes, Bonds’ .362 led the league, but didn’t qualify him for a batting title. Bonds won the batting title, just as he did in 2002. Qualification is based on PLATE APPEARANCES, not at bats. He had 617 plate appearances, way over the minimum. In theory you could win a batting title with one at bat, if you had 501 walks, hit-by-pitches, sacrifice flies, etc. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/331 "2024-10-25T09:18:02Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Bonds won the batting title, just as he did in 2002. Qualification is based on PLATE APPEARANCES, not at bats. To put it another way: Bonds once spent a year reaching base 376 times with 373 at-bats. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/332 "2024-10-25T16:44:25Z")
“Baseball terms we use every day”: [Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_English-language_idioms_derived_from_baseball) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/333 "2024-11-17T03:24:00Z")
I’m not going to put this in question form but I came across a crazy stat today. Larry Fitzgerald had more tackles than drops in his career. In 17 years as a NFL receiver he only had 29 drops. He had 41 tackles. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/334 "2024-11-17T04:08:22Z")
That’s insane. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/335 "2024-11-17T04:12:52Z")
Plot twist: he only had the ball thrown to him 30 times. J/K ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/336 "2024-11-18T01:54:55Z")
When Wayne Gretzky scored 212 points to set a new NHL season scoring record, whose record did he break? ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/337 "2024-11-18T03:03:12Z")
Didn’t he break his own record? The previous year he broke Phil Esposito’s record. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/338 "2024-11-18T03:03:53Z")
Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/339 "2024-11-18T14:17:45Z")
Yesterday, Steelers kicker Chris Boswell kicked six field goals in the game against the Ravens. That’s the third time in his career that he’s done that (and the second time this season). Who holds the record for kicking the most field goals in an NFL game? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164/340 "2024-11-18T22:17:30Z")
I won’t google it and patiently await the answer, will add…. This season, the Steelers are 2-0 in games in which they did not score a TD. All other teams are 2-19. So, Boswell for MVP! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-sports-trivia-question/990164.md?page=18)