Red Sox Riddles
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Equally far apart in time from 1975? (I kid, I don't know the answer).
How about this one:
What do Tim Wakefield, Carl Everett, Mike Lowell and Fred Lynn have in common?
Total bWAR is close, though Devers has him by 0.7, if I gathered that right. So not that, huh?
Also, great thread idea!
Also, great thread idea!
How about: "If you guess the riddle, you can post yours next" - and if the winner does not have one, it's first come, first serve?
(Mostly so we don't get a cluster of unanswered riddles.)
The key is bWAR. . .and the significance of each season to each other. . .
That's so close I'll give it to you. The answer is that Devers' 2023 season was the lowest full season bWAR to lead the team since Danny MacFayden's 1927 campaign. (Displacing Roy Johnson in 1932.)
You're up. If you don't have a riddle - throw it open.
What will the 2024 Red Sox have in common with the 2018, 2010, 1971, and the 1957 squads? (Slightly different criteria would also add in the 1973, 1964, and 1963 teams as well)
Rice hitting 15 triples in back to back seasons is just so odd, particularly so when you realize that no one on the team has matched that number in any season for the past 45 years
It's a good stat! My gut reaction had something to do with Mike Lowell, but maybe because I associate Lowell with 3B (in spite of my handle). The first player I grew up watching on the single-season list wa Nomar (!) in 2003 (!!). I have lots of Nomar memories, but I don't remember him being a triples hitter.
Final tidbit on Rice: Over those two seasons, he had 15 triples each home and away -- 8H/7A in 77; 7H/8A in 78
And as a RHH who was not a speedster, he'd have to hit the ball in juuust the right places to leg out triples at Fenway. My recollection is that he hit long balls off the deepest part of the Monster and they'd ricochet toward RF.
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He wasn’t a true pull hitter but most center fielders shaded him that way, exposing the triangle to him. He hit a lot of balls there.
Two college roommates drafted in the same year, made rookie of the year teams in their first year as pros, and share a name. One was a Red Sox. Who?
Suppose Luis Alejandro Basabe always tells the truth and Luis Alexander always lies. What one yes-no question could you ask either one of the brothers to figure out which one he is?
This is a good one.
Question - does "rookie of the year teams" mean they won the award "rookie of the year"?
No, one of them was rookie of the year and one was not the rookie of the year but was on the rookie team.
Edit - The person who gave me this originally said they were both rookie of the year, but I had to fact check before I went to SOSH
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It’s not a middle name
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If anyone wants a clue.
The Rookie of the Year was also the MVP that year but only the other made the Hall of Fame.
Actual spoiler if anyone just curious.
The fourth name down is the non Red Sox half...
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A classic. I go with: "If I were to ask your brother if *you* are LAB, will he say "Yes?"
If you ask LAB:
LAB is the truth teller, so he answers "No."
i.e., I am LAB. My brother LA should say "Yes" but he always lies, therefore he will say "No." So my answer to your question is "No, he will not say, "Yes"."
If you ask LA:
LA is the liar so he always answers "Yes."
i.e., I am LA. My brother LAB always tells the truth, therefore he will say "No." But I will lie to you, so my answer to your question is "Yes, he will say, "Yes".
I was very confused by what the rookie team was until I realized the non-Red Sox player is not a baseball player.No, one of them was rookie of the year and one was not the rookie of the year but was on the rookie team.
Edit - The person who gave me this originally said they were both rookie of the year, but I had to fact check before I went to SOSH
Fred Lynn and Lynn Swann.
Just a bump that this one still lingers.
2024 is a forward looking question - so that's interesting. Something about the club compositions? Or that they followed something that's common to the 2023/2017/2009/1970/1956 teams?
Breslow could trade everyone on the roster between now and Opening Day, so it can't have anything to do with the players on the teams. Maybe something schedule-related? Next year's team opens on a long road trip, but there's nothing special I could figure out about 2018 or 2010.
Excellent question! I'm going to try to win a bet with it next time in a bar. Thank you.
Ha nice just paying it forward - wasn’t mine to begin with! Oh, and you will definitely win that bar bet based upon my personal experience. Unless you run into Tommy in an NYC bar…which is possible for SOSH now that I think about it. He wouldn’t take your money though, he’s like that.
You’re on the right track. A hint is that I got the inspiration from the bref main Red Sox franchise page that I had up to solve your Macfayden-Devers one.
The 2024 team will be following 2 previous years of the same winning %.
2022/2023= .481
2008/2009 = .586
1969/1970 = .537
1955/1956 = .545
I was able to list 6 - which surprised me that I got the old timers. But according to B-ref, there are 7 WS winning managers.
B-Ref list 9 WS wins by Red Sox, with 7 different managers.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/index.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/index.shtml
College teams with Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas) and Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) both succumbed to one led by which Red Sox favorite?