A more democratic sports trivia thread [rules page one]

[Nephilim]

I'm gonna guess that Mantle is the switch-hitter in question.

nope....and that's only bonus, big boy, let's go, put on your trivia hat....

[Incandenza]

Allllrighty then. A-Rod, Pujols, and Mark McGwire.

[Gold Knight]

Neph, id like to see that source you had for the Finals question if you could... I cant find anything online showing NBA finals record, except in my book...

As for your question, ill go Ryan Howard, Alex Rodriguez, and Bonds, going for the most recent players. I cant think of any switch hitters at the moment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nba_finals ... ppearances

that's where i got it. there are 5 teams w/ a 0 in the loss column.

ryan howard wasn't on my list. i guess that's b/c he is in the middle of his third season. but he does have over 100 homers already, so he should count, although not "officially" until the end of this season.

Nevermind my question, stupid book has another typo... im going to burn it tonight...

And im not sure if any of the others were correct that i guessed, or if you counted Howard as 1...

[Gold Knight]

Anyway, if none were right, ill go Griffey, Vaughn, and...Aaron, for shits and giggles.

[Nephilim]

eh, i'm starting to think this question is fucked. it appears that the source counted "the first 3 years" of any players career kind of oddly. thus, McGwire is not on the list b/c the source counts the 1986 season as his first year, even though he only had 53 ABs in 18 games........he won rookie of the year the next season w/ 49 homers, still a rookie record, and imo should be included in this list.....

Pujols also makes it. so now we have ryan howard, mcgwire, and pujols. the other guys on my original (shitty) list were: Joe DiMaggio, old-school Pirate Ralph Kiner, way underappreciated Brave Eddie Matthews, and.....

the question is in honor of the newest big bat for the braves, Mark Teixeira. he also holds the record for single-season RBI for a switch-hitter (144), and the record for crushing the most Met dreams at a trade deadline. see ya in the world series!

GK, i guess you're up. no more NBA questions.....

[Gold Knight]

How about College Basketball?

Only one team in NCAA history has defeated three #1 seeds en route to a national championship. Name it.

Hint: It was achieved in the past decade.

[misterman10]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS

[Gold Knight]

Nope, you should stick to calm guesses

[misterman10]

Since its in the past decade, I'll just keep guessing teams that won this past decade

Florida Gators

[Gold Knight]

Nada

[Incandenza]

How about that Carmello Anthony Syracuse team?

[Nephilim]

How about College Basketball?

Only one team in NCAA history has defeated three #1 seeds en route to a national championship. Name it.

Hint: It was achieved in the past decade.

yes, i prefer college ball to an infinite degree.....

this is a great question, too.....but i got no guess.....

[Gold Knight]

How about that Carmello Anthony Syracuse team?

That was actually a really good guess i wouldve never thought of... but no

Ill incorporate a big clue to anyone who knows this player but please dont look it up. A member of the team was a freshman who is the current starting PG for the Sacramento Kings.

[Incandenza]

How about that Carmello Anthony Syracuse team?

That was actually a really good guess i wouldve never thought of... but no

Ill incorporate a big clue to anyone who knows this player but please dont look it up. A member of the team was a freshman who is the current starting PG for the Sacramento Kings.

I'm not 100% on this, but I recall Bibby going to arizona.

[Gold Knight]

Nice job, 1997 Arizona beat three #1 seeds en route to a nat'l championship. Your up Incan.

[Incandenza]

New question:
In a classic baseball moment, George Brett charged out of the Royals dugout with murder clearly on his mind and had to be intercepted by teammates before he committed umpirecide. The question is, why was Brett so pissed off? (there are a couple pieces of info in particular that I'm looking for here)

[Gold Knight]

He hit a homerun, but the bat he used was not usable because of the length of the bat, it was too big for the standardized rule.

[Incandenza]

He hit a homerun, but the bat he used was not usable because of the length of the bat, it was too big for the standardized rule.

T'wasn't the size of the bat that was in dispute.

[Gold Knight]

Really, i coulda swore that was it. The only other reason i could think of is amount of pine tar used.

[Gold Knight]

T'wasn't the size of the bat that was in dispute.

Thats what she said! Ba-zing!

Sorry couldnt help myself...

[Incandenza]

Really, i coulda swore that was it. The only other reason i could think of is amount of pine tar used.

That's the one. Too much pine tar on the bat according to a really obscure rule.

Brett charging out of the dugout is the third-best baseball moment of all time, behind nolan ryan beating the shit out of robin ventura (number 2) and the Angels celebrating on the mound after winning the World Series (number 1).

You're up.

(and yeah, I saw your joke... I set 'em up, you knock 'em down)

[Gold Knight]

Yeah sorry bout the joke, i wa seriosly lol'ing at that by myself...because i have no friends...

But anyway, enough sulking: Name the city that produced the most title teams in a single decade.

And it is a fairly well known sports city.

[0ojakeo0]

boston

[Gold Knight]

boston

Yep, they reached 9 titles in the 1960's. Go ahead Jake.

[0ojakeo0]

wow i only thought that because of the celtics and i live here

who holds the record for best ncaa free throw percentage of all time


im pretty sure but i might be wrong