The question was specific to the Red Sox. Not to the Americans.B-Ref list 9 WS wins by Red Sox, with 7 different managers.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/index.shtml
The question was specific to the Red Sox. Not to the Americans.B-Ref list 9 WS wins by Red Sox, with 7 different managers.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/index.shtml
Gene Conley?College teams with Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas) and Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) both succumbed to one led by which Red Sox favorite?
NopeGene Conley?
NopeAh, Don Schwall
They might be using a technicality, they were the Americans when Jimmy Collins managed them to a victory over the Pirates and McGraw's Giants chickening out.B-Ref list 9 WS wins by Red Sox, with 7 different managers.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/index.shtml
Rich Gedman had a pinch-hit, game-winning grand slam against the Tigers on Aug 10, 1986.Assuming Adair is right, someone else can go. I got nothin’.
Hillenbrand's hit the catwalk. But you probably are thinking of:Rich Gedman had a pinch-hit, game-winning grand slam against the Tigers on Aug 10, 1986.
Shea Hillenbrand had a pinch-hit, game-winning grand slam against the Rays on May 4, 2002.
What strange circumstance do these two at-bats have in common?
Yes, that's it (the spoiler part). Which puts Marc Sullivan and Tony Clark in a special category of shared ignominy.Hillenbrand's hit the catwalk. But you probably are thinking of:
Gedman, a left-handed hitter, pinch-hit for a righty against a lefty pitcher;
Hillenbrand, a right-handed hitter, pinch-hit for a lefty against a righty pitcher.
They were all drafted with compensation picks for losing FAsIf nobody else has one, I'll go.
What does Roman Anthony have in common with JBJ, Jacoby Ellsbury, Dan Bard, and Scott Hatteberg?
Among non-Sox, they also have this in common with Mike Trout!
Only 7 with Republican presidents: 3 Coolidge, 1 Hoover, 3 Eisenhower. Meanwhile 20 under Democrats: 6 FDR, 5 Truman, 2 JFK, 2 Carter, 4 Clinton and 1 Obama.Not Red Sox related, but of the Yankees 27 WS, only 7 have occurred while this has also been true: their first 4 and none since the Eisenhower administration.
I assume it relates to the fact that...Not Red Sox - but I think this one is interesting anyway.
There is something remarkable about this player, that is not true for any other player. What is it?
I assume it relates to the fact that...
He was a 94th round draft pick who made it to MLB.
Would that make him also the only 94th round pick to win a world series ring?Yes, it has very much to do with that. There’s something unique about that.
It absolutely would. But it also makes him something else.Would that make him also the only 94th round pick to win a world series ring?
He’s also a double Cy (first and last letter of each name)It absolutely would. But it also makes him something else.
If I'm following the logic (it's late and I've had a few IPAs), Cy Young (same initials as Yaz)?This isn't much of a riddle but...
...who is the all-time leader in games with the Red Sox who isn't the all-time Red Sox leader in games by someone with their initials?
You are following the logic correctly, but Cy Young only played 327 games for the Red Sox & is not the correct answer.If I'm following the logic (it's late and I've had a few IPAs), Cy Young (same initials as Yaz)?
My guess isThis isn't much of a riddle but...
...who is the all-time leader in games with the Red Sox who isn't the all-time Red Sox leader in games by someone with their initials?
Yup, 991 games & the correct answer.My guess is
John Valentin, second to Jason Varitek
I understand it now, and will try, but am not sure I can explain it better:I still don't understand the question :-(
It took me multiple rereads to realize the second "Red Sox" reference meant who played with the Red Sox at least a game, not necessarily how many games they played as a Red Sox.I understand it now, and will try, but am not sure I can explain it better:
He is asking, which player has the most amounts of games played as a Red Sox, but is second in games play among players with his initials. Young is second by his initials, but played less games than Valentin. Valentin is second to Varitek among players with the initials JV, and is the highest such player.
It was supposed to mean how many games they played with the Red Sox. I could have worded it more clearly but I leaned a bit too hard into the "riddle" angle.It took me multiple rereads to realize the second "Red Sox" reference meant who played with the Red Sox at least a game, not necessarily how many games they played as a Red Sox.
Yeah that's what I understood the first Red Sox player reference to be. It was the second Red Sox reference in the riddle that was confusing me.It was supposed to mean how many games they played with the Red Sox. I could have worded it more clearly but I leaned a bit too hard into the "riddle" angle.
I tried to make it clear(ish) that only games with the Red Sox counted to sidestep that loophole by saying "Red Sox leader in games" instead of leader in games, because that would imply that the 1st guys games didn't all have to be with the Red Sox to count.Yeah that's what I understood the first Red Sox player reference to be. It was the second Red Sox reference in the riddle that was confusing me.
Riddles are notorious for not being 100% obvious in suggesting the answer. Clear(ish) is where we want to be, IMO.I tried to make it clear(ish) that only games with the Red Sox counted to sidestep that loophole by saying "Red Sox leader in games" instead of leader in games, because that would imply that the 1st guys games didn't all have to be with the Red Sox to count.