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? Jeff Tam Jason Isringhausen Doug Jones TJ Mathews

3. What happened on opening day, April 16, 1940, that had never happened before? A no-hitter was thrown to begin the season Seven of the games were postponed due to rain The commissioner had delayed the beginning of the season for 10 days due to WWII 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 was traded the day before to another team He was suspended for 10 games for fighting He died that morning 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 Eddie Mathews Willie Mays Frank Robinson

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 That he slept on his eye wrong He had a strong craving for Italian food He realized that he wasn't wearing any underwear

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

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? Except for catcher, he never had a ball come his way He was the winning pitcher He wore two different jersey numbers in the game He was ejected

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

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 first baseman Twins second baseman Twins left fielder Royals on-deck batter