This is one I’ve always liked, mainly because he was my favorite player when I was a kid.
Who was on-deck when Bobby Thompson hit “the shot heard ‘round the world?”
The account to me contradicts the scoring. To me, the scoring looks like a liner to short (one out, Brooks in this case as the batter), throw to second which appears the second out (runner from first I assume or runner on second not get back in time), throw to first (why? hitter lined out) which appears to be the third out then to the catcher for no reason for a fourth out? The second out could have been at second, the first baseman is close by and he just flips to him after the play or he gets taken out by the runner so flips to first baseman who throws to home. It’s all possible but would be very unusual.
At times, you can’t figure out from the scoring what really happened, just which fielders were involved. You can make guesses. So line out to short for the first out. Throw to second but there was no out, maybe runner got back in time or more likely, runner from first caught in run-down (unusual but could happen, apparently first baseman made the tag) and then catching the runner from third at home plate.
The written account the way I read it, the scoring to me should indeed be 6-4-3-2.
I want to say Willie Mays.
ThatCanadianGuy: And you would be correct!
I think you’re right. Baseball-reference’s notation of the play (which has a run scoring on the triple play!) reads:
Brooks Robinson Jim Hannan 0% 99% Triple Play: Groundout: SS-2B-1B; Adair Scores/No RBI; Aparicio out at Hm/1B-C
From the box score of that game:
TP: 1. John Kennedy-Don Blasingame-Joe Cunningham-Mike Brumley.
Kennedy was the shortstop, Blasingame the second baseman, Cunningham the first baseman, and Brumley was the catcher. Indeed, the play should read 6-4-3-2. Ground ball to short, throw to second for the force, throw to first to retire the batter, throw home to get the runner trying to score from second.
And from the play by play:
Triple Play: Groundout: SS-2B-1B; Adair Scores/No RBI; Aparicio out at Hm/1B-C
The bases were loaded, so a run scored.
I knew this one. It was the “say hey” kid’s rookie year.
At which Olympic Opening ceremony did no competing athletes march in the Parade of Nations?
I have no idea, but the obvious one to guess is the first modern edition in 1896 - maybe it was introduced for the following edition?
I’m not sure, but there won’t be any for the 2024 Parade of Nations. They’re all going to ride little boats down the Seine.
The three are Athens 1896, Paris 1900, Saint Louis 1904.
I remember off-hand that London 1908 was the first one because the American flag-bearer refused to dip his flag to King Edward VII (all the other countries dipped their flags in respect when passing the Royal Box) claiming the American Flag dips to no man.
It was the idea that Paris was going to use boats that made me think of this question.
True, there were no athletes marching at the first 3 Olympics because there was no Parade of Nations, which is why I specifically said ‘marching at the Parade of Nations’.
The answer is 1956 - there were 2 opening ceremonies and two Parades of Nations. Because of Australia’s strict quarantine laws, the Equestrian events were held in Stockholm about 6 months before the ‘main’ games in Melbourne.
Because the only events in Stockholm were equestrian, at the opening ceremony there, all the competitors rode horses.
Maybe I need to work on the wording of the question before it appears at Trivia nights, but I just thought it was a cool sports trivia fact.
Between two host cities (on two continents, no less) and an all-equestrian Parade of Nations, you can cast the uniqueness of the 1956 Olympics in several different ways
Just heard this one. Only 2 NFL players have receiving yards after turning age 40. One is Jerry Rice, with over 2,000. The other is: Tom Brady with 6.
Which NFL player appeared in the most consecutive Super Bowls?
Gale Gilbert
As far as I know, there is just one pair of cities* whose teams have faced off in the World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, the NBA Finals, and the Super Bowl. What are they?
*There’s a bit of wiggle room when we are defining “cities”
I got Boston and St. Louis in three out of the four.
It’s a tough one. I think New York/ Los Angeles and Boston/Los Angeles would also be a three out of four.
In 1957 the St. Louis Hawks defeated the Celtics for the team’s only NBA Championship. They lost to the Celtics in 1958. People have forgotten that the Hawks played in StL before moving to Atlanta.
What I forgot was Super Bowl XXXVI.