TD 192: Mr. Game Warden, could you tell me what season it really is?

[BobF]

15. Name a player or manager whose number has been retired by the New York Yankees.

Here is the source I used to check answers: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/hist ... umbers.jsp

WRONG: 10 points
Joe McCarthy - geolawyerman

Joe DiMaggio: Quite fittingly, 5 people selected him
Rackme32
TheyCallMeMrKid
jepkid97
Bob78164
tjconn728

Billy Martin: 4
Kevin B
mennoknight
CheezeWhiz
jeffwolfe

Whitey Ford: 4
periwinkle's child
amorris525
dott888
xxaaaxx

Thurman Munson: 4
CrunchyTaco
clprez
lieph82
kingrat47

Bill (not R.A.) Dickey: 4
zakharov
waterloo_guy
Bamaman
jeff6286

Elston Howard: 3
This is Kirk!
MarkBarrett
TurdFerguson

Ron Guidry: 3
Paucle
skygilbert
WoppyT

Yogi Berra: 3
gamawire
econgator
hbomb1947

Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto: 2
hscer
RandyG

FOUR singletons:
Reggie Jackson: mitchparov
Mickey Mantle: dnbguy
"The Old Perfesser" Casey Stengel: ElendilPickle
Jackie Robinson: spell4yr

Standings:
1st - 49 points
jeff6286 (2)

2nd - 52 points
ElendilPickle (2)

3rd - 54 points
gamawire (1)

4th - 54.5 points
Mark Barrett (1)

5th - 57 points
Randy G (1)

6th - 63 points
waterloo_guy (4)

7th - 64.5 points
econgator (2)

8th - 65 points
hbomb1947 (1)

9th - 66 points
Rackme32 (1)

10th - 68 points
hscer (1)

11th(t) - 72 points
Paucle (2)
Woppy T (1)

12th - 73 points
Kevin B (1)

13th - 75 points
Bamaman (3)

14th - 76 points
clprez

15th - 76.5 points
Turd Ferguson (1)

16th(t) - 77 points
mennoknight (1)
xxaaxx

18th(t) - 78 points
dott888 (1)
amorris525

20th - 87 points
jepkid97

88.5 points
skygilbert (1)

89.5 points
lieph82 (2)

90 points
zakharov (1)
jeffwolfe

93 points
Bob78164
CrunchyTaco

94 points
dnbguy (1)

95 points
geolawyerman

97 points
kingrat47 (1)

98 points
mitchparov (1)
tjconn728

99 points
spell4yr

95 points
TheyCallMeMrKid

102 points
This is Kirk!

111 points
periwinkle

127 points
CheezeWhiz

[BobF]

16. At least we don't have to travel too far. Name a season (since 1903) in which both participants of the World Series played their home games in the same city or within the same metropolitan area.

WRONG: 14 points
2001 (Arizona Diamondbacks won) CrunchyTaco
1985 (St. Louis Cardinals won - and the Browns were long gone) - econgator

1989 A's vs. Giants (sheep and my personal answer): 7 points
mitchparov
This is Kirk!
Kevin B
ElendilPickle
clprez
dott888
jeffwolfe

2000 Yanks vs. Mets: 5
dnbguy
amorris525
lieph82
tjconn728
spell4yr

DUCK: 3.5
gamawire
Woppy T

1944 Cardinals vs. Browns in the only all St. Louis series: 3
TheyCallMeMrKid
Bamaman
kingrat47

1955 Brooklyn Dodgers finally defeat the Yanks: 3
periwinkle's child
TurdFerguson
RandyG

1956 The Yanks beat the Dodgers and the only WS perfect game is thrown: 3
skygilbert
hscer
xxaaaxx

1951 Yankees vs. New York Giants: 3
zakharov
Rackme32
Bob78164

1952 Yankees vs. Dodgers: 2
Paucle
jeff6286


FOUR singletons:
1906 White Sox vs. Cubs: hbomb1947
1921 - geolaywerman
1949 - MarkBarrett
1936 - waterloo_guy

DROP:
mennoknight
CheezeWhiz
jepkid97

Standings:
1st - 51 points
jeff6286 (2)

55.5 points (4.5 games back)
Mark Barrett (2)

57.5 points (6.5 games back)
gamawire (1)

59 points (8 games back)
ElendilPickle (2)

60 points (9 games back)
Randy G (1)

