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Welcome to the WP:Baseball quiz.The quiz is a general knowledge quiz centered around the sport of baseball that any Wikipedian can enter. It is run as a friendly competition to test and improve your knowledge of one of the world's most popular games. Most importantly, it's supposed to be fun.

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Rules

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  1. Anyone can answer a quiz question, but to ask a question you must first earn the right by being the first person to answer the previous one correctly. If the current question is still open and you think you know the answer, post your answer below and wait for an adjudication from the person who placed the question.Remember to sign your post with ~~~~.
  2. If you are the first person to post the correct answer, the asker will post a message below your answer confirming you gave the correct response.
  3. You now have the baton and 24 hours to post a new question. If a new question is not posted by you within that time limit, the asker can post a new question in lieu of yourself.

Question guidelines

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  1. If you're finding no-one can get the answer to your question, consider offering clues or replacing your question with an easier one.The aim is to keep the quiz moving.

Questions

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Q1

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Who holds the Major League record for having changed teams the most times? ςפקιДИτς 20:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q2

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MLB rule 4.06(b) reads, No fielder shall take a position in the batter’s line of vision, and with deliberate unsportsmanlike intent, act in a manner to distract the batter.

Who inspired the addition of this rule to the book by actually doing it one too many times?-- dakern74 (talk) 04:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that's a tough one. Better hit the books.

ςפקιДИτς 23:11, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it Wee Willie Keeler? ςפקιДИτς 19:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good guess, but no.A tad more recent.-- dakern74 (talk) 22:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. I wouldn't put that kind of thing beyond Johnny Evers. -- Bpmullins 01:19, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nope.I'll give you the first hint that it happened in the mid-1950s.-- dakern74 (talk) 05:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm, Jim Piersall? --Holderca1 15:01, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Second base.-- dakern74 (talk) 19:15, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty much had to be a middle infielder. Billy Martin?-- Bpmullins 21:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good guess, knowing his antics.Right city, wrong team.-- dakern74 (talk) 01:48, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I will guess Dodgers, Jim Gilliam? --Holderca1 14:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Narrowing it down.One team left.This was harder than I expected.... -- dakern74 (talk) 15:08, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, I never thought that Davey Williams inspired his own rule. ¿ςפקιДИτς! 00:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
He didn't.Eddie Stanky while with the Giants.I will try to post another, slightly less confounding question later today.04:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
You should add that information to Eddie Stanky. Kingturtle (talk) 14:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Q3

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Okay, here's one with four possible correct answers.One of them very easy to find; the other three, not so much.But this way maybe we get a few more people to post new questions.

Only four ballparks in Major League history have had 10,000 home runs hit in them.What are they, who hit #10,000 in each of them, and when (year will be enough)?-- dakern74 (talk) 07:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know all the parks, Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and Tiger Stadium.Kevin Millar hit the 10,000th at Fenway in 2003, will have to do some digging on the other three.--Holderca1 14:06, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Claudell Washington hit the 10,000th homer in Yankee history, not Yankee Stadium history, for what it's worth. SliceNYC (Talk) 04:00, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]