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Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:51 am
by A_B
If we can do hockey, we can do baseball.
In the Interest of Speed, you can submit two names with each response. 1 Point per answer. One state has a tie, both will count for one point.
Name the Home Run leader for every state (player was born in said state):
Alabama - Aaron (Rex)
Alaska
Arizona- Kinsler (Ryan)
Arkansas
California - Bonds (Mr D)
Colorado
Connecticut - Vaughn (Mr. D)
Delaware - Goldschmidt (Mr. D)
Florida - Sheffield (Mister D)
Georgia - Thomas (rex)
Hawaii - Suzuki (Brian)
Idaho - Killebrew (Carwash)
Illinois - Thome (Ryan)
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland - Ruth (Mister D.)
Massachusetts - Bagwel (Enoch)
Michigan - Gibson (Brian)
Minnesota - Winfield (Rex)
Mississippi
Missouri - Howard (Mister D)
Montana
Nebraska - Gordon (Goodkarma)
Nevada - Harper (Brian)
New Hampshire - Plantier (Ryan)
New Jersey - Trout (Mister D)
New Mexico - Kiner (Goodkarma)
New York - A Rod (Rex)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Schmidt (Enoch)
Oklahoma - Mantle (Mister D.)
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Junior (Enoch)
Rhode Island - Konerko (Ryan)
South Carolina - Rice (Enoch)
South Dakota
Tennessee - Helton (Rex)
Texas - Robinson (Ryan)
Utah
Vermont Fisk (Ryan)
Virginia
Washington - Santo (Enoch)
West Virginia - Brett (Carwash)
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:54 am
by rass
(DE)lino DeShields?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:54 am
by mister d
CA: Bonds
DE: Goldschmidt
MD: Ruth
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:55 am
by mister d
AL: Aaron
OK: Mantle
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:59 am
by brian
NV: Bryce Harper
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:05 am
by mister d
I'm less confident now ...
FL: Sheffield
NJ: Trout (I can't think of anyone else born here besides Jeter ... Berra I think was born somewhere else and made this home)
NY: Yaz
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:06 am
by A_B
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:54 am
CA: Bonds
DE: Goldschmidt
MD: Ruth
GFD, mister d! I'm counting them but you're on suspension for twenty minutes!
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:08 am
by mister d
No one reads the rules.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:08 am
by Ryan
NH - Phil Plantier
VT - Carlton Fisk
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:10 am
by Giff
NM - Alex Bregman
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:11 am
by A_B
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:05 am
I'm less confident now ...
FL: Sheffield
NJ: Trout (I can't think of anyone else born here besides Jeter ... Berra I think was born somewhere else and made this home)
NY: Yaz
Yaz is incorrect
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:11 am
by A_B
Giff wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:10 amNM - Alex Bregman
No on Bregman
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:14 am
by Ryan
RI - Paul Konerko
ME - Mike Bordick
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:15 am
by A_B
Konerko yes, Bordick no.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:16 am
by Rex
Is Alabama not Hank Aaron?
Is New York Lou Gehrig?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:17 am
by A_B
Alabama is Aaron, but he was on suspension so I;m giving you the point! No on Gehrig
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:17 am
by mister d
Was Saduharu Oh born in Alabama?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:18 am
by A_B
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:17 am
Was Saduharu Oh born in Alabama?
The commish has spoken.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:18 am
by Ryan
OK - Mickey Mantle
ND - Roger Maris
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:19 am
by Rex
New York must be True Yankee Alex Rodriguez
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:20 am
by A_B
His suspension was up so I gave Mister D Mantle, and no on Maris.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:20 am
by A_B
Rex wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:19 am
New York must be True Yankee Alex Rodriguez
Yes
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:21 am
by mister d
I will never remember that Lex was born in NY.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:23 am
by A_B
There are only 5-6 guys who I have never heard of, so I think the true baseball heads may know some of the names, even if not where they were born.
ETA: Only three states leader has less than 100 home runs, and one of them (Plantier) has been guessed.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:24 am
by Rex
I'll go with Darin Erstad for North Dakota
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:25 am
by mister d
Dammit. I was trying to think of who the ND player was and completely blanked.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:26 am
by A_B
No on Erstad, but I bet I could post pictures of Erstad and the actual leader and no one could tell the difference.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:27 am
by mister d
CT: Bagwell
CT: Vaughn
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:28 am
by Rex
Frank Thomas for Georgia?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:29 am
by brian
Kirk Gibson for Michigan?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:29 am
by A_B
Vaughn is correct, and that's a weird strategy.
Frank Thomas and Gibson Correct.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:30 am
by A_B
Also, Michigan is the state with a tie, so there is still a Michigan point available.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:34 am
by mister d
A_B wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:29 am
Vaughn is correct, and that's a weird strategy.
I knew it was one of the two and if I guess the wrong one, someone else could have jumped in.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:36 am
by mister d
Pretty sure I'm out unless Schilling is the only piece of shit from Alaska and he homered at some point.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:37 am
by A_B
No on schilling, but that's one that I only have the vaguest memory of and may indeed be not the person I am thinking of at all. There's still a few more big names out there so I will give it some time until after lunch then maybe provide some clues.
ETA: At least five not guessed were active at least as recently as 2018.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:41 am
by brian
Hawaii - Shane Victorino?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:41 am
by A_B
brian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:41 am
Hawaii - Shane Victorino?
No, surprisingly.
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:42 am
by Rex
Would Minnesota be Dave Winfield?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:42 am
by Ryan
Jim Thome is frommmmm....Kentucky?
and Harmon Killebrew is frommmmm....South Dakota?
Re: Off Season Baseball Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:42 am
by A_B
Rex wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:42 am
Would Minnesota be Dave Winfield?
It would!