64 points (13 GB)
waterloo_guy (5)

66 points (15 GB)
hbomb1947 (2)

69 points (18 GB)
Rackme32 (1)

71 points (20 GB)
hscer (1)

74 points (23 GB)
Paucle (2)

75.5 points (24.5 GB)
Woppy T (1)

77 points (26 GB)
mennoknight (1)

78 points (27 GB)
Bamaman (3)

78.5 points (27.5 GB)
econgator (2)

79.5 points (28.5 GB)
Turd Ferguson (1)

80 points (29 GB)
Kevin B (1)
xxaaxx

83 points (32 GB)
clprez
amorris525

85 points (34 GB)
dott888 (1)

87 points (36 GB)
jepkid97

91.5 points (40.5 GB)
skygilbert (1)

93 points (42 GB)
zakharov (1)

94.5 points (43.5 GB)
lieph82 (2)

96 points (45 GB)
geolawyerman (1)
Bob78164

97 points (46 GB)
jeffwolfe

98 points (47 GB)
TheyCallMeMrKid

99 points (48 GB)
dnbguy (1)

100 points (49 GB)
kingrat47 (1)

103 points (52 GB)
tjconn728

104 points (53 GB)
spell4yr

105 points (54 GB)
mitchparov (1)

107 points (56 GB)
CrunchyTaco

109 points (58 GB)
This is Kirk!

114 points (63 GB)
periwinkle

127 points (76 GB)
CheezeWhiz

[BobF]

17. Combo time! As of 1960, both the American League and the National League had eight teams. Name one of the eight from EACH league. Either their current name or the name they went by at the time count and will be counted the same.

No surprise here, the lowest number of points given out on any question. I used the current names just so I could score them as a group, so some of you who said Senators might see it as Twins on here.

WRONG: 8 points
Brewers/Red Sox - mitchparov (Brewers came into the league as the Seattle Pilots in 1969)

Pirates/White Sox: 4 point sheep
Rackme32
TheyCallMeMrKid
CheezeWhiz
Woppy T

Cubs/White Sox: 2
gamawire
ElendilPickle

Phillies/Indians: 2
jepkid97
tjconn728

Pirates/A's: 2
Bob78164
jeff6286

Tiger Cubs, I mean Tigers/Cubs: 2
This is Kirk!
clprez

Phillies/Tigers: 2
econgator
waterloo_guy

Giants/Athletics: 2
zakharov
Kevin B

Dodgers/Tigers: 2
CrunchyTaco
Paucle

Eighteen Singletons:
Braves/Tigers: spell4yr
Cubs/Orioles: RandyG
Dodgers/Athletics - geolawyerman
Braves/White Sox - periwinkle's child
Cubs/Red Sox - dnbguy
Phillies/Yankees (Yankees were actually a singleton) - skygilbert
Reds/Tigers - MarkBarrett
Cardinals/Orioles - hscer
Reds/Indians - mennoknight
Indians/Dodgers - TurdFerguson
Dodgers/Twins - amorris525
Braves/Indians - Bamaman
Pirates/Orioles - lieph82
Reds/Twins - kingrat47
Cardinals/Indians - dott888
Pirates/Twins - hbomb1947
Phillies/White Sox - xxaaaxx
Reds/Orioles - jeffwolfe

No teams went unused, but numerous combinations did.

Standings:
1st - 53 points
jeff6286 (2)

56.5 points (3.5 games back)
Mark Barrett (2)

59.5 points (6.5 games back)
gamawire (1)

61 points (8 games back)
ElendilPickle (2)
Randy G (2)

66 points (13 GB)
waterloo_guy (5)

67 points (14 GB)
hbomb1947 (3)

72 points (19 GB)
hscer (2)

73 points (20 GB)
Rackme32 (1)

75.5 points (22.5 GB)
Woppy T (1)

76 points (23 GB)
Paucle (2)

78 points (25 GB)
mennoknight (2)

79 points (26 GB)
Bamaman (4)

80.5 points (27.5 GB)
econgator (2)
Turd Ferguson (2)

81 points (28 GB)
xxaaxx (1)

82 (29 GB)
Kevin B (1)

84 points (31 GB)
amorris525

85 (32 GB)
clprez

86 points (33 GB)
dott888 (2)

91 points (38 GB)
jepkid97

92.5 points (41.5 GB)
skygilbert (2)

95 points (42 GB)
zakharov (1)

95.5 points (42.5 GB)
lieph82 (3)

97 points (44 GB)
geolawyerman (2)

98 (45 GB)
jeffwolfe (1)
Bob78164

100 points (47 GB)
dnbguy (2)

101 points (48 GB)
kingrat47 (2)

102 points (49 GB)
TheyCallMeMrKid

105 points (52 GB)
spell4yr (1)
tjconn728

109 points (56 GB)
CrunchyTaco

111 points (58 GB)
This is Kirk!

