Apparently, it does matter if your shoes are blue and white. It matters to Major League Baseball, which warned Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Carl Crawford to never again wear the special edition Jackie Robinson cleats he wore Monday.
Crawford was among several major leaguers who received two...
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Roger Maris hit his 60th home run of the 1961 season off of a pitcher who lost fewer than 100 career games. Whether this is true or NOT, who did Roger hit his 60th home run off of?
True or false, Fungo?
After hitting his 500th career home run on June 30, 1978, Willie McCovery's next three out of his next four home runs were off of pitchers who are now in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Who were the pitchers that Willie did this against and for what career home run? Ex(McCovery hit his 502rd career...
Out of all these players, who is the ONLY to post an OBP under .300 despite having a slugging percentage of .500(minimum of 400 at bats) or better and what was his slugging percentage and OBP that year?
A. Ruben Sierra, 1994
B. Dave Kingman, 1976
C. Tony Armas, 1984
Out of all these pitchers that won at least 300 career games, who is the ONLY one to have the most losses in all of baseball(tied is fine) in his second year and how many losses did he have that year?
A. Tom Glavine, 1988
B. Greg Maddux, 1987
C. Randy Johnson, 1989
How many losses?
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Grady Sizemore's first career Major League home run cam off of a pitcher who has won a Cy Young in his career. Whether this is true or NOT, what pitcher did Sizemore hit his first career home run off of?
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Gary Sheffield finished in the top-5 in the AL MVP Voting during his first year with the Yankees in 2004. Whether this is true or NOT, what place did Gary finished in the AL MVP voting that year?
Damn close.
Marco Estrada is hardly a “sleeper” who’s going to be super cheap, but he’s someone to target nevertheless. First the bad news: he gave up 18 homers over 138.1 innings last year, which is hardly ideal. This was accompanied by a 10.5 HR/FB%, so there was nothing fluky about it either. But this...
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Paul Molitor finished second in the 1978 AL Rookie of the Year voting(which is true) despite posting an OBP of just over .300. Whether this is true or false, what was Molitor's OBP that year?
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Cal Ripken hit his first career triple and first career home run in the Major League in the same game. Whether this is true or NOT, what pitcher(s) did Ripken hit his first career home run and triple off of?
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Despite posting an OPS better than .800 in 1999, Vinny Castilla's OPS + was under 90. Whether this is true or NOT, what was Vinny's exact OPS + that year and what was his OPS?
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Miguel Cabrera did indeed hit a home run in his first career Major League game. But it was came in the first inning. Whether this is true or NOT, what pitcher did he homered off of?
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In 1992, Cubs First Basemen Mark Grace scored fewer than 80 runs despite hitting over .300(minimum of 450 at bats). Whether this is true or FALSE, how many runs did Mark scored that year?
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By his 300th career game, Sammy Sosa had blasted 30 career home runs(at least, maybe). Whether this is true or NOT, how many home runs did Sammy had by his 300th career game?
Out of all these players in the 500 home-run club, who is the ONLY one to NOT hit at least 30 career home runs by their 300th career game and how many home runs did he have by his 300th career game?
A. Jim Thome
B. Manny Ramirez
C. Rafael Palmeiro
D. None of the above
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Jose Lima had three years in which he posted a 6.00 or higher ERA(minimum of 100 innings pitched). Whether it's true or NOT, what year(s) did he accomplished this dubious mark and what was his exact ERA?
Battling through hip and back injuries, Dan Haren posted a 4.33 ERA last season that was his worst since 2004 - his second year in the league. His average fastball velocity dropped to a career low 88.5 mph, and lingering questions regarding his health left him without many suitors during the...