umpbump.com » Trivia http://umpbump.com/press In-your-face baseball commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Trivia Time! http://umpbump.com/press/2009/03/22/trivia-time-29/ http://umpbump.com/press/2009/03/22/trivia-time-29/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:41:04 +0000 Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/?p=5213 puzzledAmong currently active major league franchises, which team has the lowest team ERA, across all seasons over all … [visit site to read more]

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Can he hit three grand slams this season? Probably not. But consider this – three pitchers hit grand slams in 1995. Can you name … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://umpbump.com/press/2008/07/02/trivia-time-some-serious-relief/feed/ 14 Cy C. Sabathia (and trivia) http://umpbump.com/press/2007/11/13/cy-c-sabathia-and-trivia/ http://umpbump.com/press/2007/11/13/cy-c-sabathia-and-trivia/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:49:13 +0000 Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/cy-c-sabathia-and-trivia/ I don’t think anyone is particularly surprised that the AL Cy Young has just been awarded to C.C. Sabathia. The voting was concluded before his postseason meltdown (and before runner-up Josh Beckett’s postseason kickassery). I am much more surprised that it’s the … [visit site to read more]

Tagged:  CC Sabathia, Cy Young, Indians, Trivia
]]> http://umpbump.com/press/2007/11/13/cy-c-sabathia-and-trivia/feed/ 5 Trivia Time http://umpbump.com/press/2007/10/30/trivia-time-25/ http://umpbump.com/press/2007/10/30/trivia-time-25/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:33:57 +0000 Coley Ward http://umpbump.com/press/trivia-time-25/ In 2003, his last season with Texas, Alex Rodriguez led the American League in home runs, runs scored, and slugging percentage, and won his second consecutive Gold Glove Award.

Rodriguez also became only the second player to win an MVP award while playing for a last place team. Who was the … [visit site to read more]

Tagged:  Alex Rodriguez, Rangers, Trivia
]]> http://umpbump.com/press/2007/10/30/trivia-time-25/feed/ 13 Trivia Time! http://umpbump.com/press/2007/10/02/trivia-time-24/ http://umpbump.com/press/2007/10/02/trivia-time-24/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:15:09 +0000 Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/trivia-time-24/ In honor of NL Rookie of the Year favorite Ryan Braun, UmpBump presents the following trivia question:

Who holds the major league record for most errors in a season by a third … [visit site to read more]

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Answer after the jump…

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No tags for this post.]]> http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/06/trivia-time-best-reconstructed-elbow-of-all-time/feed/ 16 Trivia Time: 8 2/3 http://umpbump.com/press/2007/06/20/trivia-time-8-23/ http://umpbump.com/press/2007/06/20/trivia-time-8-23/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:24:11 +0000 Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/trivia-time-8-23/ baffled.jpgA few weeks ago, Curt Schilling had a no hitter broken up with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, as close as you can get to a no-no without getting it.

So, who holds the all-time major league record for having the most no-hitters broken up with two outs in the ninth inning?

(Answer after the jump)

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Tagged:  no-hitter
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Who holds the all time record for wins in a single season as a relief pitcher, and how many games did he win in relief that year?

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Name the only three pitchers in major-league history to save at least 45 games in a season and win at least 17 games in another season.

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