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1. Fenway Park has housed at least one MLB team since it opened in 1912. Part of Fenway Park's structure has been a thirty-seven foot, two-inch high wall in left field known as the Green Monster. The left fielders who have patrolled the Green Monster at Fenway Park became adept at fielding caroms off the this wall. Which of the following players did not regularly play left field for the Boston Red Sox?

Answer: Bobby Doerr

Bobby Doerr played Major League Baseball as second baseman for the Boston Red Sox from 1937 through 1951. Ted Williams played left field for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 through 1942 and from 1946 through 1960. Carl Yastrzemski played left field, first base and designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox from 1961 through 1983. Jim Rice played left field and designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 through 1989.

2. Hank Aaron played Major League Baseball from 1954 through 1976. What was Aaron's home stadium at the beginning and end of his career?

Answer: Milwaukee County Stadium

Hank Aaron played for the Milwaukee Braves in 1954 (through 1965) at the beginning of his career; and for the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1975 and 1976 seasons. Both of Milwaukee's MLBl franchises, the Braves and the Brewers, played their home games in Milwaukee County Stadium during Aaron's career.

3. On October 23, 1993, Joe Carter hit a home run to win the World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays in which Canadian ballpark?

Answer: SkyDome

On October 23, 1993, Joe Carter hit a game-winning three-run home run off of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams in the bottom of the ninth inning of the sixth game of the 1993 World Series to win the series for the Toronto Blue Jays. The game was played in Toronto's SkyDome, the home stadium of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1989 through 2005.

4. Cal Ripken, Jr. played twenty-one seasons for the Baltimore Orioles. On September 6, 1995, Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's MLB record of 2,130 consecutive games played. What were Ripken's two home stadiums during his career with the Baltimore Orioles?

Answer: Oriole Park at Camden Yards and Memorial Stadium

The Baltimore Orioles played in Memorial Stadium from 1954 through 1991 and began playing Oriole Park at Camden Yards during the 1992 season. Cal Ripken, Jr. played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1981 through 2001.

The first MLB Baltimore Orioles team, which moved to New York in 1903, played in Oriole Park IV during the 1901 and 1902 seasons. The NFL's Baltimore Ravens began playing in M&T Bank Stadium in 2003.

5. Which of the following former baseball players turned manager played his home games during his rookie season at Wrigley Field?

Answer: Jim Fregosi

Jim Fregosi played outfield for eighteen seasons for four different teams in MLB debuting on September 14, 1961 for the Los Angeles Angels. Fregosi also managed four MLB teams over fifteen seasons between 1978 and 2000.

Wrigley Field was the name of home stadiums for two MLB franchises. Wrigley Field opened in Chicago, Illinois on April 23, 1914 and housed the Chicago Cubs franchise since 1916. Wrigley Field was also a ballpark in Los Angeles, California which housed the Los Angeles Angels franchise for the 1961 season, Jim Fregosi's rookie season.

6. Roberto Clemente played MLB for eighteen seasons, all with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Did Roberto Clemente play all of his Pittsburgh Pirates home games at Forbes Field?

Answer: no

Roberto Clemente played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1972. The Pirates played their home games at Forbes Field from 1909 through 1970. Three Rivers Stadium opened as the home stadium for the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 16, 1970 and the stadium served as Roberto Clemente's home field for the last two seasons of his baseball career.

7. Eddie Matthews played for MLB's Braves franchise in all three cities that the team have been based. Which of these was *not* a home field for Eddie Matthews while he played for the Braves organization?

Answer: Turner Field

Eddie Matthews played for the Braves franchise from 1952 through 1966. He was the only player to play for the Braves franchise while the team was located in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. Matthews played his home games in Boston Braves Field during the 1952 season, in Milwaukee County Stadium from the 1953 season through the 1965 season and in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during the 1966 season. Turner Field was opened in Atlanta during the 1997 season, thirty-one years after Eddie Matthews left the Braves franchise.

8. Beginning in 1982, a MLB team's television announcer, Harry Caray, sang the baseball classic song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" from the broadcast booth during the seventh inning stretch during each home game. After Caray's death in 1998, former players of the home team such as Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Krukow and Mark Grace returned to the stadium to continue this tradition. What stadium was this?

Answer: Wrigley Field

Wrigley Field, the home of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs since 1916, was first led by broadcaster Harry Caray in the singing of the traditional baseball song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch of each game during the 1982 season. Caray continued the tradition until his death in 1998. Since Caray's death, a celebrity guest (a former Cubs player) has led the song during every home game.

9. Several MLB ballparks have housed both an American League and a National League team simultaneously. The 1921 and 1922 World Series were played by an American League and a National League which shared the same stadium. Frank Baker, Babe Ruth, Frankie Frisch and Dave Bancroft all played in these two World Series. What staduim was this?

Answer: Polo Grounds in New York

The 1921 and 1922 World Series were competed by the National League's New York Giants and the American League's New York Yankees. Both the Giants and Yankees played in the Polo Grounds stadium in New York City during the 1921 and 1922 Major League Baseball seasons.

10. Babe Ruth began his career in MLB as a member of the Boston Red Sox and ended his career as a member of the Boston Braves. Did both of these Boston teams play their home games in Fenway Park while Babe Ruth was on the roster?

Answer: no

Babe Ruth played for the Boston Red Sox from 1914 through 1919 and for the Boston Braves in 1935. The Boston Red Sox played in Boston's Fenway Park since the park opened in 1912 while the Boston Braves also played in Boston's Fenway Park for the 1914 and 1915 seasons.

The Boston Braves played in Braves Field in Boston from 1915 through 1952, including the one season inwhich Babe Ruth was a member of the team.

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