Thursday Trivia: 11 years ago...

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

The Flyin' Hawaiian?


Isn't it silly that I remember his nickname, but his actual name eludes me.

Shane Victorino was also near the end of his career by 2014. The Phillies good run with Utley, Rollins, Howard, etc was from 2005-2012 and was then followed by a number of bad years before their current resurgence. They were 73-89 in 2014 when they had a player tie for the lead in hits.

[Cliff Bowman]

If someone answers either one and swears they didn’t look it up I will be skeptical, to say the least.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Was Ryan Zimmerman on the Nationals then?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Not Victorino. Zimmerman was on the team but it's not him.

Hint:

Both guys were drafted by and made their MLB debut with the Twins.

[bk400]

Once you starting getting into the Twins, I have to call no mas!

[D. Bergin]

2014 was certainly a weird year in the NL. 1st 7 guys (aside from 1) in Hits are fairly anonymous or flash in the panners, and the one who isn't, is not exactly known for piling up the hits (or even being healthy for a full season).

Also weird, it was only 11 years ago and we've already all forgotten these guys.