That actually showed up in my Facebook feed earlier today.
The Money in the Bank ladder match was first established in WWE in 2005. Thanks to the continuing evolution of the women’s division from being less about T&A and more about legitimate pro wrestling and storylines on par with the men.
But it was a process. The women finally got their own annual Money in the Bank match in 2016, and in the very first match, a man, James Ellsworth, was the person who took the briefcase down and handed it to Carmella, who was declared the winner.
The most ducks in a Test innings is 7, oh yeah..
The Charlotte Hornets are perhaps the least successful team in the NBA, having a win-loss percentage of .425 and having never made it out of the second round. They also hold the record for the losingest season in NBA history.
But in their very first playoff appearance, they advanced to the second round by defeating the NBA’s most successful team, the Boston Celtics. (That was the series where Celtics forward Reggie Lewis collapsed on the court during Game 1 and would not return to the series; he died of an undiagnosed heart condition during practice a few months later).
Which player has played on the most World Series winning teams?
Yogi Berra, with 10.
The Hornets are also the only current NBA team to have never won a division championship.
Who holds the record for having been traded the most times in MLB history?
(And no, I’m not counting the infamous “PTBNL”)
The recently retired Jesse Chavez, who was traded 11 times in his 18 year career.
Which MLB player holds the record for grounding into the most double plays?
Albert Pujols, with 426
Next four:
Miguel Cabrera, 364
Cal Ripken, Jr., 350
Iván Rodríguez, 337
Henry Aaron, 328
Not all double plays are the classic ground ball, 6-4-3. Are we sure that all those are for ground-ball double plays; is that tracked as an official statistic?
Yes. This record is according to Baseball Reference.
/Career Leaders & Records for Double Plays Grounded Into | Baseball-Reference.com
How many times has the center-field scoreboard at Wrigley Field been hit by a home-run ball?
Zero In fact, the only time it’s been hit by a ball, at all, was when golfer Sam Snead teed off at home plate at sent the ball into the scoreboard, presumably just to demonstrate that it can be done.
How far is it from home plate?
About 490 feet, says Google’s AI. However, CBS News says otherwise – 575-600 feet.
If it’s actually (why hasn’t anyone measured it?) 575-600 feet, then forget it. The longest home runs I’ve ever seen are around 500 feet, and they were all pulled. Clearing 500 feet to dead center or oppo would be a major feat in itself.
Home run balls routinely wind up going through the windows of the apartments on Waveland Avenue, so I don’t think the Center Field scoreboard is out of the realm of possibility. It just hasn’t been done in a hundred years.
The longest home run hit to center field in MLB history is credited to Babe Ruth, who hit one in 1921 out of the park in Detroit, which has been officially estimated (whatever that means) at 575 feet. Mickey Mantle hit one in 1953 that was reported at 565 feet, although this is widely disputed.
So, yes, it’s a possibility, but extremely slim.
Get the Nats bullpen in the game and they’ll be hitting them over that scoreboard.
My favorite sports trivia question isn’t all that hard for die hard sports trivia fans, but stumps just about everybody else: Who was the first MLB player to be traded for himself?
Harry Chiti, who, in 1962, was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for a “player to be named later.” Less than two months later, he was sent back to Cleveland as the later named player, thus being traded for himself. Since then, at least three others have been in the same dubious club.
Borrowed this from another thread:
How many NFL teams have won the Super Bowl in their only appearance?
According to ChatGPT, it’s just two: the Jets (1969), and the Saints (2010).