Rotating Quiz #262: All Stars

[Don Piven]

This is Rotating Quiz #262. Entries must be posted by Wednesday, 19 July
2017 at 0000h UTC. (Western Hemisphere posters note that this is Tuesday
evening.) As is customary, answers are based on your own personal
knowledge, divine revelation, or wild-ass guess; external research is
discouraged. Scoring is based solely on the number of correct answers;
ties are broken in favor of the person who posted earliest. The winner
is entitled to set the next Rotating Quiz in a format of their choosing.

Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the
newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each
one. Unless the question asks for more than one answer, only one answer
is allowed per question.

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This quiz concerns the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played
tonight (11 July 2017), as well as all of its predecessors. Note that
some of the questions may refer to the outcome of tonight's game, so you
might want to wait until the All-Star Game is over before posting your
answers.

1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game?

2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game.

3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three
home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances.

4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game
roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for
second and third in number of roster appearances?

5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star
Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings?

6) Whitey Ford might have been a legendary pitcher for the New York
Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a
pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how
many hits did he give up in his ten appearances?

7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven
innings, because the teams ran out of what?

8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star
Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game
ended in a tie after regulation play. Why?

9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did
this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the
only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat?

10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history
he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star
appearances, he was charged with what?

11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of
the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to
wait to post your answers until after the game is over.)

Play ball!

[Dan Blum]

Don Piven <d...@piven.net> wrote:

> 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star
> Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings?

13

> 6) Whitey Ford might have been a legendary pitcher for the New York
> Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a
> pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how
> many hits did he give up in his ten appearances?

10

> 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven
> innings, because the teams ran out of what?

pitchers

> 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of
> the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to
> wait to post your answers until after the game is over.)

123

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[Dan Tilque]

Don Piven wrote:
>
> This quiz concerns the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played
> tonight (11 July 2017), as well as all of its predecessors. Note that
> some of the questions may refer to the outcome of tonight's game, so you
> might want to wait until the All-Star Game is over before posting your
> answers.

All of my answers are going to be outright guesses, because seriously,
who cares about the All-Star Game?

>
> 1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game?

Babe Ruth

>
> 2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game.

Mickey Mantle

>
> 3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three
> home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances.

Nolan Ryan

>
> 4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game
> roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for
> second and third in number of roster appearances?

Willy Mays, Cal Ripkin, Jr.

>
> 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star
> Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings?

13

>
> 6) Whitey Ford might have been a legendary pitcher for the New York
> Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a
> pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how
> many hits did he give up in his ten appearances?

27

>
> 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven
> innings, because the teams ran out of what?

pitchers

>
> 8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star
> Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game
> ended in a tie after regulation play. Why?

called because of darkness

>
> 9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did
> this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the
> only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat?

hit for the cycle

>
> 10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history
> he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star
> appearances, he was charged with what?

errors

>
> 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of
> the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to
> wait to post your answers until after the game is over.)

103


--
Dan Tilque

[Gareth Owen]

Don Piven <d...@piven.net> writes:

> 1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game?

George Herman Ruth

> 2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game.

Hank Aaron??

> 3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three
> home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances.

Whitey Ford???

> 4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game
> roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for
> second and third in number of roster appearances?

Willy Mays, Pete Rose

> 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star
> Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings?

17

> 6) Whitey Ford might have been a legendary pitcher for the New York
> Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a
> pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how
> many hits did he give up in his ten appearances?

43

> 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven
> innings, because the teams ran out of what?

Pitchers

> 8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star
> Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game
> ended in a tie after regulation play. Why?

Darkness

> 9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did
> this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the
> only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat?

First pitch lead-off home run

> 10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history
> he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star
> appearances, he was charged with what?

A balk???

> 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of
> the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to
> wait to post your answers until after the game is over.)

234

[Don Piven]

On 7/11/17 18:32, Don Piven wrote:
> This is Rotating Quiz #262. Entries must be posted by Wednesday, 19 July
> 2017 at 0000h UTC. (Western Hemisphere posters note that this is Tuesday
> evening.) As is customary, answers are based on your own personal
> knowledge, divine revelation, or wild-ass guess; external research is
> discouraged. Scoring is based solely on the number of correct answers;
> ties are broken in favor of the person who posted earliest. The winner
> is entitled to set the next Rotating Quiz in a format of their choosing.
>
> Please post your answers to all questions in a single followup in the
> newsgroup, quoting the questions and placing your answer below each
> one. Unless the question asks for more than one answer, only one answer
> is allowed per question.
>
> - - - - -
>
> This quiz concerns the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played
> tonight (11 July 2017), as well as all of its predecessors. Note that
> some of the questions may refer to the outcome of tonight's game, so you
> might want to wait until the All-Star Game is over before posting your
> answers.
>
> 1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game?

George Herman Ruth. Dan T. and Gareth got this one.

> 2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game.

Fred Lynn in the 1983 ASG. (Fun fact: Lynn's grand slam came fifty
years to the day from Ruth's inaugural dinger, both were hit in the
bottom of the third inning, and both were hit out of Chicago's Comiskey
Park.)

> 3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three
> home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances.

Jim Palmer served up gopher balls to Joe Morgan, Greg Luzinski, and
Steve Garvey before being pulled in the third inning of the 1977 ASG.

> 4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game
> roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for
> second and third in number of roster appearances?

Willie Mays and Stan Musial were both on the roster 24 times. Both Dan
T. and Gareth correctly picked Willie, but nobody guessed Musial.

> 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star
> Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings?

The 1967 and 2008 ASGs both went fifteen innings.

> 6) Whitey Ford might have been a legendary pitcher for the New York
> Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a
> pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how
> many hits did he give up in his ten appearances?

19 (acceptable range 17-21).

> 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven
> innings, because the teams ran out of what?

Pitchers. Everyone got this one right, which surprised me because I'd
completely forgotten about it. Both managers ran out of eligible
pitchers, and appealed to (then) Commissioner Bud Selig to call the game
if nobody scored in that inning.

> 8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star
> Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game
> ended in a tie after regulation play. Why?

It was called due to rain. There have been only two rain-shortened
ASGs; the first one in 1952 ended after five innings with the National
League leading 3-2.

> 9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did
> this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the
> only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat?

Ichiro hit an inside-the-park home run.

> 10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history
> he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star
> appearances, he was charged with what?

Dr. K committed balks in his 1986 and 1988 appearances. He is the only
ASG pitcher to balk more than once. Gareth answered correctly.

> 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of
> the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to
> wait to post your answers until after the game is over.)

The two homers hit in this year's game bring the total All-Star HR count
to 187 (acceptable range was 182-192).


And now, the RQ #262 box score :-)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 : TOTAL
--------------------------------+------
Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 : 1
Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 : 2
Gareth Owen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 : 3

Congratulations to Gareth Owen! RQ #263 is yours to set as you wish.

[Gareth Owen]

Don Piven <d...@piven.net> writes:

> And now, the RQ #262 box score :-)
>
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 : TOTAL
> --------------------------------+------
> Dan Blum 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 : 1
> Dan Tilque 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 : 2
> Gareth Owen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 : 3
>
> Congratulations to Gareth Owen! RQ #263 is yours to set as you wish.

Thanks Don.
I will write something tomorrow, and post tomorrow night or Monday.

[gwo...@gmail.com]

Many apologies for the delay to this. Personal circumstances have intervened.

Gareth