25 (seemingly) random ones > 23 down, 2 to go

[west coast orange and black]

maybe just answer a couple and then leave stuff for others.
thanx, guys.

1. topps depicted mickey mantle batting both lefty and righty. in the mick’s ten individual player (non-special, non-highlight, non-paired) cards of the 60's he is depicted batting from this side of the plate more often.
utter chaos: neither right nor left!
'60: card #350 - lefty
’61: #300 - righty
’62: #200 - not depicted batting
’63: #200 - righty
’64: #50 - righty
’65: #350 - righty
’66: #50 - lefty
’67: #150 - not depicted batting
’68: #280 - lefty
’69: #500 - lefty

2. mel stottlemyre was credited as having shown the art of the slider to this legendary pitcher.
dalkowski100: sidd finch

3. this legendary pitcher was the first rook since 1950 to lead his league in both era and winning percentage the same season.
my bad; toss this one out.

4. the given name of this legend who reportedly gave up the game to play the french horn.
dalkowski110: hayden siddhartha finch

5. not the meaning of “the big red machine”, nor of “murderers’ row”, but that of the legendary "o-n cannon".
ruthmaybond: japan's tokyo giants teammates sadaharu oh and shigeo nagashima

6. a mets free agent scouting report once recommended that this legendary hurler debut in the bigs... without ever before playing organized ball.
dalkowski110: sidd finch

7. describe the legendary “little miracle at coogan’s bluff.”
dalkowski110: the miraculous finish to the ‘54 season of the ny giants, on the way to a world series sweep of the clevelanders

8. this legend was fond of citing buddha’s “be earnest in cessation although there is nothing to cease;
practice the cessation although there is nothing to practice.”
astrosfan: sidd finch

9. this legendary slugger observed: "two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other one-third is covered by garry maddox."
dalkowski110: Ralph Kiner, who repeats it on New York Mets broadcasts to this day!

10. and this legendary batting champ declared: “i’ve been in pro ball since 1914 and i’ve cheated or watched someone on my team cheat. you’ve got to cheat.”
kcghost: rogers hornsby

11. this legendary “farmer john bologna” announcer maintains: "i never say ‘we’. never, ever."
kcghost: vin scully

12. the name of chief no-ka-homa’s cousin, who sometimes appears at braves games.
kcghost: chief round-the-horn

13. the 7th inning stretch racing dogs in milwaukee all wear jerseys. gimme the types of dogs, numbers 1 thru 4, respectively.
kcghost:
1 - brett wurst (german bratwurst)
2 - stosh jonjak (polish sausage)
3 - guido (italian sausage)
4 - frankie furter (american hot dog)

14. the name by which “the san diego chicken” has been known since leaving the padres.
dalkowski110: the famous chicken

15. gimme the names and in which season five knuckleballers appeared on a team’s roster at the same time.
ruthmaybond: the 1944 senators with haefner, lefebvre, leonard, niggeling and wolff

16. the teams in existence before 1993 to have not ever altered either location name nor team name.
ruthmaybond: chicago white sox, since 1901
ccn: detroit tigers, also since 1901
ccn: new york mets, since 1962
ccn: san diego padres, since 1969
ccn: kansas city royals, also since 1969
ccn: seattle mariners, since 1977
ccn: toronto blue jays, also since 1977

17. the first author of a no-hit game to not bat in his own gem.
rockyc: steve busby, in 1973

18. the first player to start the first three games of a world series at three different positions.
rockyc: joe carter, for the toronto blue jays, in 1992: first base, left field, right field

19. the first time the cy young award went to a pitcher with fewer than 20 wins.
kcghost: the franchise, tom seaver

20. they once lead the majors in triples, despite appearing in fewer than 100 games that season.
kcghost: craig reynolds tied for the most in 1981 (12 in but 87 games) with gene richards of the padres;
deion sanders, with 14 in 97 games in 1991

21. the most recent year that all national league home games were not played on real grass.

22. gimme two pairs of teammates who hit inside-the-park homers… back-to-back.
kcghost: cubbies marv rickert and eddie waitkus at the polo grounds on 23 june 1946
ruthmaybond: toby harrah and bump wills hit theirs on consecutive pitches from ken clay on 27 aug 1977 at yankee stadium.

23. the circumstances of the three alou brothers batting back-to-back-to-back, and the order in which they batted.
kcghost: on 10 september 1963 at the mets: in the top of the 7th, manager alvin dark had jesus pinch-hit for banjo-hitting shortstop jose pagan, who batted eighth; matty batted for pitcher bob garibaldi, in the ninth slot, and struck out. leadoff left fielder felipe made it a hat trick with his appearance against mets pitcher carl willey.
fourth brother roberto "bebop" alou did not make it into the game... or any major league roster.

