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Jjoey52 · Post by **Jjoey52** » March 25th, 2020, 5:07 pm

I am hoping the baseball season can be somewhat salvaged. In the meantime let’s have a trivia contest.

Get these right then you can ask 3 questions, and so on.

1. Who hit the first home run in Dodger Stadium?

2. Which was the only game played in which batting averages for a team did not change at all?

3. Who was the winning pitcher in Colorado’s first win?

sstrasser · Post by **sstrasser** » March 26th, 2020, 3:58 pm

i guess not many baseball fans on this page, but I got the first one, per Google-- Wally Post of the Cincinnati Reds.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » March 26th, 2020, 4:44 pm

Jjoey52 wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2020, 5:07 pm
I am hoping the baseball season can be somewhat salvaged. In the meantime let’s have a trivia contest.

Get these right then you can ask 3 questions, and so on.

1. Who hit the first home run in Dodger Stadium?

2. Which was the only game played in which batting averages for a team did not change at all?

3. Who was the winning pitcher in Colorado’s first win?

I don't know the answer to the second question. I suspect that it was an opening day game in which neither team had a hit nor committed an error but a run was scored by virtue of a sacrifice fly or sacrifice bunt or a wild pitch or some such thing.

My guess for #3 is Armando Reynoso

sam tingey · Post by **sam tingey** » March 30th, 2020, 7:02 am

I was going to post some snide remarks about how the Giants are always the answer but in reality i am just sad.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » March 30th, 2020, 7:36 am

I’m a huge baseball fan, but I haven’t yet come to grips that baseball might not happen this year...

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Post by **AGinNEIowa** » March 30th, 2020, 11:36 am

sam tingey wrote: ↑
March 30th, 2020, 7:02 am
I was going to post some snide remarks about how the Giants are always the answer but in reality i am just sad.

I wish I had the Bay Area Sports network yesterday, they did a binge-worthy replay of one of the Giants' WS

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » March 30th, 2020, 2:27 pm

I have watched several re-broadcasts of classic games over the last week. On Saturday I was switching back and forth between Game 7 of the 2001 World Series (Schilling and Diamondbacks vs. Clemens and the Yankees) and Game 5 of the 1986 NLCS (Astros vs. Mets). It is always entertaining to watch the Yankees lose. The 1986 game pitted Doc Gooden against Nolan Ryan. Both were great games.

Post by **ProvoAggie** » March 30th, 2020, 2:42 pm

I was planning on going to 2 Angels games this next week. Sad to see the season delayed and I've watched a few classic games as well...I really need the season back though. Replay games just don't have the same effect.

Jjoey52 · Post by **Jjoey52** » April 3rd, 2020, 8:16 pm

1. Wally Post got 1st homer in LA opening day 1962.
2. Bob Feller pitched an opening day no hitter.
3. Bryan Smith pitched 8 shut out innings in Rockies 1st game in Denver. His arm blew out early in his next start and he never pitched again.

Someone else throw something out here.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 3rd, 2020, 8:31 pm

Here's a question

How could a fielder get credited with an unassisted triple play without ever touching the ball?

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » April 3rd, 2020, 9:22 pm

Infield fly with runners on first and second. Batter is out. Runners advancing scramble back to their bases, the runner originally on serving passed the runner in first so he is out. The ball hits the runner that was on first so he is out too. Nobody touches the ball, all three are out.

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Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 3rd, 2020, 10:54 pm

dyedblue wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2020, 9:22 pm
Infield fly with runners on first and second. Batter is out. Runners advancing scramble back to their bases, the runner originally on serving passed the runner in first so he is out. The ball hits the runner that was on first so he is out too. Nobody touches the ball, all three are out.

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I feel like I have already asked that question here

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » April 3rd, 2020, 10:58 pm

Not sure, but maybe that’s why I knew the answer

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Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » April 3rd, 2020, 10:59 pm

Another question:

Which player has broken up more no- hitters with a home run than any other player?

Jjoey52 · Post by **Jjoey52** » April 5th, 2020, 10:03 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2020, 10:54 pm

dyedblue wrote: ↑
April 3rd, 2020, 9:22 pm
Infield fly with runners on first and second. Batter is out. Runners advancing scramble back to their bases, the runner originally on serving passed the runner in first so he is out. The ball hits the runner that was on first so he is out too. Nobody touches the ball, all three are out.

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I feel like I have already asked that question here

When I seen that I was totally baffled, great question.

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