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questions about baseball?

January 18th, 2010 3 comments

i need to know these for school so if anyone could answer some of them that would be great

Q: What hide was first used to cover baseballs in 1975?

Q: What baseball announcer said Pope Paul VI’s death "puts a damper on even a Yankees win"?

Q: What country’s first U.S. major league baseball player was Chan-Ho Park?

Q: Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?

Q: What baseball team’s games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?

Q: What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?

Q: What pitcher’s 1.12 ERA in 1968 is the lowest in the majors in post-World War II play?

Q: Who was the last American League baseballer to win the Triple Crown, in 1967?

Q: What Pittsburgh Pirate had exactly 3,000 career hits before dying in a plane crash?

Q: What’s the LCS to a baseball pennant winner?

Q: What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major leaguer to wear in his on the field?

Q: How many seasons did Lou Gehrig play every inning of every game?

Q: What major league baseball team has fans dubbed "Cheese Heads"?

Q: What ballpark was Pete Rose playing in when he broke Ty Cobb’s career hits record?

Q: What major league baseball team did the Walt Disney Company assumee operational control of in 1996?

Q: How many seasons saw Hank Aaron blast 50 or more homers?

Q: Who holds the record for most innings pitched in a major league season?

Q: What legendary manager explained: "You have to have a catcher. If you don’t the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen"?

Q: What explosive base-stealer took a $2.75 million pay cut to play for the Kansas City Royals, in 1995?

Q: What major league baseball team was forced to endure a 20-day road trip in 1996?

Q: What Beantowner is second only to Pete Rose in total major league baseball games played?

Q: What’s the most home runs hit by one player in a single major league game?

Q: What establishments were 90 percent of the viewers watching the first televised World Series from?

Q: What did Babe Ruth, Rogers, Hornsby, Ted Williams and Willie Mays all do in their first major league at-bats?

Q: What former Giants star is the godfather of Barry Bonds?

Q: What governor was on hand at home plate to greet Hank Aaron when he broke Babes Ruth’s home run record?

Q: What hide was first used to cover baseballs in 1975?
Cow (replaced horse)

Q: What baseball announcer said Pope Paul VI’s death "puts a damper on even a Yankees win"?
Phil Rizzuto

Q: What country’s first U.S. major league baseball player was Chan-Ho Park?
(South) Korea

Q: Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?
Chicago and Boston

Q: What baseball team’s games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?
Atlanta Braves, until his death last August

Q: What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?
Ozzie Smith for assists
Vizquel recently broke double plays and games

Q: What pitcher’s 1.12 ERA in 1968 is the lowest in the majors in post-World War II play?
Bob Gibson

Q: Who was the last American League baseballer to win the Triple Crown, in 1967?
Carl Yastrzemski

Q: What Pittsburgh Pirate had exactly 3,000 career hits before dying in a plane crash?
Roberto Clemente

Q: What’s the LCS to a baseball pennant winner?
The last series they won to get the pennant? (League Championship Series)

Q: What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major leaguer to wear in his on the field?
Hair curlers

Q: How many seasons did Lou Gehrig play every inning of every game?
1

Q: What major league baseball team has fans dubbed "Cheese Heads"?
Brewers

Q: What ballpark was Pete Rose playing in when he broke Ty Cobb’s career hits record?
Riverfront Stadium, or Wrigley Field if you’re in the school that says that 2 of Ty Cobb’s hits were counted twice

Q: What major league baseball team did the Walt Disney Company assumee operational control of in 1996?
California Angels

Q: How many seasons saw Hank Aaron blast 50 or more homers?
0

Q: Who holds the record for most innings pitched in a major league season?
Will White, 680 in 1879
Ed Walsh has the modern era record with 464 in 1908

Q: What legendary manager explained: "You have to have a catcher. If you don’t the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen"?
Casey Stengel

Q: What explosive base-stealer took a $2.75 million pay cut to play for the Kansas City Royals, in 1995?
Vince Coleman ($3,312,500 in 1994, $250,000 in 1995, it was actually over 3 million)

Q: What major league baseball team was forced to endure a 20-day road trip in 1996?
Braves, 19 games during the Olympics

Q: What Beantowner is second only to Pete Rose in total major league baseball games played?
Carl Yastrzemski

Q: What’s the most home runs hit by one player in a single major league game?
4, done several times

Q: What establishments were 90 percent of the viewers watching the first televised World Series from?
Appliance/department stores

Q: What did Babe Ruth, Rogers, Hornsby, Ted Williams and Willie Mays all do in their first major league at-bats?
Strike out

Q: What former Giants star is the godfather of Barry Bonds?
Willie Mays

Q: What governor was on hand at home plate to greet Hank Aaron when he broke Babes Ruth’s home run record?
Jimmy Carter