TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-20-11

17 Responses to TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-20-11

1. T.O. Chris says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:08 pm

   It was nice to see Montero absolutely crush a ball today! I saw him get a nice other way double the other day but it wasn’t smoked like the one he hit off the Phillies, he would’ve had a HR with another inch or so.

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   Steve S. Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 8:11 pm

   The slow start with the bat doesn’t bother me at all. First, since this is his first camp we have nothing to judge it against, he could start slow every year and we just never heard about it. Next, his job this camp is to work on his glove. I’m sure they’re working his ass off in side sessions, and defense should be his primary focus right now. Nobody doubts his bat.

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2. Steve S. says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:12 pm

   This is a tough question tonight, it will be interesting to see if anyone gets it right.

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   Brads Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 8:52 pm

   That is a direct challenge that cannot go unanswered!

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3. Steve S. says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:15 pm

   Peavy hurt again, this time his shoulder. Diagnosed with “rotator cuff tendinitis”. Has he been healthy for 5 minutes since he left the Padres?

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   Brads Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 8:55 pm

   So much for trading deadline pickups of ChiSox pitchers.

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   Steve S. Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 9:02 pm

   Bingo.

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4. Brads says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:39 pm

   Paul Mirabella

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   Steve S. Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 8:42 pm

   One down, 2 to go.

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5. Brads says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:42 pm

   Paddy Greene

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   Steve S. Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 8:47 pm

   Nice! Paddy was the hardest one. Played for the Highlanders a zillion years ago.

   2 down……

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6. Brads says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:48 pm

   Steve Dillon was signed by Yankees but played for Mets

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7. Brads says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:49 pm

   Steve Blateric played like 1 game

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   Steve S. Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 8:57 pm

   Ding ding ding! We have a winner.

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8. Brads says:

   March 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm

   So, if the question was “played for the Yankee organization,” there were 4 players…but only 3 of them played for the parent club.

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   Steve S. Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 9:01 pm

   Right, the question was “played for the Yanks” in the context of MLB players.

   I’ll assume you actually clicked through that list one by one and found the ones that played for the Yankees. Did you notice the same thing I did? It’s amazing how many guys have the proverbial cup of coffee in the big leagues. You wonder what happens to all these guys, and it goes to show how rare even a solid everyday player on the big league level is.

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   Brads Reply:
   March 20th, 2011 at 9:39 pm

   I like to try to find answers in an elegant process…so I first looked through list to see if I knew any of top of head…Mirabella.

   Then, because you specifically stated the Highlanders, I sorted the list by last date played and went right to the players who ended between 1901 and 1906, and found Paddy on second click.

   I didn’t want to click on all the list if I could come up with another approach so I decided to start focus on the 65 to 75 era and found the others.

   To me, the fun and challenge (if I don’t know the answer) is to figure out the fastest approach to discovery.

   But to answer your question, the list has a lot of cup of coffee guys, but I bet that is representative of any date!

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