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Baseball
Take me out to the ballgame, the baseball game, that is! The baseball category is all about the game of baseball, America's pastime. Questions include what a baseball is made of, what bats are the best to use, what the bullpen is, and much more!
14,315 Questions
Who was the Cincinnati Reds manager when they won the World Series in 1990?
Lou Piniella.
Piniella was manager of the Reds between 1990-1992.
Who holds the home run world record?
Ted Williams hit the most home runs as a Boston Red Sox player with 521.
Which three baseball players used their first names on their uniforms?
2 are vida blue and ichiro suzuki
When did the number of football games in a season change?
The NFL went from a 12 game season to a 14 game season starting in 1961. They went from a 14 game season to a 16 game season starting in 1978.
Which major league baseball manager hired j Jackie Robinson?
Field managers do not hire players, General Managers of teams negotiate contracts. Branch Rickey, GM of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, was the executive that first signed Robinson to a player contract. When Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947, the Field Manager to start the season was Clyde Sukeforth, who managed one game, with Burt Shotton, the manager for the remainder of the season.
How do you get to be bat boy for a major league baseball team?
show that you do very well to the coach and he will let you bat. maybe not.
A baseball player hits a home run how far is it to run around the perimeter of the baseball diamond?
The shortest length around the bases is 360 feet, 90 feet between each of the three bases and home plate. When running out a home run, or any other hit, however, most players do not run in a straight line between the bases, so the actual distance the player runs around the bases would be slightly longer than the 360 feet.
Who are the Philadelphia Phillies top pinch hitters?
Greg Gross holds the Phillies career record in pinch hits with 117.
Which New York Yankees slugger was known as the Kosher Bomber?
Ron Blomberg...the First Jewish Yankee :-)
Who played shortstop for the New York Yankees over the last 40 years?
Since 1972, the following have played shortstop for the New York Yankees:
Gene Michael (1968-74)
Fred Stanley (1973-80)
Jim Mason (1974-76)
Ed Brinkman (1975)
Bucky Dent (1977-82)
Marty Perez (1977)
Andre Robertson (1981-85)
Rodney Scott (1982)
Roy Smalley (1982-84)
Bert Campaneris (1983)
Bobby Meacham (1983-88)
Tim Foli (1984)
Toby Harrah (1984)
Keith Smith (1984-85)
Dale Berra (1985-86)
Ivan DeJesus (1986)
Paul Zuvella (1986-87)
Randy Velarde (1987-95)
Alvaro Espinoza (1988-91)
Rafael Santana (1988)
Torey Lovullo (1991)
Carlos Rodriguez (1991)
Andy Stankiewicz (1992-93)
Spike Owen (1993)
Robert Eenhoorn (1994-96)
Kevin Elster (1994-95)
Tony Fernandez (1995)
Derek Jeter (1995-present)
Mariano Duncan (1996-97)
Andy Fox (1996-97)
Pat Listach (1996)
Rey Sanchez (1997, 05)
Dale Sveum (1998)
Wilson Delgado (2000)
Jose Vizcaino (2000)
Erick Almonte (2001, 03)
Enrique Wilson (2001-04)
Felix Escalona (2004-05)
Andy Phillips (2004-07)
Andy Cannizaro (2006)
Wilson Betemit (2007-08)
Alberto Gonzalez (2007-08)
Angel Berroa (2009)
Ramiro Pena (2009-present)
Eduardo Nunez (2010-11)
How do you contact Brad Ausmus?
Brad Ausmus receives mail at: Brad Ausmus c/o San Diego Padres, P.O. Box 122000, San Diego, CA 92112. If requesting an autograph, be sure to include a self-addressed and properly stamped envelope.
What years did Bill Dickey play for the New York Yankees?
Bill Dickey played for the New York Yankees from 1928 -1946.
How many MLB games have been tied at 0 after five innings of play?
This is quite possibly the dumbest question in the history of sports trivia. This person should be stuffed in a dead Taun-Taun and launched into space...
'Circus catch' is a term used in baseball (and football also) that means a difficult catch. A diving catch or a catch where an outfielder jumps and reaches over the wall to make a catch and rob the hitter of a home run could be called a circus catch.
Who was the last active player in Major League Baseball to have been in the Negro Leagues?
Hank Aaron was the last Negro League player to have a regular position in the Major League. Minnie Minoso was the last to actually play in a MLB game. (Two games for the White Sox in 1980.)
Has anyone hit for the cycle with an inside the park home run?
Yes. According to Baseball Almanac, the last player to perform such a feat was Harry Danning of the New York Giants, on June 15, 1940. The linked article from Baseball Almanac (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1940n.shtml) suggests (and I confirmed it through an article where Harry Danning was interviewed) that it has happened on more than one occasion. That would make sense, as many home runs in the early part of the 20th century were inside-the-park variety.
Jim
How do you throw a 12-6 curve?
You need to produce top spin on the ball
A good way to practice is by taping two balls on top of each other or by taping the caps of two 16 oz pop bottles together and then throwing them.
