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Obscure sports trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Jan 3, 2019.

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  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Horse racing? Since "hands" are a measurement of height and so many other phrases come from the ponies.
     
    playthrough, Oct 30, 2019
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  2. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    check out the big brain on Brett!

    yes

    EDIT: The phrase referred to a jockey who won a race without whipping his horse or pulling on the reins.
     
    Last edited: Oct 30, 2019
    CD Boogie, Oct 30, 2019
    #1538
  3. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Who are the only two players to win League Championship Series MVP on a losing team? It's one in each league.
     
    CD Boogie, Oct 30, 2019
    #1539
  4. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    It's not exactly obscure trivia, but the phrase "upset" also originated with horse racing when a horse named Upset beat Man 'O War in 1919.
     
    Batman, Oct 30, 2019
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  5. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    I know/think one is Mike Scott in 1986. I just remember it because of a joke that Buckner should have been the series mvp tied with Scott having come up with the Mets.
     
    cyclingwriter2, Oct 30, 2019
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  6. mpcincal

    mpcincal Well-Known Member

    The other is Fred Lynn with the Angels in 1982. I remember that ALCS all too well.
     
    mpcincal, Oct 30, 2019
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  7. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Does Fred Lynn hold the MLB record for odd firsts? First rookie MVP, first grandslam in the all star game, first lcs mvp from a losing team.
     
    cyclingwriter2, Oct 30, 2019
    #1543
  8. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    I was wrong there were actually three. Scott, Lynn and Jeffrey Leonard with the Giants in 1987
     
    CD Boogie, Oct 31, 2019
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  9. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    That mention of Leonard alone was worth reading about the career of Penitentiary Face.
     
    cyclingwriter2, Oct 31, 2019
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  10. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Most home runs in a player’s final season?
     
    heyabbott, Nov 1, 2019
    #1546
  11. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Dave Kingman?
     
    CD Boogie, Nov 1, 2019
    #1547
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  12. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    35 in 1986
     
    heyabbott, Nov 1, 2019
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