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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!

Central Divisional Play, Week Six

We’re currently in Week Six, with competition for the Central Division championship. 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!

Central Divison, Week Six

This week there are a total of 11 points available – One for each of the four players in the featured photo (four 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, with the Central Divison title hanging in the balance, we see four Cub players hanging over the dugout railing. This was probably taken at Braves Field by photographer Leslie Jones when the Cubs were in town to play the Braves. This photo was another one found unidentified as part of the Leslie Jones Boston Public Library collection.

Who are the four Mystery Players?

(1 point awarded for each correct identification)

This week’s bonus questions:

How many of the players are in the Hall of fame? Which player(s)? (1 point)
One of the players was once shot by a scorned lover. Which player? (1 point)
One of the players later managed the Cubs. Which player? (1 point)
One of the players once led the National League in home runs. Which player?
One of the players was a member of the Gas House Gang. Which player?(1 point)
Within 3 years, what year was this photo taken? (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 Five:

The Mystery Players were:

Pete Fox, Hugh Shelley*, Gee Walker, Jo-Jo White, Goose Goslin

*Due to a misidentification my me, I’m crediting the identification of Marv Owen for the second player, although it’s virtually certain the player is Hugh Shelley. The misidentification was pointed out to me by Russ Bravender, so in fairness, I’ve decided to credit him with an extra point.

Answers to the Bonus Questions:

Goslin is in the HOF, Marv Owen was removed from the 1934 WS for his own safety, teammates on 1934 and 1935 pennant winners, Walker the Madman of Mississippi.

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.

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 Brresina (10), Mark Moreno (10), Cary Seidman (8), George Curcio (10), Fred Holbrook (), Kevin Barwin (10), Everett Shockley (10), Al Citro (7), Pat Hanson (10), Russ Bravender (11), Gary Nicolai (8) Ed Cassidy (10), Tom Marshall (10), 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!