Weird Moments in Baseball

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1. Owner Bill Veeck, known for his antics and promotionals, the Eddie Gaedel incident being one of them, pulled off a crazy promo on opening day in 1961 at Wrigley Field. What was it? He arranged for a ballet in centerfield He hired all midgets as vendors His team wore pink uniforms His coaching staff all wore umpire uniforms

2. In the 2000 season, which Oakland Athletics relief pitcher blew a save without even throwing a pitch? Jason Isringhausen Doug Jones Jeff Tam TJ Mathews

3. What happened on opening day, April 16, 1940, that had never happened before? The commissioner had delayed the beginning of the season for 10 days due to WWII A no-hitter was thrown to begin the season Seven of the games were postponed due to rain There were no umpires for the game due to a strike

4. Milwaukee honored Brewers' pitcher Bob Wickman at a night game promotional. All fans in attendance received a free poster of Wickman. What was so weird about this? He died that morning He was traded the day before to another team He was suspended for 10 games for fighting He was ejected after he faced his first batter

5. Who set a record by hitting eight opening day home runs in their career? Rickey Henderson Frank Robinson Willie Mays Eddie Mathews

6. Chris Brown of the 1987 San Francisco Giants, begged manager Roger Craig to take him out of the game. What did he tell his manager? His Father and Mother were getting married on the same day He realized that he wasn't wearing any underwear He had a strong craving for Italian food That he slept on his eye wrong

7. In 1923, Red Sox rookie pitcher Clarence Blethen was injured during a game. What caused the injury? His manager punched him He bit himself in the butt He fell out of the stands after shaking hands with fans He was attacked on the field by a baby circus tiger who had escaped from a traveling circus

8. On September 6, 2000, Scott Sheldon of the Rangers became the fourth player in history to play all positions in the same game. What was additionally strange about this event? He was ejected He wore two different jersey numbers in the game Except for catcher, he never had a ball come his way He was the winning pitcher

9. On April 11, 1907, why did the New York Giants have to forfeit their home game? They had no pitchers in the ballpark The team was stranded in St. Louis due to their train caught fire A snowball fight 14 players were ejected in the game

10. On April 19, 2000, in a game against the Twins, Royals' runner Carlos Beltran was caught in a rundown between third and home. Who tagged Beltran out? Twins second baseman Twins first baseman Royals on-deck batter Twins left fielder