Tuesday Nite TRIVIA.....

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Let's parse the question.....

"Game of baseball": Perhaps a more generic term than the assumed "Major League Baseball"
"Most exciting": Drama that lasts for weeks and weeks
"Most demanding": Having to come through every single day for 2 straight months
"Essentially": Signifies a nuance

Answer: DiMaggio hitting ion 56 straight games in the Majors in 1941, and hitting in 61 straight games in the PCL in 1933

Hey Mark

I'm not going to get in a "nit-picking" debate here. This is meant to be fun. Damn it, it's too late in the day to "quibble" over this kind of stuff.
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Whatever, there have been some great responses so far in this thread. It's been a long day, so here is the answer I was looking for:

Yogi Berra





In the 4th game of the 1947 World Series Bill Bevens was ONE out away from achieving a No-Hitter in the World Series. With 2 outs in the 9th inning and Dodgers on the bases,
Cookie Lavagetto hit a Double off the famous RF wall at Ebbets Field to win the game for the Dodgers. You could say that this experience for Yogi was a "rehearsal" for what was
to be 9 years hence.

Oct 8th 1956, the magical 5th game of the World Series which we all know what occurred, was a game I personally watched on our TV (I played hooky that day).

Don Larsen made two very modest statements to the press......regarding his his success......

"Yogi called all the pitches; and, the Dodgers made it easy for me, as I threw only 97 pitches".



TED Z

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