Major League Baseball Trivia

[The Messenger]

Jimmy Rollins. That's kinda Easy. I mean it just happened 2 years ago.

Who Was the Last Pitcher to Win the MVP??

Dennis Eckersley

[The Messenger]

Dennis Eckersley, 1994

Which team has won the second most championships?

I believe it was in 1992. And it's St. Louis.

[Anthony]

Baseball trivia on a forum is quite easy. Google.com - no one will ever be wrong.

[NAHSTE]

Jimmy Rollins. That's kinda Easy. I mean it just happened 2 years ago.

Chipper Jones did it before him, in 1999, so this is incorrect. Won the MVP but didn't make the All Star team because Ron Coomer was the Pirates sole representative.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Chipper Jones did it before him, in 1999, so this is incorrect. Won the MVP but didn't make the All Star team because Ron Coomer was the Pirates sole representative.

Coomer was never a Pirate.

It was Ed Sprague.

[Senser81]

Discounting 1994 when there wasn't any postseason, which team had the best record in their league yet didn't participate in that year's postseason?

[NAHSTE]

Jones was never a Pirate

But he was a 3rd base men, riiiight? Just like Ed Sprague.....

Why are you telling a lifelong Braves fan and 22 year resident of Atlanta about Chipper Jones? He didn't make the team because EDIT-Ed Sprague not Ron Coomer- had to make it as the Pirates rep, and he was the NL's final third baseman.

[NAHSTE]

Coomer was never a Pirate.

It was Ed Sprague.

That's right it was Ed Sprague. Thanks W2B.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Discounting 1994 when there wasn't any postseason, which team had the best record in their league yet didn't participate in that year's postseason?

I'm pretty sure that was the Reds, who finished 2nd in both "half's" of the split strike season in 1980, and ended up with the best overall record in the NL.

[Senser81]

I'm pretty sure that was the Reds, who finished 2nd in both "half's" of the split strike season in 1980, and ended up with the best overall record in the NL.

Yes, it was the Reds (in 1981). St. Louis finished with the 2nd best record in the NL, and they also didn't make the postseason. Only in baseball...

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yes, it was the Reds (in 1981). St. Louis finished with the 2nd best record in the NL, and they also didn't make the postseason. Only in baseball...

'81, duh.

It was all downhill for the Reds from there. That was the last hurrah for TBRM, before they traded everyone, and the guys they kept (Concepcion, for example) all of a sudden got old.

They tried to replace guys like Perez and Morgan with the Dan Driessen's and Ron Oester's of the world, and aside from Mario Soto, they never developed pitching.

The Reds were flat out terrible for about 5 years until guys like Eric Davis, Tom Browning, Barry Larkin, Kal Daniels, and Jose Rijo came up in the late 80's.

And thus ends the 80's Reds history lesson that i'm sure you were all dying to receive.

[Senser81]

I was a big fan of the Joe Price/Tom Hume bullpen combo the Reds had. Surprised they didn't win any World Series with those two guys being on the same team.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I was a big fan of the Joe Price/Tom Hume bullpen combo the Reds had. Surprised they didn't win any World Series with those two guys being on the same team.

Tom Hume was one of the most unathletic looking athletes i've ever seen. Not in an out-of-shape Steve Balboni/Bob Hamelin way, but rather in a "i'm positive this guy just did my taxes" way.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I was a big fan of the Joe Price/Tom Hume bullpen combo the Reds had. Surprised they didn't win any World Series with those two guys being on the same team.

...and don't forget Ted Power.

If Charleton/Dibble/Myers were the Nasty Boys, Price/Power/Hume were the Generally Nice Guys.