Q 01/05

What did the White Sox detonate between games of a 1979 doubleheader promotion?

A) A team-owned used car

B) A giant piñata full of candy

C) A crate of disco records

D) A stack of Cubs jerseys

Answer · why

C) A crate of disco records

A crate of disco records was detonated by radio DJ Steve Dahl on Disco Demolition Night, July 12, 1979; fans stormed the field, and the White Sox forf...

Q 02/05

Cleveland forfeited a 1974 game to Texas after a riot during a promotion selling cups of beer for how much?

A) 10 cents

B) 25 cents

C) 5 cents

D) 50 cents

Answer · why

A) 10 cents

Ten Cent Beer Night on June 4, 1974 sold cups of Stroh's for 10 cents each; drunken fans stormed the field in the ninth with the score tied 5–5, and u...

Q 03/05

How tall was Eddie Gaedel, who batted once for the Browns in 1951 as a Bill Veeck stunt?

A) 4 feet 2 inches

B) 4 feet 8 inches

C) 5 feet 1 inch

D) 3 feet 7 inches

Answer · why

D) 3 feet 7 inches

Eddie Gaedel stood 3 feet 7 inches; wearing number 1/8, he walked on four pitches for the St. Louis Browns on August 19, 1951, and the American League...

Q 04/05

What did a Randy Johnson fastball hit and kill during a 2001 spring training game?

A) A seagull

B) A dove

C) A bat

D) A squirrel

Answer · why

B) A dove

A dove flew across the plate during a March 2001 spring-training game against the Giants and was obliterated by Randy Johnson's fastball; the umpire r...

Q 05/05

In 1993 a fly ball bounced off which outfielder's head and over the wall for a home run?

A) Manny Ramirez

B) José Canseco

C) Bo Jackson

D) Kirby Puckett

Answer · why

B) José Canseco

José Canseco, playing right field for Texas at Cleveland on May 26, 1993, let Carlos Martínez's fly ball bounce off his head and over the fence; days ...