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Triple Trivia Fun

Edgy DC May 26 2010 09:24 AM

Jose Reyes, in tripling last eve, moved into sixth place among active triplers. Interestingly, the active lead is now shared by three players. I challenge you to name the top ten active triplers, which will actually be 13 guys, as four players are also tied at 10. Rank Player Age Trips T1 T1 T1 4 5 6 7 Reyes 27 75 8 9 T10 T10 T10 T10 Hint: there are only two full-time righthanded batters on the list. The rest are lefties or switchies.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:26 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Put me down for Rollins, Ichiro, Castillo and ugh! Jeter and Damon.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 09:28 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

One at a time with the guessing? I'll go Juan Pierre.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 09:28 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Juan Pierre Johnny Damon Rafael Furcal Carl Crawford Alfonzo Soriano Ichiro Suzuki

Fman99 May 26 2010 09:29 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Juan Pierre. Carl Crawford. Hanley Ramirez? Omar Vizquel?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 09:30 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Fine, hog-jerks. I'll go Figgins and Furcal.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:33 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Put me down for Rollins, Ichiro, Castillo and ugh! Jeter and Damon. One at a time with the guessing? I'll go Juan Pierre. Just pretend I didn't say nuthin' after Rollins. May I offer you a cigar as a token of reconciliation? Have a cigar. You're gonna go far.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:34 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Granderson?

MFS62 May 26 2010 09:37 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Junior Griffey. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 09:37 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Renteria? Does Durham count? (Or even make it?)

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:40 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 26 2010 09:41 AM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Fine, hog-jerks. I'll go Figgins and Furcal. One at a time. If you're going to be a hog about this, then gimme back my cigar. I say Furcal.

Gwreck May 26 2010 09:41 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: One at a time with the guessing? Yeah, how about that. Nothing like having 8 of the correct answers posted by the same person like 3 minutes after the initial post. I'll throw in Michael Young as a guess.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 09:43 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Sorry. The quizmaster asked for 10, though.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:44 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Gwreck wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: One at a time with the guessing? Yeah, how about that. Nothing like having 8 of the correct answers posted by the same person like 3 minutes after the initial post. I'll throw in Michael Young as a guess. So how do you know that eight responses are correct?

Gwreck May 26 2010 09:46 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 26 2010 09:47 AM

batmagadanleadoff wrote: So how do you know that eight responses are correct? More of an assumption, really. It's not really my intention to be a whiny SOB here.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 09:47 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Gwreck wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: So how do you know that eight responses are correct? More of an assumption, really. Oh, you B-R.com-looking cheekymonkey.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 09:47 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Rank Player Age Trips Named by T1 Crawford 28 96 JC Lunchbucket T1 Rollins 31 96 batmagadanleadoff T1 Damon 36 96 batmagadanleadoff 4 5 Pierre 32 79 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 6 Reyes 27 75 Gimme 7 Vizquel 43 74 Fman99 8 Suzuki 36 70 batmagadanleadoff 9 Furcal 32 60 JC Lunchbucket T10 Granderson 29 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Castillo 34 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Jeter 36 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Congratulations to JCL for realizing there is an American league outside of the Yanks and Sawx, but Soriano was a terrible terrible guess, tied for 70th place with 25 trips. One strike on him. One on Fman for Hanley Ramirez --- 81st place with 22. One also to MFS62. Griffey is 30th with 38. Three strikes and yer out to LWFS. Figgins is 16th with 54. Renteria is 64th with 27. Durham is right out. We may want to discuss protocol and ettiquette for such trivquizzes, to avoid the bitter bitterness of the late. Anyhow, great work. Two dudes remain.

Swan Swan H May 26 2010 09:49 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

oe: saw my incorrectness too late.

Gwreck May 26 2010 09:50 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Oh, you B-R.com-looking cheekymonkey. Ha! Sweet vindication, as there were actually 11 answers right. Also it appears my guess was wrong but we can ignore that for these purposes.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:52 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Edgy DC wrote: Anyhow, great work. Two dudes remain. You said two bat right-handed. So one of the two remaining answers must be righty. I'm stumped for now.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 09:53 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Yeah, Jetes was one. The other two are no strangers to the NL East.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 09:53 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Gwreck wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: So how do you know that eight responses are correct? More of an assumption, really. Oh, you B-R.com-looking cheekymonkey. Gwreck owes every forum member one cigar.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 09:55 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Brian Roberts? (hopes not to be scolded)

MFS62 May 26 2010 09:56 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Bobby Abreu? Later

Gwreck May 26 2010 09:57 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Vladimir Guerrero?

