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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. Since 1900 and through the 2004 season, there have been 13 players who have hit four home runs in one major leagne game. If you can identify five of these 13 players, collect ten points.

2. Since the All-Star game began in 1933, there have been only three pitchers who have started a game for both the American League and National League. Collect ten points if you can name one of these three hurlers.

3. True or False. Roger Clemens is the only pitcher in All-Star game history to start a midsummer classic while representing three different teams?

4. Fred Lynn is the only player to hit a grand slam in All-Star game competition when he hit a bases loaded home run in 1983 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Against which pitcher did Lynn hit his grand slam: Atlee Hammaker, Steve Rogers, Dave Dravecky or Mario Soto?

5. Which one of the following players never hit two home runs in one All-Star game: Gary Carter, Willie McCovey, Ted Williams, Al Rosen or Barry Bonds?

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