20 Questions: Baseball

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:54 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? for the vast majority of his career, yes

vgmmaster · Post by **vgmmaster** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:19 pm

Did he pitch in the NL East?

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:20 pm

i hvae two. any cy youngs

and did he get his cy young (if he did) befor eteh 70s

wrightfan123 · Post by **wrightfan123** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:13 pm

ok, after this is over, i have a brand new direction to go with this. so whoever wins, dont start a new topic...

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:33 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? for the vast majority of his career, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no (i guess i can't count the second part of hourman's double query)

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:07 pm

did he play in teh NL central.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:21 pm

5. starting pitcher? for the vast majority of his career, yes

i'm starting to rethink this one due to the ambiguity in the term "majority." so i'll say he was "primarily" a starting pitcher.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:23 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no (i guess i can't count the second part of hourman's double query)
8. did he play in teh NL central? no

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:34 am

was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years?

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:09 am

did he play on any NL california team.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:00 am

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no
8. did he play in teh NL central? no
9. was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years? no
10. did he play on any NL california team? no

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:02 am

did he play in the NL before there were NL divisions?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:36 am

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no
8. did he play in teh NL central? no
9. was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years? no
10. did he play on any NL california team? no
11. did he play in the NL before there were NL divisions? yes

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:42 am

did he play for the dodgers or the giants?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:10 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no
8. did he play in teh NL central? no
9. was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years? no
10. did he play on any NL california team? no
11. did he play in the NL before there were NL divisions? yes
12. did he play for the dodgers or the giants? no

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:13 pm

Hall of Famer?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:15 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no
8. did he play in teh NL central? no
9. was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years? no
10. did he play on any NL california team? no
11. did he play in the NL before there were NL divisions? yes
12. did he play for the dodgers or the giants? no
13. Hall of Famer? no

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:41 pm

well, that probably means it is someone I never heard of before.... NL pitcher who didn't make the hall, started most of his career, and played pre-70's... hmmmm...... yeah, I'm not gonna get this without looking stuff up....

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:55 pm

Colossus wrote:well, that probably means it is someone I never heard of before.... NL pitcher who didn't make the hall, started most of his career, and played pre-70's... hmmmm...... yeah, I'm not gonna get this without looking stuff up....

you haven't been looking stuff up already? lol.....and i told you it was a toughie in the beginning....

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:06 pm

I kinda thought looking stuff up was a no-no..... well, since you put it that way, is it Jim Konstanty?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:53 pm

Colossus wrote:I kinda thought looking stuff up was a no-no..... well, since you put it that way, is it Jim Konstanty?

oh, i didn't know we weren't allowed to look up junk. maybe that was in another 20 questions thread that i missed....

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:54 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no
8. did he play in teh NL central? no
9. was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years? no
10. did he play on any NL california team? no
11. did he play in the NL before there were NL divisions? yes
12. did he play for the dodgers or the giants? no
13. Hall of Famer? no
14. is it Jim Konstanty? no (nice one, i've never heard of that guy)

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:02 pm

I just assumed looking stuff up wasn't cool since it wasn't in another 20 questions thread I checked out...don't remember which one.

so, did this guy play before 1945?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:29 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes
5. starting pitcher? primarily, yes
6. Did he pitch in the NL East? no
7. any cy youngs? no
8. did he play in teh NL central? no
9. was he on any major league team's active roster within the last 20 years? no
10. did he play on any NL california team? no
11. did he play in the NL before there were NL divisions? yes
12. did he play for the dodgers or the giants? no
13. Hall of Famer? no
14. is it Jim Konstanty? no (nice one, i've never heard of that guy)
15. did this guy play before 1945? no

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:40 pm

was he on the the mets.