Horsehide-Trivia

[Old Sweater]

Guessing Benito Saintago

Benito an Ivy League grad?

 

[Old Sweater]

Mike Piazza? The timeline works but I'm not sure why he'd be a Red Sox fan.

I was kicking the tires on Varitek.. not sure if he is in the right timeframe though

 

[obxyankeefan]

Benito an Ivy League grad?

Sometimes I miss things

 

[Old Sweater]

I was kicking the tires on Varitek.. not sure if he is in the right timeframe though

Nope. Not Varitek. He went to Georgia Tech

 

[Old Sweater]

Sometimes I miss things

I’m 72. That gets worse. : ))

 

[Old Sweater]

Midweek Bonus, Wednesday, June 4

Who is the only native of the state of Utah to become a major league manager?









Hint: #1 He oversaw the major league efforts of four Cy Young Award winners, four Rookies of the Year, seven MVPs and seven players who are now in the Hall of Fame as well as those of the first Japanese-born player to play in the majors.




Hint: #2 He was one baseball’s most infamous sign stealers.








Wednesday's question answered:

Q. Which Ivy-League grad had attended Carl Yastrzemski's final game as a young Red Sox fan?

Hint: #1 He (Not Yaz) was the first catcher to wear the Fox Sports Catcher-Cam.

Hint: #2 This catcher once tripled twice in one game a month after he was thrown out three times trying to steal in another game.

Hint: #3 He got his 1,000th career hit during the game in which he tied the National League record for most times grounding into double plays in a season.

A. BRAD AUSMUS [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Ausmus was 14 when he attended Yaz’s final game on 02-Oct-1983 at Fenway Park. Yaz, age 44 & 41 days, went 1-for-3. Ausmus went on to earn his degree in government from Dartmouth College.

- #1 He was the first to wear the Fox Sports Catcher-Cam in a game, 02-Aug-1997, sample viewable here. here.

- #2 G w/2 3b = 06-Jul-1999. G w/3 CS = 12-Jun-1999 (14 innings).

- #3 Milestone H game = 21-Sep-2002; 30 GIDP, tied with Ernie Lombardi in 1938.



FCR - Adam Foldes, New York City



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[obxyankeefan]

Herman Franks

 

[Cedrique]

I was kicking the tires on Varitek.. not sure if he is in the right timeframe though

Better than my Piazza guess. I forgot University of Miami isn't in the Ivy League

 

[Old Sweater]

Herman Franks

Correct. I didn’t realize Franks was the cheating fuck placed in the stands that I vaguely remember reading about. They used a buzzer system like the 2017 *Astroisks

 

[obxyankeefan]

Correct. I didn’t realize Franks was the cheating fuck placed in the stands that I vaguely remember reading about. They used a buzzer system like the 2017 *Astroisks

The only reason I got it was the Japanese clue. Franks was the Giants manager in the mid 60s

 

[Old Sweater]

Thursday, June 5

Which one-time member of the New York Metropolitans would play thirteen straight seasons in the same city in his next assignment?









Hint: #1 He became the first catcher to play directly behind the batter on every play.




Hint: #2 He was the first president of the Baseball Players Protective Association.








Midweek Bonus question answered:

Q. Who is the only native of the state of Utah to become a major league manager?

Hint: #1 He oversaw the major league efforts of four Cy Young Award winners, four Rookies of the Year, seven MVPs and seven players who are now in the Hall of Fame as well as those of the first Japanese-born player to play in the majors.

Hint: #2 He was one baseball’s most infamous sign stealers.

A. HERMAN FRANKS [SABR Bio]

- Ans. Franks was born in the mining community of Price, UT on 04-Jan-1914. He managed SFG for 4 seasons & CHC for 3.

- #1 Franks managed SFG for 4 seasons: 1965-1969 & managed CHC for 3: 1977-1979. (Full list of the notables he managed, available on request.)

- #2 It was Franks in the center field bleachers with a telescope during the 1951 NL pennant race.




FCR - Jesse Asbury, Norman, Oklahoma



~ D. Bruce Brown

 

[Old Sweater]

I’m going Roger B. again because he is the only early NY catcher I know