I'm going to ask a question a day (maybe more). Test your baseball knowledge and try to answer without looking it up.

Question #1:
As the owner of the Chicago White Sox, Bill Veeck was responsible for giving what well-known major league manager his start in 1979?

Since this is day 1, here are a few more.

#2:
Pete Rose had the most career hits as a switch-hitter. Who's next?

#3:
This man played for the Dodgers, Cubs and Boston Celtics, but became better known as a TV star in the 1950's and 60's. Name him.

#4:
Who was Major League Baseball's second black player, after Jackie Robinson?

#5:
What major league team signed David Ortiz as an amateur free agent in 1992?

Herd Fan 4-Life Wrote:I'm going to ask a question a day (maybe more). Test your baseball knowledge and try to answer without looking it up.

Question #1:
As the owner of the Chicago White Sox, Bill Veeck was responsible for giving what well-known major league manager his start in 1979?

Since this is day 1, here are a few more.

#2:
Pete Rose had the most career hits as a switch-hitter. Who's next?

#3:
This man played for the Dodgers, Cubs and Boston Celtics, but became better known as a TV star in the 1950's and 60's. Name him.

#4:
Who was Major League Baseball's second black player, after Jackie Robinson?

#5:
What major league team signed David Ortiz as an amateur free agent in 1992?

2) eddie murray
4) larry doby CF for Indians
5) Twins?

1) Tony La Russa

#1) Terpy

#2) flyingswoosh

#4) flyingswoosh

#5- -Incorrect

5) Seattle

#1) Terpy

#2) flyingswoosh

#4) flyingswoosh

#5- -Terpy

Still need #3. Hint: First and Last name begin with same letter.

Kunta Kinte

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Terpy Wrote:5) Seattle

i definitely never knew that. Amazing, to hear the teams who some of the superstars started with.

It was 1992, so Ortiz was like 16.

Terpy Wrote:It was 1992, so Ortiz was like 16.

talk about ancient history for someone my age.

flyingswoosh Wrote:

Terpy Wrote:5) Seattle

i definitely never knew that. Amazing, to hear the teams who some of the superstars started with.

Traded to the Twins in 1996 as a "player to be named later" for Dave Hollins.

Terpy Wrote:Kunta Kinte

lmfao lmfao lmfao

LOL Not quite.

Initials are C.C.

Was in a series called "The Rifleman" and also a show called "Branded."

OK.....5 more for tonight.

#6:
In what year was the National Negro Baseball League formed?
a) 1900
b) 1910
c) 1920
d) 1930

#7:
Who is the only man to play for both the Seattle Pilots and the Seattle Mariners?

#8:
The Oakland A's are the last major league team other than the Yankees to win three consecutive World Series titles. In what years did they accomplish this feat?

#9:
In 1947 this baseball Hall of Famer became the only player to hit 50 or more home runs in a season and strike out fewer than 50 times. Name him.

#10:
Who are the only two men to play for the Yankees, Dodgers, Giants and Mets?

10. strawberry

8. '72, '73, '74
10. Vizcaino

Ok. Here is the answer to #3
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...r&ei=UTF-8

#8) GDawgs88

#10) TailgateTiger / GDawgs88

So far,
Terpy 2
flyingswoosh 2
GDawgs88 1.5
TailgateTiger .5

#11:
What were Babe Ruth's real first and middle names?

#12:
Who is credited with writing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game?"

#13:
Name the first pitcher to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with a losing record in the majors?

#14:
Who was the last man to manage the Brooklyn Dodgers?

#15:
What stadium played host to the first major league game on the West Coast?

Birthdays on this date:
Eppa Rixey, 1891
Red Ruffing, 1905
Davey Lopes, 1946
Ryan Dempster, 1977

7. Jamie Moyer lmfao lmfao lmfao




























this is a joke

11 George Herman

13. Sutter?
14. Walter Alston

OK.

#11) Terpy

#13) Incorrect

#14) GDawgs88

So far,
Terpy 3
GDawgs88 2.5
flyingswoosh 2
TailgateTiger .5