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Welcome to the “Mystery Player World Series Tournament!”

Here’s What It’s All About!

There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to get the juices flowing! I’ve decided to turn the weekly Mystery Player game into a three-round tournament.

To use as much baseball lingo as possible, I’ll be referring to each of the three rounds as the East, Central, and West Divisions. The divisional play will consist of six weekly contests. Each division winner and two wild card players will advance to the Mystery Player World Series tournament!

West Divisional Play, Week One

We’re currently in Week One, with competition for the West Division title. If the same player wins more than one division, the second-place player will advance to the World Series.

To mix things up a bit, I’ll be throwing some “curves”: the posting of each weekly entry will always be on the weekend (Friday to Sunday), but the time will be varied and unannounced…I’ll be “mixing it up,” so that no one will be sitting on my “fastball” anticipating the post at a set time!

The weekly entries will go out automatically to all the subscribers of the Baseball History Comes Alive website, so you don’t have to do anything…just be ready each weekend!

And to be clear…the tournament is “open book.” Feel free to use any resources you want. As always, the underlying objective is to enhance our knowledge of baseball history while having some fun with a little competition.

Tournament Prizes

The winner of the tournament will receive a $50 Amazon gift card and a complimentary copy of my newly released book, The Best of Baseball History Comes Alive. The runners-up will also receive complimentary copies of the book.

As you send me your answers, I will grade them and return them to you with your score for the round. As each round progresses, I’ll keep a running tally of players’ scores and weekly standings.

Participation is open to all readers of Baseball History Comes Alive and our Old-Time Baseball Photos Facebook page. Also, please extend an invitation to any friends or relatives who might enjoy playing.

So as to give everyone a chance to participate without the player’s identity being immediately revealed, send me your answers via e-mail instead of leaving your answers in the comments section.

Send your answers to me at: Livac2@aol.com.

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“The Mystery Player World Series Tournament!”

Let’s Play Ball!

West Divison, Week One

This week there are a total of 12 points available – One for each of the five players in the featured photo (five points total), one each for each of the bonus questions (six points total), and one for the first person to get all the players and the bonus questions correct.

This week’s Mystery Players:

Today, as we kick off competition for the West Division title, we see five Reds players kneeling on the field. This was probably taken at Braves Field when the Reds were in town to play the Braves.

Who are the five Mystery Players?

(1 point awarded for each correct identification)

This week’s bonus questions:

How many of the players pictured are in the Hall of fame? Which player(s)? (1 point).
One of the players once held the rookie record for home runs. Which player? (1 point).
One of the players later managed the Houston Colt .45s and coached for the Cubs. Which player? (1 point).
Two of these players won MVP awards. Which two players? (1 point).
One of the players was a starter for the National League in the first All-Star game. Which player? (1 point).
What was the nickname of the first player on the left? (1 point).

Good luck! Remember you don’t have to answer everything to submit an answer. Just give it your best shot!

Send your answers to me at: Livac2@aol.com

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Last Week’s Results for Central Division, Week Six:

The Mystery Players were:

Stan Hack, Billy Jurges, Billy Herman, and Rip Collins

Answers to the Bonus Questions:

Billy Herman is in the HOF; Billy Jurges was shot by a scorned lover, Stan Hack later managed the Cubs, Rip Collins led the NL in home runs, and was a member of the Gashouse Gang; the year was 1938-’39.

Congratulations to:

William Carter

He was the first to identify last week’s Mystery Players correctly and also answer all the bonus questions correctly. He received 11 points.

Congratulations again to William Carter as he wins the Central Division title, his second championship.

Congratulations to Bob Rambo and Russ Bravender

They will advance to the World Series Tournament since they finished in a tie for second in the Central Divison behind William Carter, who already has a spot in the WS tournament.

The following also scored points by identifying some or all of the Mystery Players and the bonus questions:

Paul Doyle (8), Bob Rambo (10), James Pearn (10), Mike Bresina (10), Mark Moreno (10), Cary Seidman (2), George Curcio (10), Fred Holbrook (2), Kevin Barwin (10), Everett Shockley (10), Al Citro (8), Pat Hanson (10), Russ Bravender (10), Gary Nicolai (7) Ed Cassidy (10), Tom Marshall (9), Bill Cunniff (10)

Appeal Plays: If you think I’ve made a mistake with your score, you can request an appeal, just like an appeal in a major league game. Send me your appeal request at: Livac2@aol.com. It won’t go to New York, but I’ll address the issue as fairly as I can…and probably quicker than most major league appeals!