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1) On Opening Day, 1962- This senior athlete at James Monroe High School in the Bronx cut school for the day to see the New York Mets' very first home game in their history, at the Polo Grounds. One year later- in 1963- he was on the Mets' Opening Day roster, as a first baseman. He was still there, on that same roster on Opening Day of 1979. Who am I talking about?
2) Name the scrappy Cardinals' second baseman during their Whiteyball days of the '80s.
3) Name the pitcher Mariano Rivera relieved, before delivering the gopher ball to Alomar in the '97 LCS. Odds are, if this pitcher remained in there, the Yankees would've matched their record five consecutive World Series titles of 1949 through 1953.
4) What pitcher won 24 games in 1973, yet did NOT win the Cy Young?
5) This 5'5" second baseman did his work among physical titans like Canseco and McGwire and Carney Lansford on the pennant winning A's teams of the late '80s and early '90s. Who?
6) This Oakland second baseman of an earlier vintage was 'fired' by A's owner Charlie Finley after some miscues following Game Two of the 1973 World Series. Name him.
7) Tug McGraw struck out this blazingly fast individual for the final out of the 1980 World Series, thus giving the Philadelphia Phillies their only world championship in one hundred twenty four seasons of operation, and counting. Who was it?
8) What's Reggie Jackson's middle name?
9) Joe and Dom DiMaggio's older brother also played in the Majors, having played his entire career in the National League. His first name?
10) Name all eight franchises playing in the triple-A International League in 1946, Jackie Robinson's sole year in the minor leagues.
Not difficult questions 🙂
