Baseball quick quiz.

Collect ten points for each question answered correctly. Answers on page 130

(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. What World Series-winning team started its championship season with the most consecutive wins with ten: the 1984 Detroit Tigers, 1990 Cincinnati Reds, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers or 1967 St. Louis Cardinals?

2. The 1982 Atlanta Braves set a major league record by winning 13 consecutive games to open the season. Which club tied that mark: The 2000 Seattle Mariners, 1987 Milwaukee Brewers, 1989 Oakland A's or 1992 Toronto Blue Jays?

3. Who is the only active player to collect five hits in a season opener: Craig Biggio, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki or Ivan Rodriguez?

4. Going into the 2005 season, there were only three switch-hitters in major league history to collect 500 or more career doubles. For ten points, name one of these three players.

5. Among the 18 pitchers who have 300 or more career saves, two of them are known by the first name of John. Collect five points for each of these relievers yon can identify whose first name is John.