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- Who managed the Baltimore Orioles to a four-game sweep of the 1966 World Series?Hank Bauer
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- What team did Gaylord Perry pitch his 300th
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- major league victory for?The Seattle Mariners
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- What broadcaster spoke of a team being "in
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- the catbird seat"?Red Barber
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- What team introduced batting helmets to the
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- major leagues in 1941?The Brooklyn Dodgers
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- Who is the National League's all-time leader
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- in singles?Pete Rose
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- Who succeeded Lou Gehrig as captain of the
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- New York Yankees?Thurman Munson
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- What television broadcaster marked home runs
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- by saying: "That's all she wrote"?Dizzy Dean
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- What famed bat does Hillerich and Bradsby
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- manufacture?The "Louisville Slugger"
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- What two home-run giants was pitcher Al
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- Benton the only man to face both of?Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle
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- What's the shape of a baseball infield?Square
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- What member of the New York Yankees was
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- baseball's first designated hitter?Ron Blomberg
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- Who was the first rookie to win the Cy Young
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- Award?Fernando Valenzuela
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- What former baseball player co-hosted "The
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- Today Show" for six years?Joe Garagiola
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- Whose base stealing record did Maury Wills
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- run away with in 1962?Ty Cobb's
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- What were 2,161 of Nellie Fox's 2,663 hits?Singles
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- What color is the maple leaf on Toronto Blue
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- Jays caps?Red
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- What two third basemen won the Most Valuable
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- Player awards in the majors in 1980?George Brett and Mike Schmidt
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- What irreverent role shot Ted Giannoulas to
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- fame?The San Diego Chicken
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- What Hall of Fame shortstop ended his major
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- league career with 512 homers?Ernie Banks
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- Who scored major league baseball's
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- one-millionth run on May 6, 1975?Bob Watson
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- Who is the only manager to win divisional
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- titles with four different teams?Billy Martin
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- What level of players compete for the Golden
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- Spikes award?College
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- Who is the oldest man to rap out a base hit
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- in the major leagues?Minnie Minoso
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- What team did Satchel Paige make his last
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- major league appearance with?The Kansas City Athletics
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- What letter is the symbol for a strikeout in
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- scoring a game?K
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- What baseball play attempts to score a
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- runner on third base with a bunt?The squeeze
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- Where does a baseball player put his donut?On his bat
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- What reliever was the winning pitcher in the
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- 1978 and 1979 major league all-star games?Bruce Sutter
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- Who managed the Philadelphia Athletics in
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- street clothes for 50 consecutive years?Connie Mack
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- What slugger's autobiography was titled "My
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- Turn at Bat"?Ted Williams'
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- What manager did righthander Don Drysdale
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- play his entire major league career under?Walter Alston
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- What song did Jack Norworth write the lyrics
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- for in 1906?"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
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- What play opened on Broadway on May 5, 1955?"Damn Yankees"
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- What National League team rotated coaches as
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- manager in 1961 and 1962?The Chicago Cubs
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- What brand of baseball began in 1939 at
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- Williamsport, Pennsylvania?Little League
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- Who was the first rookie manager to capture
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- a World Series title in 1961?Ralph Houk
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- What American League team was the first to
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- put players' names on their uniforms?The Chicago White Sox
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- Who caught Sandy Koufax's perfect game in
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- 1965?Jeff Torborg
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- What did Nellie Fox not do in 98 consecutive
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- games in 1958 to set a major league record?Strike out
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- What were the names of the three baseball-playing DiMaggio boys?Dom, Joe, Vince
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- What was worn for the first time by catcher
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- John Montgomery Ward in 1875?A catcher's mask
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- What was the New York Giants' home field?The Polo Grounds
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- Who handed out the stars to Pittsburgh
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- Pirates teammates for a good performance?Willie Stargell
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- What forward-thinking executive compared
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- baseball free agency to a time bomb?Bowie Kuhn
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- What pitch was Burleigh Grimes the last to
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- throw legally in 1934?The spitball
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- What's the completion of the baseball adage:
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- "Take two and ... "?"Hit to right"
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- What was Jim McKean the first Canadian to do
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- in the major leagues?Umpire
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- What baseball player is associated with
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- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?Lou Gehrig
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- What team did the Seattle Pilots become for
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- the 1970 American League season?The Milwaukee Brewers
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- What team did Gil Hodges manage before
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- taking the helm of the New York Mets?The Washington Senators
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- What manager's major league pitching record
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- was 0-4 with an earned-run average of 6.52?Tom Lasorda's
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- What baseball team's insignia features two
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- players bridging a river with a handshake?The Minnesota Twins'
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- Who won the World Series the year Neil
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- Armstrong drew a walk on the moon?The New York Mets
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- Who was voted the American League's Cy Young
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- Award winner in 1973, 1975 and 1976?Jim Palmer
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- What brother combination has hit the most
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- homers in major league history?Hank and Tommie Aaron
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- What mythical baseball town was there no joy
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- in?Mudville
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- What's the completion of the baseball adage:
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- "Hit 'em where ... "?"They ain't"
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- What position did Peewee Reese and Phil
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- Rizzuto sparkle at?Shortstop
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- What ill-fated baseballer did Paul Winfield
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- portray in "It's Good to Be Alive"?Roy Campanella
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- What two brothers went to the mound for the
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- St. Louis Cardinals in the 1934 World Series?Dizzy and Paul Dean
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- What baseball feature dropped five inches
