Title: Scrooge's Easy-as-Shit Florida Sports Quiz
Scrooge McSuck - November 4, 2006 02:17 PM (GMT)
1. The Devil Rays selected future-All Star Bobby Abreu in the Expansion Draft, and promptly traded him for this loser.
2. How many shutouts did the Devil Rays throw, combined, in the 2005 season, and name the pitcher(s).
3. Who is the all-time strikeout leader for the Devil Rays?
4. Tropicana Field used to be the home of what other sports franchises?
5. How many players' numbers have been retired by the Rays (other than Jackie Robinson), and whos?
6. Who was the first selection of the Florida Marlins in the 1992 Expansion Draft?
7. Name all the Marlins pitchers to throw a no-hitter.
8. How many games did Mike Piazza play for the Marlins in between stops from Los Angeles to New York during the 1998 season?
9. Name the starting 5 of the Orlando Magic for Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals.
10. How many games did the Buccaneers franchise lose before their first regular season win?
11. How many times has a non-Pitcher for the TB Devil Rays been selected as a representetive for the All-Star Game?
12. How many players on the 2006 Miami Heat Playoff Roster have never won an NBA Championship before last season?
S.T. Strickler - November 4, 2006 03:35 PM (GMT)
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| 9. Name the starting 5 of the Orlando Magic for Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals. |
Uh... Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott, Penny Hardaway, Shaq, and Horace Grant.
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| 10. How many games did the Buccaneers franchise lose before their first regular season win? |
26 straight. They went 0-14 in '76, then was 0-12 in '77 until they won their first game.
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| 12. How many players on the 2006 Miami Heat Playoff Roster have never won an NBA Championship before last season? |
I'm thinking everybody but Shaq won their first championship.
Real F'n Show - November 4, 2006 04:51 PM (GMT)
1. The Devil Rays selected future-All Star Bobby Abreu in the Expansion Draft, and promptly traded him for this loser. Kevin Stocker
5. How many players' numbers have been retired by the Rays (other than Jackie Robinson), and whos? Wade Boggs, ?
eStragand - November 4, 2006 11:37 PM (GMT)
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| 2. How many shutouts did the Devil Rays throw, combined, in the 2005 season, and name the pitcher(s). |
Wild guess-- one. Seth McClung and Danys Baez on the mound?
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| 3. Who is the all-time strikeout leader for the Devil Rays |
Scott Kazmir with a whopping 300 or so.
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| 4. Tropicana Field used to be the home of what other sports franchises? |
Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tampa Bay Storm (for awhile in October 1992, it was the future home of the SF Giants. Giants were saved and stayed in SF, obviously)
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| 6. Who was the first selection of the Florida Marlins in the 1992 Expansion Draft? |
Nigel Wilson.
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| 7. Name all the Marlins pitchers to throw a no-hitter. |
Kevin Brown, AJ Burnett (with about 11 walks. sheesh), Al Leiter and...that rookie guy who did it this year (I'd be cheating if I knew his name)
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| 8. How many games did Mike Piazza play for the Marlins in between stops from Los Angeles to New York during the 1998 season? |
Less than a week..I wanna' say 5.
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| 11. How many times has a non-Pitcher for the TB Devil Rays been selected as a representetive for the All-Star Game? |
5-- Jose Canseco, Fred McGriff, Greg Vaughn, Randy Winn and Carl Crawford.
Real F'n Show - November 5, 2006 01:11 AM (GMT)
The rookie would be Anibal Sanchez.
Scrooge McSuck - November 9, 2006 02:09 PM (GMT)
I goofed on #2. I meant Complete Game shutouts... but ES Still got the right number. I'll just double check the Piazza answer so I don't goof up. (heads off for a minute)
Scrooge McSuck - November 9, 2006 02:17 PM (GMT)
Answers:
1. Kevin Stocker
2. 1 (still waiting on who)
3. Scott Kazmir (with a whopping 378)
4. Lightning (NHL) and Storm (AFL)
5. 1 (Wade Boggs)
6. Nigel Wilson
7. Leiter, Brown, Burnett, Sanchez
8. 5
9. Penny, Anderson, Shaq, Grant, Scott
10. 26
11. 5
eStragand - November 15, 2006 09:59 PM (GMT)
Well... #2 was a bitch. Did more research than I had any right to, and found that the number was actually FOUR.
1- July 15, 2005 vs. Toronto: Casey Fossum and Danys Baez
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07140TOR2005.htm2- Aug 14, 2005 vs. Cleveland: Scott Kazmir, Joe Borowski and Baez
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B08140CLE2005.htm3- Sept. 4, 2005 vs. Toronto: Kazmir, Borowski and Baez AGAIN
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B09040TOR2005.htm4- Sept. 28, 2005 vs. Cleveland: Seth McClung and Baez
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B09280CLE2005.htmWeird pattern: two alternating teams got the treament, plus the same trio appeared into two of the shutouts.