Edgy DC May 26 2010 09:58 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Roberts is a bold, brave, and heartbreaking guess. It alas is wrong. Brian is tied for 45th at 33. That's two strikes, son, so choke up.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 09:59 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Vernon Wells (runs)

Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:00 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Vladd is number 22 with 44. Strike one. Vernon Wells is number 52 with 28. Good run, but that's strike three.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 10:02 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Heinie Manush.

Chad Ochoseis May 26 2010 10:04 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Andruw Jones?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 10:05 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Three strikes and yer out to LWFS. Figgins is 16th with 54. Renteria is 64th with 27. Durham is right out. I walk a bunch, too, so it evens out. Peeked. (Not so smart now, are we, Trebek!) Remember Edge's clue. I think number 10 may actually be trickier (the possible oddity of which may strike you when you see who it is).

Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:06 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

A strike on batmags for being a smart guy. Andruw Jones is in 36th place with 36. Steeeerike one!

Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:07 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Three strikes and yer out to LWFS. Figgins is 16th with 54. Renteria is 64th with 27. Durham is right out. I walk a bunch, too, so it evens out. Peeked. (Not so smart now, are we, Trebek!) Remember Edge's clue. I think number 10 may actually be trickier (the possible oddity of which may strike you when you see who it is). LWFS is one of those batters who strikes out and runs back to the film room.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 10:12 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Edgy DC wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Three strikes and yer out to LWFS. Figgins is 16th with 54. Renteria is 64th with 27. Durham is right out. I walk a bunch, too, so it evens out. Peeked. (Not so smart now, are we, Trebek!) Remember Edge's clue. I think number 10 may actually be trickier (the possible oddity of which may strike you when you see who it is). LWFS is one of those batters who strikes out and runs back to the film room. Why do you think I'm all Up-With-Chris-Carter? It would almost be wrong of me not to be.

Chad Ochoseis May 26 2010 10:14 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Beltran?

Willets Point May 26 2010 10:24 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Edgy DC wrote: We may want to discuss protocol and etiquette for such trivquizzes, to avoid the bitter bitterness of the late. I think the simplest solution is for the quiz master to specify protocol s/he wants when posting the question.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:28 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Carlos Beltran fails to crack the top 100. Strike two on Ochoseis.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:28 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Willets Point wrote: Edgy DC wrote: We may want to discuss protocol and etiquette for such trivquizzes, to avoid the bitter bitterness of the late. I think the simplest solution is for the quiz master to specify protocol s/he wants when posting the question. Yeah, I blew that.

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 10:31 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Edgy DC wrote: Carlos Beltran fails to crack the top 100. Strike two on Ochoseis. What about the right handed batting ex-Met that butted face with Beltran?

OlerudOwned May 26 2010 10:32 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Mike Cameron is fast enough, but is he too homer-or-nothing? (OE: Whoa, Mike Cameron hive-mind.)

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 10:34 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

OlerudOwned wrote: Mike Cameron is fast enough, but is he too homer-or-nothing? I'm out of gas on this one. I figured that Cameron's been around long enough. I wouldn't have thought of him were it not for the Beltran reference.

OlerudOwned May 26 2010 10:35 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

batmagadanleadoff wrote: OlerudOwned wrote: Mike Cameron is fast enough, but is he too homer-or-nothing? I'm out of gas on this one. I figured that Cameron's been around long enough. I wouldn't have thought of him were it not for the Beltran reference. Yeah, that wasn't a criticism of your guess, I posted it without even realizing you'd guessed him too. Looks that way now, though.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 10:37 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Rank Player Age Trips Named by T1 Crawford 28 96 JC Lunchbucket T1 Rollins 31 96 batmagadanleadoff T1 Damon 36 96 batmagadanleadoff 4 5 Pierre 32 79 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 6 Reyes 27 75 Gimme 7 Vizquel 43 74 Fman99 8 Suzuki 36 70 batmagadanleadoff 9 Furcal 32 60 JC Lunchbucket T10 Granderson 29 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Castillo 34 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Jeter 36 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Ka-Balmmeron 38 59 batmagadanleadoff