24. the average of the 77 numbered baseballs of the teddy ballgame hitting exhibit at the hall of fame.
kcghost: .321

25. the circumstances that put three members of the 300/300 club on the same field at the time that a 300/300 occurred.

[KCGHOST]

7. Bobby Thomson's 3-run Hr in the bottom of the 9th to win the 3rd and deciding NL playoff game in 1951.

11. Vin Scully??

[west coast orange and black]

7. describe the legendary “little miracle at coogan’s bluff”.

kcghost: Bobby Thomson's 3-run Hr in the bottom of the 9th to win the 3rd and deciding NL playoff game in 1951.

thomson's dramatic home run is the "miracle at coogan's bluff."
i am lookin' for the "little miracle at cogan's bluff."

11. this legendary “farmer john bologna” announcer maintains: "i never say ‘we’. never, ever."

kcghost: Vin Scully

correct.

[Gee Walker]

4. Sidd Finch went on to be the principal horn player in the Berlin Philharmonic, which was much more fulfilling to him than the ability to throw fastballs at 168 mph.

[west coast orange and black]

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i have read as such.
but, sorry, i am looking for the hornblower's given (birth) name.

[RuthMayBond]

maybe just answer a couple and then leave stuff for others.
thanx, guys.

5. not the meaning of “the big red machine”, nor of “murderers’ row”, but that of the legendary "o-n cannon".Japan's Tokyo Giants teammates Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima

<15. gimme the names and in which season five knuckleballers appeared on a team’s roster at the same time.>

1944 Senators with Haefner, Lefebvre, Leonard, Niggeling & Wolff

I still left some easy ones

[west coast orange and black]

rmb - 5: Japan's Tokyo Giants teammates Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima
thanx.

rmb - 15: 1944 Senators with Haefner, Lefebvre, Leonard, Niggeling & Wolff
thanx.

rmb: I still left some easy ones
oh, bruuuudder :o

[Dalkowski110]

"1. topps depicted mickey mantle batting both lefty and righty. in the mick’s ten individual player (non-special, non-highlight, non-paired) cards of the 60's he is depicted batting from this side of the plate more often."

Left-handed. I'm almost positive.

"9. this legendary slugger observed: "two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other one-third is covered by garry maddox." "

Ralph Kiner, who repeats it on New York Mets broadcasts to this day!

"14. the name by which “the san diego chicken” has been known since leaving the padres."

The Famous Chicken.

[west coast orange and black]

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1. topps depicted mickey mantle batting both lefty and righty. in the mick’s ten individual player (non-special, non-highlight, non-paired) cards of the 60's he is depicted batting from this side of the plate more often.
Left-handed. I'm almost positive.
uh-uh.

9. this legendary slugger observed: "two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other one-third is covered by garry maddox."
Ralph Kiner, who repeats it on New York Mets broadcasts to this day!
yup.

14. the name by which “the san diego chicken” has been known since leaving the padres.
The Famous Chicken.
yup.

[RockyC]

3. Hoyt Wilhelm (1952)

17. Steve Busby (1973)

[west coast orange and black]

thanx, rocky

3. this legendary pitcher was the first rook since 1950 to lead his league in both era and winning percentage the same season.
hoyt wilhelm in 1952

17. the first author of a no-hit game to not bat in his own gem.
steve busby on 27 april 1973. it is the first royals no-hitter, and the first in tiger stadium since virgil trucks in 1952.

[Captain Cold Nose]

16. Tigers, Mets, Royals, Padres, Blue Jays and Mariners.

[KCGHOST]

12. Chief round-the-Horn
16. KC Royals (for one)
19. Tom Seaver 1973
20. Ross Barnes (and a bunch of other 19th Century Guys)

As for the "little miracle of Coogan's Bluff" the only thing I ever heard was that the Giants published a program in 1952 or 1953 that had a painting of Leo Durocher reading a book titled "Little Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" to a young Giants player.

[west coast orange and black]

ccn: Tigers, Mets, Royals, Padres, Blue Jays and Mariners.

6 outta 7 (or outta 8, depending how one sees it)

[west coast orange and black]

kcghost:
12. Chief round-the-Horn
19. Tom Seaver 1973
yep.

