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1. All good things must come to an end, but not for this American League slugger in his 10th season of the Major Leagues in 2010. Who was this that hit safely 200 times in a season in each of his first 10 seasons?

Answer: Ichiro Suzuki

Wade Boggs was recognized for his seemingly impossible feat of having six consecutive seasons with having 200 hits. The Seattle Mariner Ichiro started his streak as a rookie in 2001, winning the Rookie of the Year Award and AL MVP, and continued it through the 2010 season.

His hit totals beginning as a rookie were 242, 208, 212, 262, 206, 224, 238, 213, 225, and 214. In 2007, he hit 203 singles in addition to his extra base hits.

2. The great Nolan Ryan was the first right-handed pitcher to throw over 4500 career strikeouts. Which right-hander was the next to accomplish this in 2005?

Answer: Roger Clemens

The others were all retired, retired with less than 3000 strikeouts, and were left-handed pitchers. Clemens retired with 4672 strikeouts, and was the second right-handed to even reach 4000 strikeouts. Ryan retired with 5714. The first left-hander to reach 4500 strikeouts was Randy Johnson in 2006. Johnson retired with 4875 in 2009.

3. There were four 50-game suspensions handed out by Major League Baseball for the 2009 season. Two suspended players were from the Philadelphia Phillies. Which Los Angeles Dodger was suspended for 50 games?

Answer: Manny Ramirez

Manny came from the Red Sox to the Dodgers in midseason 2008, then was caught by Major League Baseball at the end of that season with positive substance testing results. Manny sat out the first 50 games of the 2009 season for the Dodgers. In 2010, with Manny being Manny again, he "lost interest" with playing for the Dodgers, and was traded midseason to the White Sox.

The two Phillies players suspended were J.C. Romero and Pablo Ozuna. The fourth suspended player was Yankee pitcher Sergio Mitre.

4. In 1994, the great Ted Williams opened his own Hall of Fame museum, and depicted his own top 20 baseball greats of all-time. Which one of these Hall of Famers was at the top of Williams' list?

Answer: Babe Ruth

His top 10 players were Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Joe Jackson, Aaron, and Mays. Williams used a 'special formula' as he put it to come up his own list. The formula was never made public, and Williams died in 2002.

5. Just prior to an April 1970 game, pitcher Tom Seaver of the Mets was presented with his first Cy Young Award for his outstanding 1969 season. Tom then went out to the mound and did what during the game?

Answer: Struck out 10 consecutive batters in the game

Seaver pitched a two-hitter against the San Diego Padres on this April 22 game. In addition to striking out 10 consecutive Padres, he tallied 19 in the game, both setting records. Tom and the Mets won 2-1. Seaver would go on to win two more Cy Youngs in 1973 and 1975.

6. Who was the first American-Indian inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame?

Answer: Charles "Chief" Bender

Bender played in 16 seasons, 12 with the Philadelphia Athletics from 1903-1914. After retiring in 1925, he would see induction into the hall in 1953. He died the following year. Zack Wheat was also an American-Indian, and was inducted in 1959. Louis Sockalexis was the first-ever American-Indian to play the game. He was a Cleveland Spider of the National League in 1897.

7. In which year was the spitball banned from baseball?

Answer: 1920

Modern day baseball began in 1920 in a major shake-up that was fueled by the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. Baseball saw a bevy of rule changes and policies which made the game better. One of those rule changes was banning the spitball. Nine American League and eight National League pitchers were grandfathered in to throw the pitch because that was their primary pitch. Burleigh Grimes was the last pitcher to throw it in the Major Leagues until he retired in 1934.

Some speculate that if all pitchers were banned from throwing it in 1920, then Cleveland Indian Ray Chapman would not have died from a Carl Mays spitball in the 1920 season.

8. "Baseball Digest" began publication in August 1942. On its November 1974 edition was a trio of players from which team?

Answer: Oakland Athletics

The Athletics had just completed their third consecutive World Series Championship in 1974. "Baseball Digest" graced the cover with Reggie Jackson, Bert Campaneris, and Sal Bando.

9. Jackie Robinson made history by becoming the first African-American to play modern-day Major League Baseball in 1947. Which team did this Brooklyn Dodger debut against in his first game?

Answer: Boston Braves

Jackie's debut was on April 15 against the Braves and pitcher Johnny Sain. Jackie went 0-for-3 in the 5-3 Dodger win. Robinson would actually go 0-for-20 to begin his career, but would rebound to win the Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, then the NL MVP in 1949.

10. For the first time in baseball history, Opening Day in 2000 saw three grand slams hit in different games. They were hit by Astro Richard Hidalgo, Devil Ray Fred McGriff, and which Los Angeles Dodger?

Answer: Eric Karros

Karros smacked the big one on April 3 against Scott Strickland and the Expos in the seventh inning. The Dodgers won the game 10-4. They went on to finish second in the NL West, 11 games behind the Giants.

Source: Author Nightmare

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