Monday, March 12, 2007
'06-'07 Quiz XVII
What baseball name finishes this song lyric: "But he ain't no _______"
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No on DiMaggio. And no on Newi's guess of Jackie Robinson, which showed up only in my email for some reason.
No on all these. (Nice try on the Gedman, Quinn.)
Here's a clue: He wasn't a player. But was in major league baseball in one capacity or another...
Here's a clue: He wasn't a player. But was in major league baseball in one capacity or another...
How is it stupid? Anyway, again, I've found something not verifiable, it would appear, by the web. So I don't know how I'm gonna prove the song even exists. Maybe my dad will remember it.
I was actually going to guess Branch Rickey, until Jere gave his clue. Its not very well-known, but Rickey was in fact a player for the St Louis Browns, as well as for the Dunbars, early in the 20th Century. I just read his biography in Deadball Era Stars of the American League.
Somebody doesn't know the rule about guessing twice in a row, heh heh. You gotta wait for two more people to guess now. No on P.U.
It's okay. The "rules" aren't exactly clearly stated. You have to go to the quiz page, and click the link about rules & info. I think it's there.
Nope, and now AJM has taken us off the right plain, which, ironically, he got us on to. So I'm just gonna say it: It's a commissioner! And anyone can guess now.
Speaking of former commissioners, Bowie Kuhn died today:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2799887
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2799887
Incredible. I found out about Kuhn dying before, and now I just get back, pretty much expecting that SOMEone would hear that and say it. And three people did. And that's correct.
AJM didn't actually guess it, but since I just published all three guesses, for all he knew, he couldn't guess because he'd made the last guess. I trust he would've guessed it, so all 3 will get equal credit.
I like how the news gave the clue.
AJM didn't actually guess it, but since I just published all three guesses, for all he knew, he couldn't guess because he'd made the last guess. I trust he would've guessed it, so all 3 will get equal credit.
I like how the news gave the clue.
Reid Nichols appreciates STJ's follow-up and sportspersonship and politeness towards his opponents. This combined with the fact that he was the first to answer correctly, in a quiz system that got messed up thanks to me having to put on comment moderation because of one douchebag, will give him the extra tenths of points when the five is divided three ways.
jfAmy&Kara: Nice job advancing the 'jf' convention.
And a big thank you to Jere for his generous scoring on this one. FWIW, Bowie would have been my next guess once I thought I was queued up again. Why did I throw that Mel Allen guess out there?
And a big thank you to Jere for his generous scoring on this one. FWIW, Bowie would have been my next guess once I thought I was queued up again. Why did I throw that Mel Allen guess out there?
jfPeople who care about the standings: Points--stj 2.0, kara 1.5, AJM 1.5. I was gonna go 1.8 and two 1.6s, but stj shouldn't be penalized that much because of the system change with moderation.
Also note: I never look at the standings until after I award the points. So, for example, I'm about to go over there and add these on, and it's been so long since I looked, I have no idea if this is gonna move anybody up a place or whatever.
Also note: I never look at the standings until after I award the points. So, for example, I'm about to go over there and add these on, and it's been so long since I looked, I have no idea if this is gonna move anybody up a place or whatever.
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