#TriviaThursday - January 29th, 2015

Last week, the first guess was the correct one as @JMoeller5 correctly guess Ken Griffey Jr as the answer to the question:

43 times in Major League history has a player hit 50 or more home runs in a season. Of those, there were 14 times where a player hit 50+ homers and did not lead all of MLB in home runs. Who is the only player to hit 50+ home runs in more than one season but never lead the majors in that category in a single season?

This week, I watched back the first game of a doubleheader from the day the Colorado Rockies retired Todd Helton's number 17 on MLB.TV.  It got me thinking about players retiring and what some of them did in their last at-bat or their last pitching appearance.  It seems everyone knows what Ted Williams did in his last at-bat (home run), so I went in search of a lesser-known 'last'.

#TriviaThursday - January 22nd, 2015

Here was last week's trivia question:

Which pitcher currently holds the lead in career strikeouts among active players with 2437 strikeouts?

@kris_barnes7 was the first to answer correctly with the response of C.C. Sabathia.

I am currently sitting here watching the movie 'Moneyball' for probably the 15th time, thinking about this week's trivia question. A few years back I was given a book The Sporting News Baseball Trivia Book (© 1983). It gives a bunch of random facts in different ways and is a good read, although much of the information is outdated. I was looking through it earlier and came across an interesting stat, but upon investigating it, I found it to be no longer true. So after investigating, I was able to come up with this week's trivia question:

Oscar Taveras to be Honored by Cardinals

It was announced this past Sunday that the St. Louis Cardinals will wear a black 'OT' patch during the 2015 season.  There was a mixed response on Twitter after the announcement.  How do you feel about it?  Feel free to comment below as well.

Click HERE for an article from MLB.com about the announcement.

How should the St. Louis Cardinals remember Oscar Tavares during the 2015 season?

Patch for the full season

Patch for part of the season

Pre-game ceremony

Not at all

make a poll

#TriviaThursday - January 15th, 2015

Well, @Averey25 was paying attention where I wasn't.  I posted this week's #TriviaThursday, but accidentally set the schedule for it to post at noon on TUESDAY instead of THURSDAY.  It works out because nobody got last week's question correct, so I called the Tuesday post a redo and gave @Averey25 the point.  He did have the first question correct, but missed out on it due to not following rule #3 for #TriviaThursday.  Only 51 more weeks of questions left!  And by the way, Tuesday's question's correct answer was Bobby Thigpen, who had 57 saves in 1990.

This week, I am going to stay in the pitching stats category.  Here is this week's #TriviaThursday question:

#TriviaThursday - January 8th, 2015 REDO

Well, we didn't have a winner for last week's #TriviaThursday.  As a refresher, here is the question:

On December 11, 1959, the Yankees sent Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry to Kansas City in exchange for Joe DeMaestri, Kent Hadley, and what other player?

The correct answer was: Roger Maris.  Maris would win the MVP award in his second year in The Bronx in his memorable 61 home run season.

Last night, I got the question ready for this week and accidentally submitted it for today instead of Thursday.  You will find it by clicking the 'Read More' button...

#TriviaThursday - January 8th, 2015

Welcome to the first #TriviaThursday of the year!  Just a reminder of the rules:

1) All questions will be baseball questions, sometimes relating directly to MLB Showdown, but not always.
2) While it is impossible to regulate this, please refrain from using an internet search engine to find the answer.  If you know it, congratulations!  If you have a fairly educated guess, give it a shot.  We ask for your honesty in following this guideline.
3) Twitter answers not including the hashtag #TriviaThursday or not sent to me @RokTikiTiki will not be counted.  Those sent to @MLBShowdownGuru do not count either.

This contest will run the entirety of 2015.  The player with the most points at the end of the year will earn 5 free custom cards.

Below the page break, you will find the question...

Trivia Thursday

As of the writing of this post, the Baseball Hall of Fame results haven't been announced, but from what I have read, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez are locks, with John Smoltz and Craig Biggio the next most likely to make it.  I am excited and look forward to hearing who made the 2015 class.

Hall of Fame: Class of 2015

I have been reading a lot about the Baseball Hall of Fame and its upcoming Class of 2015.  Last year, I was ecstatic when my favorite baseball player of all time (which is surprising as a Twins fan) Frank Thomas was elected.  This year, as I looked at the list of candidates, I thought I was looking at a list of the greatest MLB Showdown players from 2000-2001 sets.  I thought I would take a closer look at some of the players.  (Also, feel free to voice your input in the comments or by voting in the poll to the right).