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Whatever the question, I'd like to enter my guess: Napoleon.

Whatever the answer, it sucked.

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Eventually it will be right. Or so I tell Buzztime on their Facebook trivia threads, where I enter that answer on every question.

What is the first name of the American League's first batting champion, in 1901?

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What's with all of the easy baseball trivia questions being posted on here after my bedtime?

Nice job Zog!! Making sure Dante got the right answer!!! Hes turned this game into a jeopardy format!!

Somehow I missed Mays in referencing this question after being wrong with my initial thought. Was thinking you had to go all the way down the list to Rafael Palmeiro. So obviously not as difficult as I was thinking. My bad.

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Palmeiro may well be the answer to the career home run leader who never won a HR title. At one time the answer to that question would have been Stan Musial.

-- RWM

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Yawkey died in 1976. I believe we have alread discussed his racism, that hurt the Red Sox, as when Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson tried out for the team, but were not signed. I think it is a mistake to judge people, who lived in a different time by today's enlightenment. It certainly appears that the Red Sox have put Yawkey behind them, and have moved on. It's time for you to put Yawkey behind you, and move on also.



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Who was known as "Mr. Sunday", "Charlie Sunday", or something close to those two nicknames? I tried to Google it, but came up with nothing. However, I know my answer is right, but the nickname might be a little bit different from what I remember.

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What baseball player was known as "The Walking Man"...?

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After two toughie questions, I thought I would put a very easy question up here.

Who was known as "Mr. October"...?

I can already hear those keyboads racing to get this one first.

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Who was known as "The Thumper"...?

This one isn't too difficult to come up with the answer for.

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Everyone knows that Dennis Ray Boyd was known as "Oil Can Boyd". Does anyone know what "Oil Can" refers to...?

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Eddie Yost. He played mainly in the '50's, I think for the Senators. The source of that nickname seems pretty obvious; good thing he wasn't a pitcher.

-- RWM

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If I recall correctly wasnt "Oil Can" a nickname for an alcoholic beverage of some sort, like a malt liquor or something to that effect?

Ted Williams (my favorite baseball player other than TOny Oliva) was "Thumper"

You're thinking of Charlie Maxwell, outfielder for the Red Sox in the early 50's among other teams.
I've usually seen him referred to as "Smokey" Maxwell, but he was also called "Sunday Charlie".

Nice call.
A more current incarnation of this nickname is one of my faves.
Kevin Youkilis has been nicknamed "The Greek God of Walks".

ZOG, you are absolutely correct, and I thought your "good thing he wasn't a pitcher" comment was very funny.

Way to go, big guy.

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TCHCNB, good answer. It was a beer can.

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Ted Williams is right. Two in a row, you're good!

How many other Ted Williams nicknames can you remember?

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Phenominal answer, SPOTES. You came up with the right answer, even though I asked incorrectly. You sure know your baseball...!



p.s. I think Charlie got this nickname, while he was playing for the Detroit Tigers. (Yep, I think he started out with the Red Sox.)

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"The Splendid Splinter" and "Teddy Ballgame", for two.

<--not bad for a current resident, and non-native of America's (So-Called & Self Anointed) Finest City...

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Good answers, Liljol. I believe, when Williams first came up to the Big Leagues, he also had the nickname, "The Kid". There might be more, but those are all of them I can think of right now.

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