Lets Try Out Some Trivia on the New Board
 

1 - What position player has the greatest disparity between home and road home runs?
2- Name the 4 players who have hit a HR for the Mets vs the Yankees and for the Yankees versus the Mets.
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Question I and I'm doing this from memory
 

Melvin Thomas Ott hit 327 of his 511 homers at the Polo Grounds.

327-184= 143 difference.

I did not google that -- so I hope I am correct

Rich

"2- Name the 4 players who have hit a HR for the Mets vs the Yankees and for the Yankees versus the Mets."


I'm going to guess Rickey Henderson, Daryll Strawberry, and Gary Sheffield. (But those are the obvious ones.)

The last one is tough. I can think of at least 4 others who have played for both teams since interleague play started (I assume you ar only counting regular season, not exhibitions.)

I will go with Robin Ventura.

Mel Ott is correct,, good one.
Sheffield and Ventura are correct,,, keep trying for the other 2.

todd zeile
 

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Is one of the homer guys a pitcher???

No to Zeile and no to a pitcher.

Xavier Nady??

tony clark
 

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Peter - you are one of the best and my money was on you to get it. Tony Clark is right.
One more to go.

not a big power hitter but..
 

I think Doug Mientkiewicz played a season for both teams?

Richard--Not so quick with that Ott answer. For someone with over 50 hrs, for example, Ned Williamson, the single season HR leader before Babe Ruth, hit 57/64 at home.

My question was for the greatest number of home runs disparity not the percentage disparity. Sorry, if I made that unclear.
Mientkiewicz played for both teams, but he is not the answer.

Olerud
 

? He played briefly for the Yankees at the end of his career.

My last guess:

Ricky Ledee???

John Olerud one of my favorite all time Mets is not the answer.
Neither is Ricky Ledee.

I lied when I said that was my last guess.

THIS is my last guess (which makes "Ricky Ledee" my penultimate guess.):


Miguel Cairo?

Mientkiewicz caught that toss from the pitcher in 2004 that ended the WS with a Boston sweep... I was there, a Cardinals fan, to witness the loss. The Sox fans present were reverent as they watched the on field celebration. Mientkiewicz kept the ball, the Sox were mad about that and wanted it, MLB said he could keep it. I think it traveled around with the Championship trophy, and then made its way to Cooperstown. I suspect Mientkiewicz may well still own the ball.

If memory serves the Cardinals as the home team had the best claim of ownership. Unlike the Bonds home run ball about which there was a dispute as to ownership that was resolved by arbitration, this ball did not leave the field of play and was never "abandoned."

As I understand it, the home team owns the baseballs until the plate umpire asks for them. Once he asks for them, they go to MLB. As soon as the game ends, whoever has a baseball owns that baseball.... the home team owns the ones they still have, the plate umpire owns the ones in the bag, and whoever has the ball as the last out is made or winning run scores gets that ball.

To appreciate this, watch the plate umpire in the 9th inning. Before the inning starts he'll get 2 or 3 balls to fill his ball bag. Then, sometimes, with 1 or 2 outs, he'll turn to the home team dugout and hold up 4 fingers. Out runs the batboy with 4 baseballs. Then the last out is recorded. Once in the umpires' room, the plate umpire hands out balls to the rest of the umpire crew. They then give the balls away, or swap them for drinks or a meal back at the hotel after the game. (I apologize to all MLB umpires for letting that 'outa the bag', but it is so beautiful to see those 4 fingers flashed with 2 outs in the top of the ninth, when the plate umpire is standing there with 2 or 3 baseballs already in the bag.)

You got it Jim,, Miguel Cairo.

Trivia on new board
 

This was the question on SNY last night. Miguel Cairo would have been probably my last choice. Also Tony Clark played only 1 year year with each team. Great question Richard. CN