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Welcome to the “Mystery Player World Series Tournament!”
Spring Training for the 2022 major league baseball season has finally started, but 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 Four
We’re currently in Week Four, 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.
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, starting with this week’s entry:
Starting today, each bonus question will be scored individually and will be worth one point each.
- The weekly winner – 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.
- To receive any points, the Mystery Player(s) must first be correctly identified.
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 will be 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 Four
This week’s Mystery Players:
Many of you guys are aware of how much I like Old-Timers’ photos! For today’s
Mystery Players quiz, we return to players from the Dead Ball Era, with three prominent players from that great era of baseball. The photo is from the Leslie Jones Boston Public Library Baseball Collection.
The only clue I’m giving this week is that the trio made up one of the greatest outfields of all time. Now you’re on your own!
Who are the Three Mystery Players?
This week’s bonus questions:
- Two of these players are in the Hall of fame. Which two?
- One of the players is the all-time career leader in assists by a right fielder. Which one?
- The player on the right played on three World Series championship teams while a member of the _________________(team) in the years ___________, _________, and _________.
- This great outfielder trio has become known as the ____________ trio, considered one of the best outfield trios in baseball history.
- The player in the middle managed the ________________(team) to a World Series title in __________(year).
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 Three:
The Mystery Players were
Eddie Collins and Heine Groh
Answers to the Bonus Questions:
The occasion for the photo was the 1919 World Series; they were put together
because they were the captains of the two teams (I accepted other answers for this one);Eddie Collin’s nickname was “Cocky”; Eddie Collins was part of the $100,00 infield of the Philadelphia A’s; Heine Groh was known for using the bottle bat.
Congratulations to:
Paul Doyle
He was the first to identify last week’s Mystery Players correctly and also answer all the bonus questions correctly. He receives 3 points.
The following also correctly identified the Mystery Players and correctly answered the bonus questions, receiving 2 points:
Terry Farmer, Mark Moreno, William Carter, James Pearn, John Shreve, Ed Cassidy, Kevin Barwin, Everett Shockley, Fred Holbrook, Michael Keedy, Bob Rambo, Mike Bresina, George Curcio, Russ Bravender, Cary Seidman, Dave Minnihan, Al Citro, Bill Cunniff.
Current Standings:
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!