20. Ross Barnes (and a bunch of other 19th Century Guys)
am looking for two definitely post-1900 guys

kcghost: As for the "little miracle of Coogan's Bluff" the only thing I ever heard was that the Giants published a program in 1952 or 1953 that had a painting of Leo Durocher reading a book titled "Little Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" to a young Giants player.
it's the '52 yearbook.

[Utter Chaos]

maybe just answer a couple and then leave stuff for others.
thanx, guys.

1. topps depicted mickey mantle batting both lefty and righty. in the mick’s ten individual player (non-special, non-highlight, non-paired) cards of the 60's he is depicted batting from this side of the plate more often.

1960 - Big picture RIGHT, Little picture LEFT
1961 - RIGHT
1962 - neither (head shot)
1963 - Big picture neither (head shot), Little picture RIGHT
1964 - RIGHT
1965 - RIGHT
1966 - LEFT
1967 - neither (head shot)
1968 - LEFT
1969 - LEFT

Main picture - RIGHT=4, LEFT=3, neither=3
All pictures - RIGHT=5, LEFT=4, neither=3

[RuthMayBond]

1960 - Big picture RIGHT, Little picture LEFT
1961 - RIGHT
1962 - neither (head shot)
1963 - Big picture neither (head shot), Little picture RIGHT
1964 - RIGHT
1965 - RIGHT
1966 - LEFT
1967 - neither (head shot)
1968 - LEFT
1969 - LEFT

Main picture - RIGHT=4, LEFT=3, neither=3
All pictures - RIGHT=5, LEFT=4, neither=3I don't know whether it's west coast or Utter chaos, but it sounds like with one of you, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing :confused::noidea:dismay::ooo::choke::shrug:

[west coast orange and black]

utter chaos:
Big picture RIGHT, Little picture LEFT
1961 - RIGHT
1962 - neither (head shot)
1963 - Big picture neither (head shot), Little picture RIGHT
1964 - RIGHT
1965 - RIGHT
1966 - LEFT
1967 - neither (head shot)
1968 - LEFT
1969 - LEFT

Main picture - RIGHT=4, LEFT=3, neither=3
All pictures - RIGHT=5, LEFT=4, neither=3

this is what i have, looking at my cards:

1960: card #350 - lefty
’61: #300 - righty
’62: #200 - not depicted batting
’63: #200 - r
’64: #50 - r
’65: #350 - r
’66: #50 - l
’67: #150 - not depicted batting
’68: #280 - l
’69: #500 - l

[west coast orange and black]

rhumba:danceman: I don't know whether it's west coast or Utter chaos, but it sounds like with one of you, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

i can speak for myself, thank you very much; of course i don't know what i'm doing!:lookitup :laugh

[RuthMayBond]

rhumba:danceman: I don't know whether it's west coast or Utter chaos, but it sounds like with one of you, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

i can speak for myself, thank you very much; of course i don't know what i'm doing!:lookitup :laughWho am I to say anything, the fact that you guys have at least ten years of original Mantle cards ... :bowdown::faint::party::disbelief::applaud::hyper:

[west coast orange and black]

^
a very generous person gifted me with 18 cards of the mick.
all very good-excellant condition!

dude, when you comin' out here next?
i upgraded my seats!

[RuthMayBond]

^
dude, when you comin' out here next?
i upgraded my seats!Um . . .
. . . when Wendy's Restaurants has free roundtrip airfare again? :pray::pray:
This year I'm hitting PNC, and I'm going with my wife to Missouri. I *might* have two stops out there :highfive::hyper::party::dance
For only about the second time other than your seats, I am FINALLY sitting in foul territory this year

[west coast orange and black]

^
hahaha...
enjoy pnc. a night game, i hope. beautiful sight.

[RuthMayBond]

^
hahaha...
enjoy pnc. a night game, i hope. beautiful sight.A night game indeed, and a chance for the visiting Pedro Feliciano to sign his batting gloves

[KCGHOST]

Are you sure about #3?? Seems like Preacher Roe had a better winning percentage than Wilhelm (.846 versus .833). So did Eddie Yuhas but maybe you disqualified him because he didn't qualify for the ERA title with only 99 IP's.

[AstrosFan]

6. Nolan Ryan
8. Sidd Finch?
10. Hal Chase?

Hmm. Chase started way earlier than I remembered. That makes it tougher. Babe Ruth, perhaps?

[KCGHOST]

20. Craig Reynolds - 1981 12 3B's 87 Games
Deion Sanders - 1992 14 3B's 97 Games

[KCGHOST]

10. Rogers Hornsby??

13. 1 - Brett Wurst (Bratwurst)
2 - Stosh Jonjak (Polish Sausage)
3 - Guido (Italian Sausage)
4 - Frankie Furter (HotDog)

On occasion they run a fifth sausage named Cinco or Paco. He is a Chorizo.

