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Here's a baseball trivia quiz that will hopefully get you thinking and perhaps
encourage some of you to ask some of your favorites in this newsgroup.  Answers
will be posted in a few weeks.


1)  Who was the last man to catch a major league game pitched by Babe Ruth?

2)  Off what pitcher did Carlton Fisk hit his memorable homer in the sixth
    game of the 1975 Series?

3)  Off what pitcher did Hank Aaron hit his 714th home run?  His 715th?  Who
    caught his 715th?  Who sang the national anthem at that game?

4)  Off what pitcher did Vic Wertz hit his blast in the 1954 World Series
    (the one Mays caught)?

5)  What do the following players have in common?
    Rod Kanehl, Dave Kingman, Joel Youngblood, Don Zimmer?

6)  Five players have hit World Series home runs both as American Leaguers
    and National Leaguers.  Name them.

7)  What two pitchers combined to snap Pete Rose's 44 game hitting streak?

8)  Speak of hard luck!  This man gave up just two runs on five hits, but
    he was the loser as he was going against Don Larsen on the day of his
    perfect game.  Name him.

9)  Everyone knows about the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" which gave the
    Giants the 1951 pennant (2 games to 1 in the playoff over the Dodgers).
    The giants also won the first game of that series.  How?

10) Who was the last man to steal home in a World Series?