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[K Douglas]

Nine winners of the World Series Most Valuable Player award have worn a Blue Jays uniform at some point in their career in Major League Baseball. Name as many as you can.



Five Correct!
Four Too slow.

There is one more. Hint: Read the exact wording of the question; don't interpret what you feel I meant.

I didn't know that Frank Viola played for the Blue Jays. I stopped watching baseball for a few years after the strike in 1994. I had set up my Rotisserie League team to win the pennant in 1994, at the expense of the team's future. Many of my players under-performed, but I think I still would have won instead of finishing second if the last six weeks of games had been played. That killed my interest in baseball until Mark McGwire's season in 1998.

The other one I failed to mention is Gene Tenace. Won MVP with Oakland and then coached the Jays after his playing career was over.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Ten winners of the World Series Most Valuable Player award have worn a Blue Jays uniform at some point in their career in Major League Baseball. Name as many as you can.

The other one I failed to mention is Gene Tenace. Won MVP with Oakland and then coached the Jays after his playing career was over.

Correct!
Tenace also managed the Jays for 33 games in 1991, when Cito Gaston was incapacited with a herniated disc in his back.

 

[tml]

In the 1988 NL Cy Young voting results the top two pitchers finished with the exact same won-loss record. Suprisingly, one of those pitchers won the award with a unanimous result. Name the pitchers involved.
P.S. Both had ERA's under 2.75.

 

[dunkula]

Orel Hershiser & Danny Jackson ( both 23 and 8 ). Hershiser won Cy Young

 

[tml]

Orel Hershiser & Danny Jackson ( both 23 and 8 ). Hershiser won Cy Young

Correct!!!!! I'm still trying to find out the story behind this. Even the reporter from Cincinnati apparently didn't vote for Jackson.

 

[Sugarsweet905]

Ten winners of the World Series Most Valuable Player award have worn a Blue Jays uniform at some point in their career in Major League Baseball. Name as many as you can.

Gene Tenace (Jays' coach/manager), Frank Viola, Dave Stewart, Jack Morris, Pat Borders, Paul Molitor, Troy Glaus, David Eckstein, George Springer, Steve Pearce,

 

[onomatopoeia]

Ten winners of the World Series Most Valuable Player award have worn a Blue Jays uniform at some point in their career in Major League Baseball. Name as many as you can.

Gene Tenace (Jays' coach/manager), Frank Viola, Dave Stewart, Jack Morris, Pat Borders, Paul Molitor, Troy Glaus, David Eckstein, George Springer, Steve Pearce,

Too slow.

shack and K Douglas got all of them before your post.

 

[tml]

Ten winners of the World Series Most Valuable Player award have worn a Blue Jays uniform at some point in their career in Major League Baseball. Name as many as you can.



Too slow.

shack and K Douglas got all of them before your post.

I think they were wind assisted.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Correct!!!!! I'm still trying to find out the story behind this. Even the reporter from Cincinnati apparently didn't vote for Jackson.

Hershiser's ERA was almost half a run less than Jackson's, (2.26 vs 2.73), the Dodgers won the NL pennant and the World Series, and Hershiser finished the regular season with 59 consecutive scoreless innings. These things were factors in the voting.

 

[tml]

Hershiser's ERA was almost half a run less than Jackson's, (2.26 vs 2.73), the Dodgers won the NL pennant and the World Series, and Hershiser finished the regular season with 59 consecutive scoreless innings. These things were factors in the voting.

Thanks for the info. I think voting is done before the playoffs, so the NL title and the World Series don't factor in. Hershiser's ERA is definitely better, but Jackson's is still quite good. The 59 conecutive inning streak would absolutely push him over the top. Still, there's usually one jerk off reporter who doesn't vote for the obvious in these situations.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Thanks for the info. I think voting is done before the playoffs, so the NL title and the World Series don't factor in. Hershiser's ERA is definitely better, but Jackson's is still quite good. The 59 conecutive inning streak would absolutely push him over the top. Still, there's usually one jerk off reporter who doesn't vote for the obvious in these situations.

Hershiser also won a Gold Glove for fielding in '88. 1988 was Danny Jackson's first season in the National League, whereas Hershiser had previously won the Cy in 1985.

Jackson was one of the pitchers I cited in my letter to Bill James, re: Left-handed pitchers who switch leagues; see post #31 in the Aaron Judge thread in Sports forum.

 

[maurice93]

What city has bid for the Olympics 9 times —- and failed every time.

 

[unassuming]

Who was NASCAR's first black driver and first black race winner ?
Answered by KDouglas

 

[K Douglas]

Who was NASCAR's first black driver and first black race winner ?

I remember this from when Bubba Wallace was in the news. His name was Wendel Scott and it was sometime back in the 70's I think.

 

[unassuming]

I remember this from when Bubba Wallace was in the news. His name was Wendel Scott and it was sometime back in the 70's I think.

Correct!

 

[onomatopoeia]

I remember this from when Bubba Wallace was in the news. His name was Wendel Scott and it was sometime back in the 70's I think.

 

[tml]

I remember this from when Bubba Wallace was in the news. His name was Wendel Scott and it was sometime back in the 70's I think.

The movie Greased Lightning is about him and it's on TCM tonight at 8:00pm.

 

[unassuming]

The movie Greased Lightning is about him and it's on TCM tonight at 8:00pm.

That's where I got idea for the question!

 

[tml]

That's where I got idea for the question!

HaHa!!!!! You've been exposed, and not in the good way. Next time you post a question I'll scan the tv listings for clues.

 

[unassuming]

Who was first woman driver in NASCAR?

Answered by Sugarsweet905