Connie Mack
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Connie Mack
bobjustbob
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I'll go Polo Grounds and Galarraga is the cat.
Bonilla was Bobby "Bo"
John_8581
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Original Teams (haven't moved)
1. Boston Red Sox
2. Detroit Tigers
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Cleveland Indians
Original Teams (have moved):
5. Philadelphia - Kansas City - Oakland Athletics
6. Baltimore Orioles - New York Highlanders/Yankees
7. St. Louis Browns - Baltimore Orioles
8. Washington Senators - Minnesota Twins
Your defunct team is the Baltimore Orioles (before they became the New York Yankees)
Most Oriole players went to the Yankees. Some others like John McGraw (as third baseman) went to the New York Giants. McGraw later became the manager of the New York Giants. Much later, McGraw went into the Baseball HOF.
John_8581
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You are correct!
Connie Mack Stadium 515 ft in dead center. Polo close behind @483ft.
Willie McCovey's nickname was "Stretch"
Bullseye! Also some called him MAC.
bobjustbob
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Nailed it. My contention is that the Highlanders/Yankees are not part of the original 8. True that McGraw plucked players from the O's and a power play was going on that ended the franchise. It did go bankrupt and taken over by the league. A new franchise was granted and placed in NY and many of these players were placed there. But the original franchise was eliminated from the American League and reformed as an International league team.
Next question, retired numbers:
From 1-50 only 3 numbers have never been retired. What are they?
From 1-50, 10 numbers are retired by only 1 player. Can you name them?
4 current teams have retired 2 players with the same number. How many can you name?
OK-Greg Maddux had his #31 retired by the Cubs & Braves. Fergie Jenkins also had #31 retired with the Cubs.
Hank Aaron's #44 retired by Braves & Milwaukee. Nolan Ryan's #34 retired by the Astros & Rangers.
I think #13 is only retired by the Reds for Davey Concepcion.
I think #13 is only retired by the Reds for Davey Concepcion.
Addison, Sheffield. Waveland and Clark
^^^^
Addison on the south, Sheffield on the east, Waveland on the north and Clark on the northwest.
Addison on the south, Sheffield on the east, Waveland on the north and Clark on the northwest.
John_8581
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I can only get 3 teams for retired #
Yankees - # 8 -- Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra
Cubs - # 31 -- Ferguson Jenkins, Greg Maddox
Expos - # 10 -- Rusty Staub, Andre Dawson
Didn't the Reds un-retire #5 so Johnny Bench could wear it, and then re-retire it for Bench when he retired?
Which White Sox player in 2005 hit his only home run for the year in game 2 of the World Series as a walk off?
Scott Podsednik
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
All correct! :clap:
More pertinent to the current playoffs, 2 questions:
1) The Baltimore Orioles had a relief pitcher back in the 1970s name Don Stanhouse. His nickname was "Full Pack". What was the origin of that nickname?
2) In 1971, the Orioles were the last major league team to feature four 20-game winners on their pitching staff. Name them.
bobjustbob
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Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar are 2.