113 points (60 GB)
mitchparov (1)

115 points (62 GB)
periwinkle (1)

131 points (78 GB)
CheezeWhiz

[BobF]

[quote="BobF"]18. Roger Craig trivia. Turns out, before there was the Jeopardy! champion named Roger Craig, if you had mentioned his name, people would have thought of the baseball pitcher. He has been employed by 10 major league baseball teams: 5 as pitcher, two as manager, three as pitching coach. Name one of these teams.

I have to admit I misread Craig's Wikipedia page as there are only 9 correct answers here. He served as both pitching coach and manager of the Padres.

No wrong answers

Giants: 10 point sheep
TheyCallMeMrKid
hscer
Kevin B
TurdFerguson
waterloo_guy
dott888
RandyG
Bob78164
Woppy T
tjconn728

A record 9 people DUCKed this one: 5
CrunchyTaco
geolawyerman
dnbguy
mennoknight
ElendilPickle
CheezeWhiz
amorris525
jepkid97
xxaaaxx

Mets: 4
Paucle
Rackme32
econgator
Bamaman

Tigers: 2
This is Kirk!
clprez

Padres: 2
MarkBarrett
hbomb1947

Cardinals: 2
mitchparov
skygilbert

Dodgers: 2
gamawire
jeff6286

Astros: SINGLETON
jeffwolfe

DROP:
zakharov
perwinkle's child
lieph82
kingrat47
spell4yr

UNUSED: Cincinnati Reds - he played there in 1965 but as a reliever

Standings:
1st - 55 points
jeff6286 (2)

58.5 points (3.5 games back)
Mark Barrett (2)

61.5 points (6.5 games back)
gamawire (1)

66 points (11 games back)
ElendilPickle (2)

69 points (14 gb)
hbomb1947 (3)

71 points (16 gb)
Randy G (2)

76 points (21 gb)
waterloo_guy (5)

77 points (22 gb)
Rackme32 (1)

81 points (26 gb)
Paucle (2)

82 points (27 gb)
hscer (2)

83 points (28 gb)
mennoknight (2)
Bamaman (4)

84.5 points (29.5 GB)
econgator (2)

85.5 points (30.5 gb)
Woppy T (1)

86 points (31 gb)
xxaaxx (1)

87 points (32 gb)
clprez

89 points (34 gb)
amorris525

90.5 points (35.5 gb)
Turd Ferguson (2)

92 (37 gb)
Kevin B (1)

94.5 points (39.5 gb)
skygilbert (2)

95 points (40 gb)
zakharov (1)

95.5 points (40.5 gb)
lieph82 (3)

96 points (41 gb)
dott888 (2)
jepkid97

99 (44 gb)
jeffwolfe (2)

101 points (46 gb)
kingrat47 (2)

102 points (47 gb)
geolawyerman (2)

105 points (50 gb)
dnbguy (2)
spell4yr (1)

108 points (53 gb)
Bob78164

112 points (57 gb)
TheyCallMeMrKid

113 points (58 gb)
This is Kirk!

114 points (59 gb)
CrunchyTaco

115 (60 gb)
mitchparov (1)
periwinkle (1)
tjconn728

136 points (81 gb)
CheezeWhiz

[BobF]

For the last two questions, I'm only going to do totals for the top ten and add in anybody beyond that who passes the current 10th place person

19. Imagine what their career stats could have looked like! Name a major league baseball player who left his team to serve in World War II or the Korean War and resumed his career afterwards.

