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Buck Showalter. Bob Brenly was manager at the start of the 2001 season.
Chicago White Sox. MJ's stint was short lived, as he went back to the Bulls.
| Who was the first player to have their number retired by the Devil Rays? | Random MLB Trivia
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Wade Boggs. Murray never played for the Rays, Rothschild was their first manager, and Vaughn played for them at the sttart of the 2001 season.
St. Louis Cardinals. Pedro started his career with LA, was traded to Montreal, and was then traded to the Sox.
| 1994 was the second time there was no World Series played. When was the first? | Random MLB Trivia
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1904. In 1904, John McGraw refused to play Boston in the WS because, in his opinion, the American League was not a true baseball league.
| What Atlanta Braves Pitcher was in the 'Chicks dig the long ball' ad campaign with Greg Maddux? | Random MLB Trivia
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Tom Glavine. The ad campaign was extremely popular.
Derek Jeter. Jeter is on all the All Star Baseball covers.
Enron Field. Enron is known for its home runs and big innings.
Seattle Mariners. Ichiro is awesome!
Chicago Cubs. 'Throw it back, Throw it back!' The bums are known for throwing back the ball from opposing players' home runs
New York Mets. The Mets got that nickname in 1969.
| Who was the second overall pick of the 2001 amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs? | Random MLB Trivia
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Mark Prior. Prior was considered to be a great pitching prospect.
Wrigley Field. The walls of Wrigley have ivy growing on them.
Montreal Expos. Randy Johnson was the tallest man to play in the major leagues.
Rickey Henderson. 130. All in one season!
| How many times have the Minnesota Twins win the World Series in the 1980s and 1990s? | Baseball Fun Facts
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2. The Twins won the World Series in 1987 against the Cardinals and 1991 against the Braves.
Diamondbacks and Devilrays. The Diamondbacks and Devils Rays came into existence for the 1998 season.
Roger Clemens. Roger Clemens passed Carlton, with an unreachable task of catching career leader, Nolan Ryan.
Oakland A's. They won it in 89' against San Fransisco, but couldn't hold off Eric Davis and the Reds in 1990.
| In what year in the 1990s was the World Series not played because of a strike? | Baseball Fun Facts
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1994. The players were looking for more money.
| What team did the Philadelphia Phillies beat to advance to the 1980 World Series? | Baseball Fun Facts
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Houston Astros. It was a very hard fought, exciting series. It put the Phillies in the World Series for the first time since 1950. 1980 was the first time the Phillies won the World Series. They beat the Royals.
Batter is awarded second base and all runners advance two bases. The ivy is not an original feature of the ballpark. Owner Bill Veeck added the Boston Ivy plants in 1937 to compliment the new outfield bleachers.
Yankee Stadium. The name references the nickname of the 1978 World Championship Season of the New York Yankees.
Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won 953 games in the 1970s, which was tops among all Major League clubs. Even the Yankees who went to three World Series in the 1970s, didn't score as much as the Reds. The Yankees scored 892.
| The Boston Red Sox became the last Major League team to integrate when they signed which African-American player in 1959? | Baseball Fun Facts
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Pumpsie Green. Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green spent five seasons in the Majors, finishing his career with the expansion Mets in 1963.
Second base. Rose won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1963 and was switched to the outfield in 1967.
| What was primarily responsible for the record batting practice crowds in 1998? | Baseball Fun Facts
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Mark McGuire. Everyone wanted to see Big Mac on his quest to break the home run record with Sammy Sosa right on his heels. McGuire ended up the season with a record 70 homers, while Sosa finished with 66. In 2003, Barry Bonds would surpass McGuire with a 73 home run season.
| What uniform number was worn by Billy Martin, Pee Wee Reese, and Ozzie Smith? | Baseball Fun Facts
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1. Martin achieved greatness on the field and in the dugout, managing World Champion clubs five times and being selected to the All Star team as a player in 1956 and 1958. Reese played in eight All Star games and was part of seven league championships with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Wizard of Oz is arguably the best fielding shortstop in baseball history, Smith played in 15 All-Star games and won a World Championship with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.
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