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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Steve Bedrosian
| Baseball has many legacy players. Those are players whose fathers played in the Major Leagues before they did. Steve's son, Cameron, is seeking to join that group of legacy players. What American League team selected Cameron with the 29th pick of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft? | Steve Bedrosian
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Cameron finished his high school career in 2010 at East Coweta High School as the school's all-time leader in strikeouts and wins.
| After pitching for the Twins in 1991 and winning the World Series against the Braves and then returning to Atlanta, Steve retired from baseball after being in the bullpen for the 1995 World Series winning Braves. Steve remained in the Atlanta area and ran successfully for elected office. What political office did he win? | Steve Bedrosian
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School Board Member. Steve served on the Coweta County Board of Education until 2010, finishing as its chair. He decided in 2010 that he would not seek reelection, according to the Newnan Times-Herald.
| Steve's best year as a Major League pitcher was 1987. Even though the Phillies only won 80 games and finished fourth in the National League East that year, Steve still earned 40 saves. What award did Steve win that year? | Steve Bedrosian
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Cy Young Award. Before Bedrosian, only Mike Marshall (Dodgers, 1974) and Bruce Sutter (Cubs, 1979) had won the Cy Young Award in the National League while collecting 20 or more saves.
| In the December after the 1985 season, Steve was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. The trade sent Bedrosian and one other Major League player to the Phillies, and the Braves received pitcher Pete Smith and catcher Ozzie Virgil in return. Who was the other player sent to the Phillies? | Steve Bedrosian
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Outfielder Milt Thompson. Milt Thompson played in the Major Leagues from 1984 to 1996 with the Braves, Phillies, Cardinals, Astros, Dodgers, and Rockies.
| Steve set a Major League record in 1985. Which Major League record is it? | Steve Bedrosian
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Most starts in a season without a complete game. In 1985 with the Braves, he started 37 games and did not complete a game. With the way that Major League teams have transitioned to 5-man and even 6-man starting rotations, that record could stand for some time to come.
| Baseball scouts recognized Bedrosian's talent even though Steve was at a small school. In 1978, a team selected him in the Major League draft in the third round with the fifty-third pick overall. What team, then in the National League West, but now in the National League East, selected Bedrosian? | Steve Bedrosian
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Atlanta Braves. Bedrosian played for each of the teams listed as answers, but the Braves, where he ended his career after the 1995 season, was where he started his career.
| Bedrosian starred in baseball at a college or university located in Connecticut. What school did he attend? | Steve Bedrosian
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University of New Haven. Other famous University of New Haven alumni include Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano and NHL general manager Dean Lombardi, who was GM of the San Jose Sharks and the Los Angeles Kings.
| Steve carried a nickname throughout his career as a baseball player that referenced the 1960s cartoon "The Flintstones". What was Steve's nickname? | Steve Bedrosian
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Bedrock. The Flintstones were a cartoon take-off of the 1950s comedy series "The Honeymooners". The cartoon was set in the Town of Bedrock, as the cartoon's famous introductory music said.
| Steve Bedrosian was born on December 6, 1957, in a town called Methuen. In what New England state is Methuen located? | Steve Bedrosian
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Massachusetts. Methuen is in Essex County in the far northeastern part of Massachusetts. It was first settled in 1642.
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