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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 Two

We’re currently in Week Two, 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 Two

This week there are a total of 10 points available – One for each of the four players in the featured photo (four points total), one each for each of the bonus questions (five points total), and one for the first person to get all the players and the bonus questions correct.

This week’s Mystery Players:

Today, we see four Cleveland ballplayers in road uniforms. Can I still call them Indians or do I have to switch to Guardians? Although they certainly would think of themselves as Indians.

Who are the four Mystery Players?

(1 point awarded for each correct identification)

This week’s bonus questions:

How many of these players are in the Hall of fame? Which player(s)? (1 point).
One of the players later was a member of the pennant-winning 1941 Dodgers. Which player? (1 point).
One of the players had his career cut short due to problems from recurring migraine headaches. Which player? (1) point).
One of the players famously hit the line drive that broke Dizzy Dean’s toe in the 1937 All-Start game. Which player? (1 point)..
Playing first base at a time when the position was dominated by Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg, one of the players is considered the best player never to make an All-Star team. Which player? (1 point).

(Disregard question about going 7-7 in doubleheader)

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 Western Division, Week One:

The Mystery Players were:

Ernie Lombardi, Ival Goodman, Frank McCormick, Wally Berger, Harry Craft

Answers to the Bonus Questions:

Ernie Lombardi is in the HOF; Lombardi and McCormick won MVPs; Harry Craft managed the expansion Colt .45s; Wally Berger held the rookie record for home runs with 38 and was the starting centerfielder in the first All-Star game.

Congratulations to:

Everett Shockley

He was the first to identify last week’s Mystery Players correctly and also answer all the bonus questions correctly. He received 12 points.

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

Paul Doyle (6), Bob Rambo (11), James Pearn (11), William Carter (11), Mike Bresina (11), Mark Moreno (11), Cary Seidman (9), George Curcio (11), Fred Holbrook (6), Kevin Barwin (11), Everett Shockley (12), Pat Hanson (11), Russ Bravender (11), Ed Cassidy (11), Tom Marshall (11), Bill Cunniff (8)

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!