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Welcome to the “Mystery Player World Series Tournament!”

Spring Training for the 2022 major league baseball season has finally started up, but not here on Baseball History Comes Alive! Our Mystery Player “Regular Season” tournament is well underway.

Here’s What It’s All About!

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

To use as much baseball logo 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 entries. Each division winner and one wild card player will advance to the four-player Mystery Player World Series tournament!

East Divisional Play, Week Five

We’re currently in Week Five, with competition for the East Division championship. After six weeks, I’ll announce the East Division winner. Then we’ll start over in the Central Divison, followed by the West Division. If the same player wins more than one division, the second-place player will advance to the World Series.

Player Identifications: George Selkirk, Joe Gordon, Red Rolfe

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 $25 Amazon gift card and a complimentary copy of my new book, soon to be published, The Best of Baseball History Comes Alive. The runners-up will also receive complimentary copies of my new book.

Tournament Scoring

Please note the following changes to scoring, which started with last week’s entry:

The weekly winner is the first player to correctly identify the Mystery Player(s) and answer all five of the bonus questions correctly. He will receive two points for identifying the Mystery player(s), five points for each bonus question, and one point for being first. A total of eight points.
All the other players who correctly identify the Mystery Player(s) will receive two points for identifying the Mystery Player(s), and one point for each bonus question answered correctly. A total of two-to-seven points are available depending upon how many of the bonus questions are answered correctly.

With this new scoring system, there will be a total of eight points available each round. This should open up the scoring quite a bit!

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!

East Divison, Week Five

This week’s Mystery Players:

It must have been a cold day in April when this pic was taken! For today’s Mystery Players quiz, we see three Yankees huddled together. The photo is from the Leslie Jones Boston Public Library Baseball Collection.

The only clue is that the time frame for this photo is 1938-1942. Now you’re on your own!

Who are the Three Mystery Players? (2 points)

This week’s bonus questions:

One of these players is in the Hall of fame. Which one? (1 point)
What is the nickname of the player on the left? (1 point)
One of the players won an American League MVP award. Which one? (1 point)
One of the players attended Dartmouth College. Which one? (1 point)
One of the players succeeded Babe Ruth in right field. Which one? (1 point)

Good luck!

If you’d like to take a stab at identifying these players, please send me your answers via email. But feel free to add any thoughts or personal reflections you might have about him in the comments section below. 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 East Division, Week Four:

The Mystery Players were

Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker, and Duffy Lewis

Answers to the Bonus Questions:

Hooper and Speaker are in the Hall of fame. Hooper is the all-time leader in right-field assists. Duffy Lewis played in World Series with the Red Sox in 1912, 1915, and 1916. They were known as the Golden Trio or the Million Dollar Outfield. Speaker managed the Indians to a World Series victory in 1920.

Congratulations to:

Bob Rambo

He was the first to identify last week’s Mystery Players correctly and also answer all the bonus questions correctly. He receives 8 points.

The following also correctly identified the Mystery Players and correctly answered all the bonus questions, receiving 7 points:

Terry Farmer, Paul Doyle, Fred Holbrook, Everett Shockley, Dave Minnihan, Mark Moreno, Ed Cassidy, George Curcio, Kevin Barwin, William Carter, Mike Bresina, Russ Bravender, Michael Keedy, James Pearn.

The following identified the Mystery Players correctly and received points:

Larry Baldassaro (2), Bill Cunniff (2)

Current Standings:

Click on this link to see where you rank in the current race for the Eastern Division title after four weeks of play.

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!