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07-14-2009, 08:06 PM
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All-Star Game Trivia!!!
In honor of the mid-summer classic, this will get us going tonight...
1. When was the first major-league All-Star game played? 2. Which stadium was it played in? 3. Who insisted on the All-Star game being initiated and what was that person’s profession? 4. What did the first All-Star game coincide with? 5. Who hit the first grand-slam in an All-Star game? 6. Who did he hit it off of? 7. Which inning was it? 8. Where was the All-Star game? 9. What was unique about the All-Star game between 1959 and 1962? 10. Who has the most career RBIs in All-Star game history? 11. Which players have appeared in the most All-Star games? 12. How many appearances? 13. Who has the most stolen bases in All-Star game history? 14. Who set the record for the most strikeouts to begin an All-Star game? 15. Who won the first All-Star game home run derby? 16. What year was it? 17. Who is the only player to strike out 4 times in a single All-Star game?
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#2
07-14-2009, 08:37 PM
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11 has to be Mays and Aaron (I assume it's plural by the wording)
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#3
07-14-2009, 08:39 PM
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1 and 4: Chicago, World's Fair.
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07-14-2009, 08:46 PM
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5. 1983. Freddie Lynn
hit the grand slam off 6. Atlee Hammaker Atlee was never the same for the rest of the year after that at bat Last edited by Anthony S.; 07-14-2009 at 08:52 PM.
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#5
07-14-2009, 08:50 PM
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9. i believe those were the years there were 2 all-star games per year
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07-14-2009, 09:28 PM
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5 - Fred Lynn?? The ONLY grand slam, isn't it??
Ahhh, I see Anthony beat me to this one by quite some time. Sorry... Last edited by FrankWakefield; 07-14-2009 at 09:51 PM.
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#7
07-14-2009, 09:34 PM
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hard to remember what was answered
But #3 was Arch Ward; a sportswriter for a Chicago newspaper. Interestingly; Ward also "created" the College All-Star/NFL Champ game.
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#8
07-14-2009, 09:36 PM
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And Dave Parker
Won the 1st HR Derby Championship in 1985 and I'd wager it took far less than the several hours last night events did.
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#9
07-14-2009, 09:41 PM
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1. When was the first major-league All-Star game played? 1933
2. Which stadium was it played in? Comiskey Park 5. Who hit the first grand-slam in an All-Star game? Fred Lynn 6. Who did he hit it off of? Atlee Hammaker 8. Where was the All-Star game? Comiskey Park 9. What was unique about the All-Star game between 1959 and 1962? Two were played per season, one in an AL park and one in an NL park 11. Which players have appeared in the most All-Star games? Musial, Aaron and Mays 12. How many appearances? 24 Steve
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#10
07-14-2009, 09:51 PM
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Nice job so far. The first All Star game was to coincide with the celebration of Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition, however.
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#11
07-14-2009, 10:06 PM
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17. Roberto Clemente, 1967 4 K's in 6 AB's (15 inning game) http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...96707110.shtml
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