[west coast orange and black]

astrosfan:
6. Nolan Ryan > nope
8. Sidd Finch? yep
10. Hal Chase; Babe Ruth? nope; nope

[west coast orange and black]

kcghost:
20.
Craig Reynolds - 1981 12 3B's 87 Games
Deion Sanders - 1992 14 3B's 97 Games

double-yes.

[Utter Chaos]

1960 - Big picture LEFT, Little picture LEFT
1961 - RIGHT
1962 - neither (head shot)
1963 - Big picture neither (head shot), Little picture RIGHT
1964 - RIGHT
1965 - RIGHT
1966 - LEFT
1967 - neither (head shot)
1968 - LEFT
1969 - LEFT

Main picture - RIGHT=4, LEFT=3, neither=3
All pictures - RIGHT=5, LEFT=4, neither=3I don't know whether it's west coast or Utter chaos, but it sounds like with one of you, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing :confused::noidea:dismay::ooo::choke::shrug:
Of course it's me. I wrote down that the 1960 card had the big picture as LEFT and the little picture as LEFT. When I entered it on-line I put down RIGHT for some reason. So....
Main picture - LEFT=4, RIGHT=3, neither=3
All pictures - LEFT=5, RIGHT=4, neither=3

[west coast orange and black]

kcghost:
10. Rogers Hornsby?? > yes

13.
1 - Brett Wurst (Bratwurst)
2 - Stosh Jonjak (Polish Sausage)
3 - Guido (Italian Sausage)
4 - Frankie Furter (HotDog)

On occasion they run a fifth sausage named Cinco or Paco. He is a Chorizo.

well done. :D

[west coast orange and black]

utter chaos:
Main picture - LEFT=4, RIGHT=3, neither=3
All pictures - LEFT=5, RIGHT=4, neither=3

you answered correctly, uc.

i ought to have mentioned to keep the insets out of the counting. (there is a reason that these questions are seemingly unrelated.)
1960: card #350 - lefty
’61: #300 - righty
’62: #200 - not depicted batting
’63: #200 - righty
’64: #50 - righty
’65: #350 - righty
’66: #50 - lefty
’67: #150 - not depicted batting
’68: #280 - lefty
’69: #500 - lefty

[west coast orange and black]

kcghost: #3: Seems like Preacher Roe had a better winning percentage than Wilhelm (.846 versus .833).

i stand corrected.
wilhelm was in fact second in winning percentage.
maybe it's just that i seem to discount the hated dodgers.

[KCGHOST]

20. Working from a picture (not the best) I came up with an average of 320.65.

[west coast orange and black]

^
:nod: :nod:
:clapping

[RuthMayBond]

maybe just answer a couple and then leave stuff for others.
thanx, guys.kcghost has taken a goodly share, so


<16. the teams in existence before 1993 to have not ever altered either location name nor team name.
ccn: detroit tigers, since 1901
ccn: new york mets, since 1962
ccn: san diego padres, since 1969
ccn: kansas city royals, also since 1969
ccn: seattle mariners, since 1977
ccn: toronto blue jays, also since 1977
________________________
________________________>

Chicago White Sox

<22. gimme two pairs of teammates who hit inside-the-park homers… back-to-back.>

Harrah & Wills?

[KCGHOST]

22. Rangers Toby Harrah & Bump Wills on 08-17-1977 versus the Yanks at Yankee Stadium

Cubbies Marv Rickert & Eddie Waitkus on 06-23-1946 versus the Giants at the Polo Grounds.

[west coast orange and black]

^ correctamundo

[KCGHOST]

23. Not sure what you mean by "circumstances", but on 09-22-1963 in a game against the Mets at Candlestick Felipe started the game in LF and batted 6th. In the top of the 6th Jesus replace Cepeda in the lineup in the 5th spot. In the top of the 7th Matty replaced Willie Mays and took over the 4th spot.

They batted in the bottom of the 7th with Matty popping out to the catcher, Jesus singling, and Felipe flying out to center.

[west coast orange and black]

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that's not quite how i have it.

on 10 september 1963 at the mets, felipe started in left and lead off. in the top of the 7th, manager alvin dark had jesus pinch-hit for jose pagan, who batted eighth; matty batted for pitcher bob garibaldi, in the ninth slot, and struck out. felipe made it a hat trick with his appearance against mets pitcher carl willey.

