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I consider it a moral victory if you have made it this far without looking for the elusive Ignore button. It is Groundhog Day so crawl out of your den and try some Pirate trivia. If you see your shadow – six more weeks of no trade activity! I will return with the answers tomorrow.



1. Pirate great Babe Adams once threw 33 straight innings without a walk. Within those 33, what was unique about 21 consecutive innings?

2. Despite having four punts blocked in his final college game, this former Pirate was a first team All-American football player.

3. This Pirate pitcher's little brother played on both a NCAA and NBA basketball championship team.

4. Baseball's Kissing Bandit, Morganna Roberts, who slashed 54/24/36, stole a kiss from this Pirate star.

5. A former Pirate and a future Pirate combined to end Pete Rose's 44 game hitting streak. Can you name the two pitchers?

6. I played 5 seasons with the Bucs but only hit one home run and stole four bases in that time. I did splurge and steal a bag the game I homered. What's my line?

7. The Bucs' Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher in the first World Series game ever played in 1903. Who was the losing pitcher in that game?

8. This Pirate went 6 for 6 in a NCAA tournament game the day after the Pirates drafted him.

9. The fathers of this Bucco double play combo squared off in the 1960 World Series. Can you name all four?

10. During his half decade career in Pittsburgh, this Pirate hit more singles than any player in the majors.

11. Pitcher Johnny Gee played for the Pirates from 1939 to 1944. What major league record did he hold for almost 50 years?

12. To what song did Bill Murray repeatedly awaken each morning in the movie Groundhog Day?

2. Vic Janowicz.

5. Larry McWilliams & Gene Garber.

9. Yogi & Dale Berra, Vern & Vance Law.

10. Matty Alou

12. "I got you babe"

1. Those 21 innings were during a single game.

3. Eddie O'Brien

4. Benny DiStefano

7. Denton True Young - Vern Law and Doug Drabek are the only two Pirate pitchers to win an award name after him.

8. John VanBenschoten

11. At 6'9" Gee was the tallest player in MLB until Randy Johnson arrived.

#4



He wasn't with the Pirates, but in Triple A, right? If I am correct, I wouldn't call him a "star" and he is also known for another baseball trivia question.

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He wasn't with the Pirates, but in Triple A, right?  If I am correct, I wouldn't call him a "star" and he is also known for another baseball trivia question.


Dog, you are spot on. He did the thing with Morganna Roberts at the 1988 AAA All-Star Game. Then the following season he became the last left-handed throwing catcher in MLB. He caught 3 games for the Buccos that season. Way to go Dog!

61664A5D4B280 wrote: I consider it a moral victory if you have made it this far without looking for the elusive Ignore button.  It is Groundhog Day so crawl out of your den and try some Pirate trivia.  If you see your shadow – six more weeks of no trade activity!   I will return with the answers tomorrow.



1. Pirate great Babe Adams once threw 33 straight innings without a walk. Within those 33, what was unique about 21 consecutive innings?

2. Despite having four punts blocked in his final college game, this former Pirate was a first team All-American football player.

3. This Pirate pitcher's little brother played on both a NCAA and NBA basketball championship team.

4. Baseball's Kissing Bandit, Morganna Roberts, who slashed 54/24/36, stole a kiss from this Pirate star.

5. A former Pirate and a future Pirate combined to end Pete Rose's 44 game hitting streak.  Can you name the two pitchers?

6. I played 5 seasons with the Bucs but only hit one home run and stole four bases in that time.  I did splurge and steal a bag the game I homered.  What's my line?

7. The Bucs' Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher in the first World Series game ever played in 1903. Who was the losing pitcher in that game?

8. This Pirate went 6 for 6 in a NCAA tournament game the day after the Pirates drafted him.

9. The fathers of this Bucco double play combo squared off in the 1960 World Series.  Can you name all four?

10. During his half decade career in Pittsburgh, this Pirate hit more singles than any player in the majors.

11. Pitcher Johnny Gee played for the Pirates from 1939 to 1944.  What major league record did he hold for almost 50 years?

12. To what song did Bill Murray repeatedly awaken each morning in the movie Groundhog Day?






It appears the answer phase was dominated by the guys with red names. Good work gentleman. Here are the official results:



1. Babe pitched all 21 innings of a 3-1 loss to the Giants in 1914. 21 innings?? He made Haddix look like a slacker.

2. Vic Janowicz played catcher for the Bucs, running back for the Redskins, and all over the field for Ohio State. In the famous 1950 Snow Bowl against Michigan he punted 21 times. A few weeks later he won the Heisman Trophy.

3. Jim Bibby threw BBs for the Bucs. His brother Henry won titles at UCLA and with the Knicks.

4. Benny may not have been a star but John Candelaria was. Morganna smooched the Candyman in 1977.

5. Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber stopped the Hit King in 1978 in Atlanta. McWilliams won 43 games for the Bucs in the 80's.

6. For one night only, Mario Mendoza crossed his own line and showed both Lightening and Lumber.

7. Cy Young won 511 games but he couldn't beat the Bucs in the first World Series game. Do you think Cy felt cheated he pitched before the Cy Young Award existed?

8. Adam Frazier had six hits for Mississippi State the day after he was drafted in 2013. Rarely has one of Neal's moves looked so good 24 hours later.

9. Vern Law got two wins and helped lead the Bucs to the Series victory over Yogi Berra and the Yanks. Dale Berra and Vance law teamed up for the Bucs in the early '80s. Vance was one Law Dale didn't run afoul of.

10. Matty Alou couldn't hit'em far but he hit'em often. From 1966-1970, Matty hit 817 singles-- the next best was 731.

11. During Johnny "Whiz" Gee's war-time career, he had a career WAR of -1.5. But you can't teach size, and at 6'9", Gee was the tallest player in MLB history until Randy Johnson in ‘88.

12. Bill awoke to I Got You Babe. This quiz started and ended with a Babe ----- always good to be surrounded by a couple of Babes!

I didn't think #4 was Benny Distefano. He wasn't with the Pirates when kissed. He is also known as the last left-handed player to play Catcher.