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Tony La Russa and...Leo Durocher?

Good guess, but incorrect on both. I actually thought La Russa did it, but he never took the White Sox to the dance. Close in '83.

 

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Correct!!!! Each have attempted 13 penalty shots in their career. Another NHL record for Ovie's taking.

It might be a penalty shot record but I don't think it would be a scoring record. Last night, they said he only has 4 goals on his penalty shot attempts. Would that be a record?

 

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It might be a penalty shot record but I don't think it would be a scoring record. Last night, they said he only has 4 goals on his penalty shot attempts. Would that be a record?

Right, I was referring only to penalty shot attempts. If Ovie gets one more kick at the can he'll own the record of attempted penalty shots outright. Pavel Bure owns the record for most penalty shot goals in a career with 7.

 

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What's his name?



Correct! or Nope. One name only, please.

Klee!

 

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What's his name?

Klee!

Correct!

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What's his name?



Correct!

@iceman69: You're new to the trivia threads, so this is your mulligan.

In the future, you must reply to the original question post, rather than to a reply, or a reply to a reply. Finding the question post is part of the game, (hint: follow the path of handle links in replies backwards). If you reply to a reply again, you receive one and a half lines of Robert De Niro.

Consider yourself lucky iceman69. Some of us have had our thumbs broken.

 

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Name the only two pitchers in MLB history to have started a playoff game for 5 different teams.

ANSWER:
Max Scherzer(Detroit, Washington, LA Dodgers, NY Mets, Texas)
David "Boomer" Wells(Cincinnati, Baltimore, NY Yankees, Boston, San Diego).

 

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Three MLB managers have taken 3 different teams(franchises) to the World Series. One was Bill McKechnie(Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati) who did it before 1940. The other two did it after 1940. Who are they?

ANSWER:
Dick Williams(Boston, Oakland, San Diego)
Bruce Bochy( Sand Diego, San Francisco, Texas).

 

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Name the only MLB member born in France to have won a World Series.

Answered correctly by dunkula.

 

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Name the top three teams in MLB history to have the fewest number of errors in a complete season in the modern era.

 

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Name the top three NHL players, of all time, who have scored a goal against the greatest number of different NHL goalies, in an NHL game.

ANSWER:
Jaromir Jagr(178)
Patrick Marleau(177)
Alexsander Ovechkin(170)

 

[dunkula]

Name the only MLB member born in France to have won a World Series.

Bruce Bochy

 

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Bruce Bochy

Correct!!!

 

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Name the top three teams in MLB history to have the fewest number of errors in a complete season in the modern era.

Baltimore Orioles 2013
Texas Rangers 2023
Arizona Diamondbacks 2023

 

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Name the coach/ bench manager from each of the 4 major North American team sports(NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) that had the longest uninterrupted run with one team.

 

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NFL. Tom Landry
MLB. ?
NBA. Red Auerbach
NHL. Jack Adams

 

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Name the coach/ bench manager from each of the 4 major North American team sports(NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) that had the longest uninterrupted run with one team.

MLB: Connie Mack

NBA: Jerry Sloan?

 

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NFL. Tom Landry
MLB. ?
NBA. Red Auerbach
NHL. Jack Adams

Credit for Tom Landry. Incorrect on the other two guesses.

 

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MLB: Connie Mack

NBA: Jerry Sloan?

Connie Mack is correct. He was bench manager with the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years.
Jerry Sloan is incorrect.

 

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The topic is 100 win seasons in the MLB:
Name the two managers who hold the record for most 100 win seasons.
Name the 5 managers to lead more than one franchise to 100 win seasons.
The Yankees hold the record for most 100 win seasons(of course). Which franchise is second on the list.
Since division play started(1969) only two 100 win teams failed to make the playoffs. Who are they?
Only once in MLB history has a 100 win team been led by multiple managers in that season. Who was that team?

Question #5 answered correctly by onomatopoeia.