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- for the 1969 season?The pitching mound
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- Who was the first reliever to win the
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- American League's Cy Young Award in 1977?Sparky Lyle
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- What company started printing baseball cards
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- in 1951?Topps
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- What team did Fidel Castro invite to play
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- its exhibition games in Cuba in 1977?The New York Yankees
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- Who was the second player to hit three home
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- runs in a World Series game?Reggie Jackson
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- What award goes each year to the top-
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- fielding major leaguer at his position?The Gold Glove
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- What was the first major league club to play
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- under the name of a state rather than a city?The Minnesota Twins
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- How did Montreal Expos second baseman Ron
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- Hunt reach base a record 50 times in 1971?He was hit by a pitch
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- What position has seen the fewest players
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- elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?Third base
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- What was Hank Aaron's primary position in
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- his two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers?Designated hitter
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- What two Hall of Famers share a first name
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- of Henry and a middle name of Louis?Hank Aaron and Lou Gehrig
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- Who was the first National Leaguer to hit
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- 500 home runs?Mel Ott
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- Who led all major league batters with a .343
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- average for the 1970s?Rod Carew
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- What's Bernice Gera's claim to fame in
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- the world of organized baseball?She was the first woman umpire
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- What team did Willie Mays play his last
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- major league game for?The New York Mets
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- Who is baseball's all-time base-stealing
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- leader?Lou Brock
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- What Los Angeles Dodgers star won back-to-back batting titles in 1962 and 1963?Tommy Davis
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- What batty baseball owner staged the first
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- Bat Day?Bill Veeck
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- Who's the all-time Brooklyn-Los Angeles
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- Dodgers leader in home runs, with 389?Duke Snider
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- How do you spell Hall of Famer Yaz's last name?Y-a-s-t-r-z-e-m-s-k-i
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- What team did Babe Ruth play his last major
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- league game for?The Boston Braves
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- What Pope has a plaque in his honor in
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- center field at Yankee Stadium?John XXIII
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- Who holds the record for pitching the
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- longest winning World Series game?Babe Ruth
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- Who was the first Chicago Cubs pitcher to
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- receive the Cy Young Award?Ferguson Jenkins
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- Who managed in the most World Series?Casey Stengel
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- Who is the all-time leader in home runs among
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- switch hitters?Mickey Mantle
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- What National Leaguer drove in the most runs
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- in the majors during the 1970s?Johnny Bench
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- Who portrayed Mickey Mantle in the
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- universally panned "Safe at Home"?Mickey Mantle
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- Who collected his 3,000th - and last -
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- career base hit on September 30, 1972?Roberto Clemente
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- Who was the only New York Yankees manager
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- never to manage the team in Yankee Stadium?Bill Virdon
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- Who did Dan Dailey portray in "The Pride of
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- St. Louis"?Dizzy Dean
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- What umpire told all in the obviously-titled
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- "The Umpire Strikes Back"?Ron Luciano
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- Where did the Philadelphia Phillies play
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- home games before moving to Veterans Stadium?Connie Mack Stadium
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- What did the Washington Senators become for
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- the 1972 American League season?The Texas Rangers
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- Who was the last of the original New York
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- Mets to be given his walking papers?Ed Kranepool
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- What does CS stand for on a baseball
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- scorecard?Caught stealing
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- Who was Denny McLain's catcher when he won
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- 31 games in 1968?Bill Freehan
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- What did Yogi Berra say upon hearing that
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- Ernest Hemingway was a "great writer"?"Yeah, for what paper?"
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- Who was the first first baseman to win the
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- Triple Crown?Lou Gehrig
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- What pet pitch carried Carl Hubbell to the
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- Hall of Fame?The screwball
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- Who set a major league record by being
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- caught stealing 42 times in 1982?Rickey Henderson
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- What team became the first to win the World
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- Series after dropping the first two games?The Brooklyn Dodgers
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- What baseball announcer is known for asking:
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- "How 'bout that, sports fans"?Mel Allen
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- Who , in 1972, became the youngest player
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- elected to baseball's Hall of Fame?Sandy Koufax
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- Who managed his club to the World Series in
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- 1975, only to be fired the following season?Darrell Johnson
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- What Pennsylvania community plays host to
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- the Little League World Series?Williamsport
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- What outfielder delivered the eulogy at
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- Thurman Munson's funeral?Bobby Murcer
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- What Brooklyn Dodgers star was the first
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- winner of the Cy Young Award?Don Newcombe
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- What stadium played host to the first World
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- Series game on artificial turf?Riverfront Stadium
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- What two wars did Ted Williams fly combat
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- in?World War II and the Korean War
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- Who signed 23 one-year contracts to manage
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- the Dodgers?Walter Alston
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- Who started the New York Mets' first World
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- Series game?Tom Seaver
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- Who was the first Hispanic inducted into the
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- Hall of Fame?Roberto Clemente
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- What was Pete Rose's position when he broke
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- into the majors?Second base
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- What baseball great's statue was erected
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- outside Busch Stadium?Stan Musial's
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- What was Abner Doubleday's hometown?Cooperstown, New York
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- What ball park hosted the first major league
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- all-star game played on artificial turf?The Houston Astrodome
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- What was the home team in the first World
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- Series game played at night?The Pittsburgh Pirates
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- What were the respective first names of
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- Tinker, Evers and Chance?Joe, John, Frank
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- What did midget Eddie Gaedel do in his only
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- major league at-bat, in 1951?He walked on four pitches
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