WRONG: 20 points
Woppy T, with Jerry Richardson (I could find nobody with that name in baseball-reference.com)

Ted Williams: a predictable sheep for 10 points
mitchparov
zakharov
dnbguy
hscer
Kevin B
ElendilPickle
CheezeWhiz
clprez
amorris525
spell4yr

Bob Feller: 6 point sheep of pitchers
periwinkle's child
Bamaman
jepkid97
dott888
hbomb1947
tjconn728

DUCK: 5
waterloo_guy
Bob78164

Willie Mays: 4
Rackme32
This is Kirk!
MarkBarrett
TurdFerguson

DiMaggio (only one person actually specified Joe): 3
geolawyerman
lieph82
kingrat47

Hank Greenberg: 2
econgator
RandyG

Whitey Ford: 2
gamawire
skygilbert

THREE singletons:
Stan Musial: mennoknight
Phil Rizzuto: xxaaaxx
Yogi Berra: Paucle

Standings:
1st - 55 points
jeff6286 (2)

2nd - 62.5 points (7.5 games back)
Mark Barrett (2)

3rd - 63.5 points (8.5 games back)
gamawire (1)

4th - 73 points (18 gb)
Randy G (2)

5th - 75 points (20 gb)
hbomb1947 (3)

6th - 76 points (21 gb)
ElendilPickle (2)

7th(t) - 81 points (26 gb)
waterloo_guy (5)
Rackme32 (1)

9th - 82 points (27 gb)
Paucle (3)

10th - 84 points (29 gb)
mennoknight (3)

11th - 86 points (32 gb)
xxaaxx (2)

12th - 86.5 points (31.5 GB)
econgator (2)

13th - 89 points (34 gb)
Bamaman (4)

14th - 92 points (37 gb) (was 10th after last question)
hscer (2)

[BobF]

20. We're due for a new stadium. Name one of the 10 major league team who is playing in a stadium that was open before the Rockies and Marlins started playing in 1993.

I used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ma ... l_stadiums as my source and also double-checked at baseball-reference.com

Wrong answers: 14 points
Reds - perwinkle's child - Their ballpark opened in 2003
Braves - skygilbert - It was built for the 1996 Olympics
Rangers - jeff6286 - From everything I've researched, it was still under construction when the Marlins and Rockies started playing.

Blue Jays: 7 point sheep
geolawyerman
mennoknight
CheezeWhiz
TurdFerguson
kingrat47
dott888
xxaaaxx
And surprisingly not waterloo_guy!

Dodgers: 6
gamawire
dnbguy
ElendilPickle
Bamaman
jepkid97
RandyG

A's: 5
zakharov
TheyCallMeMrKid
hscer
Kevin B
Bob78164

Orioles: 4
CrunchyTaco
mitchparov
This is Kirk!
Woppy T

Rays (the team started playing in 1998 in a park that was built in 1990 to try to lure the White Sox, then an expansion team, then the Mariners): 3
econgator
waterloo_guy
spell4yr

Royals: 2
MarkBarrett
amorris525

Angels: 2
Rackme32
tjconn728

Cubs: 1
lieph82

Any team with Sox in their name: SINGLETON
White - hbomb1947
Red - jeffwolfe

DROP
Paucle
clprez

Standings:
Our new winner with 64.5 points
Mark Barrett!!!!

In second place with 69 points (4.5 games back)
jeff6286!!!

In third place with 69.5 points (5 games back)
gamawire!

In 4th with 76 points (11.5 gb)
hbomb1947

In 5th with 79 points (14.5 gb)
Randy G

In 6th with 82 points (17.5 gb)
Paucle (3 singletons)

In 7th with 82 points (17.5 gb)
ElendilPickle (2 singletons)

In 8th with 83 points (18.5 gb)
Rackme32

In 9th with 84 points (19.5 gb)
waterloo_guy

In 10th with 89.5 points (25 GB)
econgator

91 points (26.5 gb) (was 10th after question 19)
mennoknight (3)

[Paucle]

WTG Mark, the MLB Commissioner of jboard.tv!
Thanks, BobF, for the re-score!

[MarkBarrett]

WTG Mark, the MLB Commissioner of jboard.tv!
Thanks, BobF, for the re-score!

Yes, thank you for the re-score and wow, I even get a new title.

I'm not a Yankees fan, but picking the right year (1949) out of many options and going with Elston Howard helped a lot. The only other answer I had that may have gone beyond normal depth for a casual baseball fan was Steve Busby. It was a big deal when I started following baseball and collecting cards.

Jeff, ouch tough break. You had me. Lilac's post-win post is pretty funny now after the fact.

[gamawire]

Thanks, BobF, for the re-score!

Well, I haven't made the podium in quite some time, so thanks from me as well - for the re-score and the great game. Congrats to the others on the podium with me!

