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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:30 pm
by Nephilim
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
16. was he on the mets? no
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:08 am
by Colossus
was his MVP as World Series MVP?
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:11 am
by Nephilim
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
15. did this guy play before 1945? no
16. was he on the mets? no
17. was his MVP as World Series MVP? yes (and that should probably do it....)
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:27 am
by Colossus
lew burdette?
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:55 pm
by Nephilim
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
15. did this guy play before 1945? no
16. was he on the mets? no
17. was his MVP as World Series MVP? yes (and that should probably do it....)
18. lew burdette? YES! we have a winner! sorry if the obscurity of this one annoyed people.
but i am a huge braves fan and this fellow passed away recently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Burdette
and read this page for a little more on his astounding 1957 World Series MVP performance: he threw 3 complete games, 2 of them shutouts, with very little rest, and dominated those bitch ass yankees. god bless lew burdette!
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/arti ... p&c_id=atl
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:09 pm
by Colossus
and God bless anyone who refers to the Yankees as 'bitchass'es!!!!
Okay, I got one....not nearly as obscure, thankfully for you all!
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:16 pm
by Nephilim
Colossus wrote:and God bless anyone who refers to the Yankees as 'bitchass'es!!!!
Okay, I got one....not nearly as obscure, thankfully for you all!
aren't we supposed to be going to a new thread? wrightfan said something about that a few pages ago.....
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:20 pm
by Colossus
Oh, I didn't see that. nevermind, then.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:21 pm
by Colossus
wrightfan?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:04 am
by wrightfan123
I'm here. I'm gonna test this one out. Now, instead of guessing players, you have to guess framous moments: Mookie's grounder, Kirby's homer, Steve Bartman, etc. Colossus, since you were the last winner, you go first.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:12 am
by Colossus
ok. um..... alright, got one...shoot.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:58 am
by wrightfan123
Was it a WS moment?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:22 am
by GreecePwns
Was it an ALCS moment?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:23 am
by Colossus
1. was it a WS moment? yes.
I won't count the second question since it wouldn't have been asked if the first answer was known.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:25 am
by wrightfan123
Was the moment in the 21st century?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:18 am
by P Gizzle
Was the moment in 1954?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:31 am
by Nephilim
i have a suggestion too: after this riddle gets answered, let's just start a new thread "20 Questions--Baseball II," so we won't end up w/ 80 pages....
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:35 pm
by wrightfan123
Nephilim wrote:i have a suggestion too: after this riddle gets answered, let's just start a new thread "20 Questions--Baseball II," so we won't end up w/ 80 pages....
that's the fun part!
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:54 pm
by Colossus
1. was it a WS moment? yes.
2. Was the moment in the 21st century? no
3. Was the moment in 1954? no
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:00 pm
by P Gizzle
Was the moment from 1903-1953?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:47 pm
by vgmmaster
Was the moment between 1970 - 1989?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:31 pm
by Colossus
1. was it a WS moment? yes.
2. Was the moment in the 21st century? no
3. Was the moment in 1954? no
4. Was the moment from 1903-1953? nope
5. Was the moment between 1970 - 1989? Yes.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:34 pm
by wrightfan123
Was it an AL favorable moment?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:47 pm
by Colossus
1. was it a WS moment? yes.
2. Was the moment in the 21st century? no
3. Was the moment in 1954? no
4. Was the moment from 1903-1953? nope
5. Was the moment between 1970 - 1989? Yes.
6. Was it an AL favorable moment? yes.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:30 pm
by wrightfan123
An AL Central?