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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. Through 2004, there have been 21 pitchers who have won a World Series game for more than one team. Who is the only one of these hurlers to win a Fall Classic contest for three different clubs? Grover Alexander. Jack Morris, Nelson Briles or Curt Schilling?
2. There are five active pitchers who have recorded a 10-strikeout game in both a League Championship Series and World Series contest. Collect two points for each of these five pitchers you can identify.
3. Who is the only player in major league history with two post-season grand slams: Tino Martinez, Jim Thome, Jose Canseco or Johnny Damon?
4. Who was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in 2004 for the Red Sox when they defeated the Yankees: Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Derek Lowe or Mike Timlin?
5. There have been 12 different pitchers who have hit a home run in a World Series game. Collect ten points if you can name three of these 12 pitchers.
- Red Sox take 3-0 lead over Rockies in World Series.
- News wire article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) October 28, 2007 700+ words
...league hit. It was the first hit by a Red Sox pitcher in the World Series since Bill Lee in Game 7 of the 1975...got Torrealba on a comebacker. BOSTON RED SOX vs. COLORADO ROCKIES WORLD SERIES Red Sox lead series 3-0 Wednesday Boston 13...
- 2004 World Series Champion Red Sox Stars Roberts & Arroyo to Appear at Paid...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 11, 2004 700+ words
...event with members of the 2004 World Series Red Sox this weekend in Worcester...events since capturing the World Series title, Dave Roberts and Bronson...and now the newly crowned World Series Champion Red Sox right here, there has never...
- Boston pitches in: World Series: Red Sox take 2-0 lead with another win at home.
- News wire article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) October 26, 2007 700+ words
...mound to see why the Boston Red Sox have a stranglehold on the World Series after Thursday's 2-1 win...was nearly unhittable as the Red Sox crushed the Rockies, 13...Boston has won six straight World Series games, equaling the franchise...
- Boston Red Sox World Series Power Apparel? The Red Sox Wear Phiten Titanium...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 25, 2004 700+ words
LOS ANGELES -- Fans are noticing many of the World Series' Red Sox wearing colorful necklaces and bracelets; most notably...Did these necklaces help power the Red Sox to the World Series? Maybe. The necklaces are a form of alternative...
- Red Sox sweep to World Series title.
- News wire article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) October 28, 2007 700+ words
...Rockies to win the 103rd World Series. The Red Sox finished off their second...Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series _ with a 4-3 win at Coors...the franchise's seventh World Series championship. The Red Sox seemed destined for this...
- Boston Red Sox Predicted to Win the World Series (Again) According to 'High...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 29, 2001 700+ words
...predicted the Boston Red Sox to break their 83-year World Series drought and win the...predicting the Boston Red Sox would win their first World Series in 82 years. What...Expos in 5 games 2001 World Series Boston Red Sox over Atlanta ...
- Most Anticipated Shipment in 86 Years Arrives at Fenway as DHL Delivers World...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 11, 2005 700+ words
...by a member of the Red Sox management team...the delivery of the World Series rings, DHL and the Red Sox are also today announcing...The World Champion Red Sox are a team with a...by their thrilling World Series win last year...
- Boston Red Sox End World Series Drought According to 'High Heat Baseball(TM)...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 31, 2000 700+ words
...predicted that the hard-luck Boston Red Sox will break their 82 year World Series drought and win the championship...Francisco Giants in five Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians in four World Series: Boston Red Sox over the Atlanta Braves in six...
- Imagine a Red Sox-Phillies World Series.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sheridan, Phil January 31, 2004 700+ words
...event in sports, the World Series. Phillies-Red Sox. We didn't get an...the Series?) The Red Sox had a 20-year-old...Alexander. The 2004 World Series would feature some...Kerrigan once managed the Red Sox. And let's not forget...
- Imagine a Red Sox-Phillies World Series.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) January 31, 2004 700+ words
...event in sports, the World Series. Phillies-Red Sox. We didn't get an...the Series?) The Red Sox had a 20-year-old...Alexander. The 2004 World Series would feature some...Kerrigan once managed the Red Sox. And let's not forget...
Source: HighBeam Research, Baseball quick quiz.