[RuthMayBond]

^
that's not quite how i have it.

on 10 september 1963 at the mets, felipe started in left and lead off. in the top of the 7th, manager alvin dark had jesus pinch-hit for jose pagan, who batted eighth; matty batted for pitcher bob garibaldi, in the ninth slot, and struck out. felipe made it a hat trick with his appearance against mets pitcher carl willey.This was the first

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN196309100.shtml

[RuthMayBond]

23. Not sure what you mean by "circumstances", but on 09-22-1963 in a game against the Mets at Candlestick Felipe started the game in LF and batted 6th. In the top of the 6th Jesus replace Cepeda in the lineup in the 5th spot. In the top of the 7th Matty replaced Willie Mays and took over the 4th spot.

They batted in the bottom of the 7th with Matty popping out to the catcher, Jesus singling, and Felipe flying out to center.

Both right?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN196309220.shtml

[Dalkowski110]

The answer to number two, I believe, is Randy Johnson. Although IIRC, Johnson said he merely learned a new slider grip from Stottlemyre, not the pitch altogether.

The answer to number seven, which is courtesy of Dad, a huge fan of the 1950's New York Giants, is actually four answers. He says that he's heard the "Little Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" as any one of the following (in the order he estimated the usage of them)...
1. The 1954 pennant drive.
2. The 1954 World Series.
3. Game 4 of the 1954 World Series.
4. When the Giants beat the Dodgers once more to clinch the 1954 NL Pennant (Dad was unsure of the exact date, but said anywhere from September 18-22 sounded right).

[west coast orange and black]

dalkowski:
2: Randy Johnson.
uh-uh

7:
1. The 1954 pennant drive.
2. The 1954 World Series.
3. Game 4 of the 1954 World Series.
4. When the Giants beat the Dodgers once more to clinch the 1954 NL Pennant
the "little miracle of coogan's bluff": the miraculous finish to the ‘54 season of the ny giants, on the way to a world series sweep of the clevelanders.

[Dalkowski110]

So I got 7 right? Woohoo! ;)

[Dalkowski110]

Further...

2. Sidd Finch

4. Sidd Siddhartha Finch, Hayden Siddhartha Finch, or Joe Berton, depending on whether you wanted either variation SI gave of Sidd's full name OR the guy they hired to play Sidd Finch, who was named Joe Berton.

6. Sidd Finch

[Zito75]

#18, Jose Oquendo? (total guess)

[RockyC]

#18. Joe Carter - 1992 (I don't know if he is the first one to do it).

Game One: First Base
Game Two: Left Field
Game Three: Right Field

[RuthMayBond]

4. When the Giants beat the Dodgers once more to clinch the 1954 NL Pennant (Dad was unsure of the exact date, but said anywhere from September 18-22 sounded right).The 20th

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=1954-09-20

[KCGHOST]

21. I'll guess 2004 since the then Expo's still played some games in Olympic Stadium.

[RuthMayBond]

maybe just answer a couple and then leave stuff for others.
thanx, guys.

18. the first player to start the first three games of a world series at three different positions.
My "too lazy to look it up" guesses are Gil McDougald or Yogi Berra

[KCGHOST]

In looking at (25) about three 300/300 guys were on the field when a 300/300 occurred I have to conclude that the phrase "300/300" doesn't mean just 300 HR 300 stolen base guys or that the phrase "on the field" doesn't limit this to just players in the game involved.

I say this because at no time in history have we ever had four active players with 300 HRs and 300 SB's.

[west coast orange and black]

#18
zito75: Jose Oquendo? (total guess)
nope

ruthmaybond: Gil McDougald or Yogi Berra
nope

rockyc: Joe Carter - 1992 (I don't know if he is the first one to do it).
Game One: First Base
Game Two: Left Field
Game Three: Right Field
yep!

21
kcghost: I'll guess 2004 since the then Expos still played some games in Olympic Stadium.
nope.

[west coast orange and black]

kcghost: I have to conclude that the phrase "300/300" doesn't mean just 300 HR 300 stolen base guys or that the phrase "on the field" doesn't limit this to just players in the game involved.

"300/300" does indeed mean "300 home runs and 300 steals."

kcghost: I say this because at no time in history have we ever had four active players with 300 HRs and 300 SB's.

focus on three, man; at the time that a 300/300 was achieved their were 3 members of the very exclusive 300/300 club on that field.

[Dalkowski110]

"21. the most recent year that all national league home games were not played on real grass."

I'm going to guess 1964.