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Baseball quick quiz.
Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 90
(If you score 80 or better, you are a baseball expert; 70 or better, superior; between 60 and 70, good, and between 40 and 60, average.
1. True or False. Last season, Eric Gagne of the Dodgers became the first closer to have multiple 50-save seasons?
2. Last season, two left-handed pitchers won 20 or more games in the majors. Collect five points for each of these lefties you can identify.
3. In 2003, Alfonso Soriano of the Yankees was the only major league player to hit as many as 30 home runs and steal 30 or more bases. Besides Soriano, there were five other players to reach the 20-HR and 20-steal plateau. Collect two points for each of these players you can identify.
4. Over the last two major league seasons (2002-2003), three players have hit four home runs in one game. For ten points, identify two of these three sluggers.
5. Barry Bonds led all major league players in slugging percentage for the third consecutive season. Who was the last player to lead the majors in slugging three years in a row: Mike Schmidt, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth or Rogers Hornsby?
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- Magazine article from: The Biz of Baseball Brown, Maury September 1, 2009 700+ words
...designated hitter/infielder Jim Thome and cash from the Chicago...Ruth, Mike Schmidt, Frank Thomas, and Ted Williams...A big question with Jim Thome is where he will fit...dodgerthoughts/2009/08/jim-thome-wont-start-at...
- Question and answer on Jim Thome and the White Sox.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) van Dyck, Dave November 24, 2005 700+ words
...new-millennium White Sox, the trade of Aaron Rowand for Jim Thome should be no surprise. General manager Ken Williams likes...Loaiza, Sandy Alomar Jr., Tom Gordon and now, perhaps, Frank Thomas. For those who expected these World Series champions to be...
- Thome a gamble for White Sox, but rewards could be great.(Jim Thome)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Rogers, Phil November 23, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Phil Rogers CHICAGO _ Jim Thome's a risk, you're darn right he is. But he's also a...over the cost to keep Konerko. That might open an avenue for Frank Thomas to return as the DH, but the Thome trade signals club Chairman...
- Konerko's back, Thome's on board and Thomas may be out.(Paul Konerko, Jim Thome)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Downey, Mike November 30, 2005 700+ words
...back to the place where he belongs. White Sox win again. Jim Thome is the ghost of Christmas future. The newest of the Sox failed...Too late. Save your breath. I'm already coming back." Frank Thomas is the ghost of Christmas past. The team's resident legend...
- Indians trade for Jim Thome's replacement.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Ocker, Sheldon December 6, 2002 700+ words
...t take the Indians long to replace Jim Thome. Maybe. General Manager Mark Shapiro...trade for him whether we re-signed Jim Thome or not." Hafner becomes an immediate...pressure of being the next Thome. "Jim Thome was always one of my favorite players...
- FSN Ohio Programming Note - Spotlight: Jim Thome.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 27, 2006 700+ words
...featuring former Indians superstar, Jim Thome, on Monday April 3 at 7 pm. Hosted...during the great run of the 1990's, Jim Thome left the team via free agency in the...hometown of Peoria, Illinois. Spotlight: Jim Thome will re-air on FSN Ohio at the following...
- Jim Thome still the man _ in two cities.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 23, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Jim Salisbury CLEVELAND _ Life after Jim Thome is into its eighth month, but Edward McConnell still hasn...one night I snuck down near first base and shouted, `Jim Thome, you're the man!' He shuffled his feet and pounded...
- Jim Thome still the man _ in two cities.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Salisbury, Jim August 24, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Jim Salisbury CLEVELAND _ Life after Jim Thome is into its eighth month, but Edward McConnell still hasn...one night I snuck down near first base and shouted, `Jim Thome, you're the man!' He shuffled his feet and pounded...