Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

I listed them in the order I thought was easiest to hardest. Alomar is a given. Winfield & Molitor both had big contributions to World Series Championship teams.

I didn't see the question until just before they put the answer on the screen. I think I would have come up with the guy you forgot, because he was also on a Championship team.

I would have never gotten Niekro. Even after they gave the answer, I wasn't like, "oh yeah, I remember him as a Blue Jay." No recollection at all of him playing in Toronto.

 

Just looked up Niekro's career numbers.

I don't feel so bad about forgetting his time with the Jays.

 

Rickey Henderson played for the Blue Jays, but did he for a full year? Or does that matter?

I'm guessing Otto Velez isn't in the HOF.

 

I must have read the question wrong, because Niekro wasn't with the team for a full year.

 

Jays manager, John Farrell, just one upped Joe Maddon with the shift he employed against Mark Teixeira.

With one out an a runner on first, he shifted 3rd baseman Edwin Encarnacion to 1st base where he held the runner on.

Left handed throwing 1st basemen, Adam Kind, moved to the hole between first and second. The thinking being that he'd have an easier throw to 2nd base if a ground ball came his way.

Ultimately, Teixeira flew out.

If he had grounded out, Lind to Encarnacion, how do you score it? 4-3? Or is it 3-5?

I'd say 4-3. Could you argue Encarnacion is still the 3rd baseman on that play?

 

Still 5-3. The player is numbered by the position at which he's listed in the official lineup, not where he stands on the field.

 

You mean 3-5.

 

yes

 

This Ben Revere triple is one of the plays of the year.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16912955&source=MLB&gid=2011_07_15_kcamlb_minmlb_1

Nice route by Francoeur.

 

Don't look now, but the Rangers are smoking. We'll talk further if that winning streak hits, like, 14.

 

Just win ... dammit. Just win.