My Favorite Sports Trivia Questions

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by user MetsJetsDevils

1) What Baseball player played for each of the four teams that once played in New York?

2) What Hall of Famer played Right Field at Yankee Stadium before Babe Ruth?

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

905 days ago

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My favourites all involve "General Ignorance" in some way... i.e. Where is Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Well, it ain't in Indianapolis...

Welcome back!

BTW, I'm not ignoring your questions, I just don't have the faintest idea as to the answers. :P

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DNLLegend

905 days ago

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#1 is one of my favorites too.

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KelsdadAll-Star

905 days ago

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The starting outfielders for the Yankees in 1919 were Bing Bodie, Duffy Lewis and Sammy Vick, none of whom are Hall of Famers.

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MetsJetsDevilsDraft Pick

904 days ago

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That should show you that you have to be a little creative. I assure you that there was a hall of famer on that team who played right field prior to Babe Ruth taking over the position.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

904 days ago

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ok, I had to go look it up. That's some good isht right there...

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

904 days ago

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yeah, I did a double take... I'm mad I didn't know that little tidbit already (Or madder that I may have forgotten it)

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MetsJetsDevilsDraft Pick

904 days ago

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Thanks manny for A) confirming that there is an answer to the question and B) not ruining it for everyone.

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Davis21wylieMVP

904 days ago

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Re: #2 - Wow, that is a nice piece of trivia...

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JuTMSY4Legend

904 days ago

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Ooohohh...that is a tricky question but...I'm a little confused...Yankee stadium was opened in 1922 (23?)...so did he really play there?

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MetsJetsDevilsDraft Pick

904 days ago

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You are right. He would have played at the Polo grounds. In any event, he played RF for the Yankees immediately prior to Babe Ruth and is now a Hall of Famer.

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JuTMSY4Legend

904 days ago

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Its still a good one...I know it now but I, like manny, clearly had to look that up, i didn't even have a shot... Good question

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KelsdadAll-Star

904 days ago

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How long do we have to wait for the answers?

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Dukeboy999Varsity Captain

904 days ago

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Who could answer this without looking it up?

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DNLLegend

904 days ago

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I knew #1 pretty quickly.

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MetsJetsDevilsDraft Pick

904 days ago

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A is incredibly answerable. I am going to at least wait for a guess. On B, there is some word play. You can go to baseball almanac, look up the Yankees, look at the list of outfielders and see if any of them are in any Hall of Fame.

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Davis21wylieMVP

904 days ago

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Aren't there two answers to #1?

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DNLLegend

904 days ago

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I only see one, but there may be someone super-recent that I'm missing.

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Davis21wylieMVP

904 days ago

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The first one is pretty easy, I got it w/o looking it up. The second one is very obscure (we're talking about a guy who only played a half-season each with the Mets and the Yankees).

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KelsdadAll-Star

903 days ago

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There's actually three answers to #1, and if you think "Brooklyn" you went too far.

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Davis21wylieMVP

903 days ago

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Okay KD, since MJD posted the answers, who's the third? I thought Straw and Jose Vizcaino were the only guys to play for all four. I know Stengel wore the uniform of all four (and while they were all still in NY), but not always as a player.

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