[jeff6286]

Well darn, when I saw that the winner was going to removed, and I had previously finished second, I figured I had a good chance to win this. But nope, the offending accounts must have favored MarkBarrett's answers a lot more than they favored mine. Below are the top 9 remaining players with their original final scores, followed by the same players with their revised scores, and the amount by which they dropped. Mark and hbomb got big drops, while Paucle and I got just slight ones. waterloo_guy somehow managed to only drop a single point, meaning over 20 questions, just one time did one of the 4 cheating accounts match one of his answers, dropping him from 4th place to 9th. Interesting

jeff 74
MarkBarrett 76.5
gamawire 78
waterloo_guy 85
Paucle 86
RandyG 86
hbomb 87
ElendilPickle 91
Rackme 92

Mark 64.5 (-12)
jeff 69 (-5)
gamawire 69.5 (-8.5)
hbomb 76 (-11)
RandyG 79 (-7)
Paucle 82 (-4)
ElendilPickle 82 (-9)
Rackme 83 (-9)
waterloo_guy 84 (-1)

[jeff6286]

WTG Mark, the MLB Commissioner of jboard.tv!
Thanks, BobF, for the re-score!

Yes, thank you for the re-score and wow, I even get a new title.

I'm not a Yankees fan, but picking the right year (1949) out of many options and going with Elston Howard helped a lot. The only other answer I had that may have gone beyond normal depth for a casual baseball fan was Steve Busby. It was a big deal when I started following baseball and collecting cards.

Jeff, ouch tough break. You had me. Lilac's post-win post is pretty funny now after the fact.

Thanks for the condolences, but I deserved to lose the second time around as well after fouling up the ballpark question. Had the victory in my grasp, and let it slip away. Congrats on the win.

[Caboom]

Well darn, when I saw that the winner was going to removed, and I had previously finished second, I figured I had a good chance to win this. But nope, the offending accounts must have favored MarkBarrett's answers a lot more than they favored mine. Below are the top 9 remaining players with their original final scores, followed by the same players with their revised scores, and the amount by which they dropped. Mark and hbomb got big drops, while Paucle and I got just slight ones. waterloo_guy somehow managed to only drop a single point, meaning over 20 questions, just one time did one of the 4 cheating accounts match one of his answers, dropping him from 4th place to 9th. Interesting

jeff 74
MarkBarrett 76.5
gamawire 78
waterloo_guy 85
Paucle 86
RandyG 86
hbomb 87
ElendilPickle 91
Rackme 92

Mark 64.5 (-12)
jeff 69 (-5)
gamawire 69.5 (-8.5)
hbomb 76 (-11)
RandyG 79 (-7)
Paucle 82 (-4)
ElendilPickle 82 (-9)
Rackme 83 (-9)
waterloo_guy 84 (-1)

Well this got me curious, so I did some digging on the other TD's. I'll post the results in the cheating thread. But it seems there wasn't any foul play going on, guess he just got lucky.

[jeff6286]

Well darn, when I saw that the winner was going to removed, and I had previously finished second, I figured I had a good chance to win this. But nope, the offending accounts must have favored MarkBarrett's answers a lot more than they favored mine. Below are the top 9 remaining players with their original final scores, followed by the same players with their revised scores, and the amount by which they dropped. Mark and hbomb got big drops, while Paucle and I got just slight ones. waterloo_guy somehow managed to only drop a single point, meaning over 20 questions, just one time did one of the 4 cheating accounts match one of his answers, dropping him from 4th place to 9th. Interesting

jeff 74
MarkBarrett 76.5
gamawire 78
waterloo_guy 85
Paucle 86
RandyG 86
hbomb 87
ElendilPickle 91
Rackme 92

Mark 64.5 (-12)
jeff 69 (-5)
gamawire 69.5 (-8.5)
hbomb 76 (-11)
RandyG 79 (-7)
Paucle 82 (-4)
ElendilPickle 82 (-9)
Rackme 83 (-9)
waterloo_guy 84 (-1)

Well this got me curious, so I did some digging on the other TD's. I'll post the results in the cheating thread. But it seems there wasn't any foul play going on, guess he just got lucky.

I wasn't meaning to imply there was anything shady going on, just pointing out that some players fell really far to one extreme or the other as far as duplication of answers with these particular accounts. If Waterloo guy is reading this, please except my apology if any offense was taken.