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 10:38 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

OlerudOwned wrote: OlerudOwned wrote: Mike Cameron is fast enough, but is he too homer-or-nothing? I'm out of gas on this one. I figured that Cameron's been around long enough. I wouldn't have thought of him were it not for the Beltran reference. Yeah, that wasn't a criticism of your guess, I posted it without even realizing you'd guessed him too. Looks that way now, though. Oh, I never thought I was being criticized. Have a cigar. They're on me. I've got a large stash of these.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 26 2010 10:41 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Jim Edmonds?

batmagadanleadoff May 26 2010 10:41 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

It's Rod Barajas. Put this contest in the books.

Fman99 May 26 2010 10:58 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

I peeked. I don't think I would have come up with the final entry on my own.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 11:03 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Come on, cats. He's won three triple titles.

Centerfield May 26 2010 11:05 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Never in a million years would I have guessed #4.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 11:10 AM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Weird. Maybe it's because I've had him twice or thrice as fantasy-baseball back-of-roster fodder, but I would have guessed him before Kablammeron.

HahnSolo May 26 2010 12:45 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

I get three cracks at this? OK, NL-East familiarity is my clue: 1. Anybody guess Chipper Jones? 2. Since Castillo is on the list, and earlier in their careers I kinda conflated the two: Christian Guzman? 3. Not Craig Counsell?

Chad Ochoseis May 26 2010 12:54 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Back of rotisserie roster fodder with speed and NL East experience who's been around long enough to have compiled? I'm going to take a Francoeur-like swing at my last strike and guess Endy. on edit...just looked Endy's stats up. Not even close.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 12:56 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Christian Guzman with 88, 20 of them in one year. Rank Player Age Trips Named by T1 Crawford 28 96 JC Lunchbucket T1 Rollins 31 96 batmagadanleadoff T1 Damon 36 96 batmagadanleadoff 4 Guzman 32 88 HahnSolo 5 Pierre 32 79 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 6 Reyes 27 75 Gimme 7 Vizquel 43 74 Fman99 8 Suzuki 36 70 batmagadanleadoff 9 Furcal 32 60 JC Lunchbucket T10 Granderson 29 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Castillo 34 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Jeter 36 59 batmagadanleadoff T10 Ka-Balmmeron 38 59 batmagadanleadoff Thank you for tripling.

Chad Ochoseis May 26 2010 01:04 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

EdgyDC wrote: Carlos Beltran fails to crack the top 100. Strike two on Ochoseis. Hey, ump - Questec says that wasn't a strike.

Edgy DC May 26 2010 01:12 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

I'm guessing that his failure to appear in 2010 makes bb-r.com think he's inactive. Oopsy-daisy.

Frayed Knot May 26 2010 01:45 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Yeah, the KC stadium (pre-modeled version anyway) was a great place for triples (and ItPHRs). It had artificial turf and rounded corners which caused visiting OFers to mis-play balls there all the time. Hey look, the inclusion of Beltran knocks Jeter off the list!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 01:57 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah, the KC stadium (pre-modeled version anyway) was a great place for triples (and ItPHRs). It had artificial turf and rounded corners which caused visiting OFers to mis-play balls there all the time. Hey look, the inclusion of Beltran knocks Jeter off the list!! And Castillo, too! I mean, "and Castillo, too."

Edgy DC May 26 2010 02:00 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

OK, sorry. Including the guessed guys who are active, but not active-active, we have... Rank Player Age Trips Named by T1 Crawford 28 96 JC Lunchbucket T1 Rollins 31 96 batmagadanleadoff T1 Damon 36 96 batmagadanleadoff 4 Guzman 32 88 HahnSolo T5 Pierre 32 79 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr T5 Durham 38 79 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 7 Reyes 27 75 Gimme 8 Vizquel 43 74 Fman99 9 Suzuki 36 70 batmagadanleadoff 10 Beltran 33 64 Chad Ochoseis Other Metly guys in the hot 100 Mike Cameron (now 12th with 59) Alex Cora (38th with 36) Miguel Cairo (55th with 30) Gary Matthews, Jr. and Jay Payton (60th with 29) Jason Bay (66th with 27) Alex Cintron (91st with 21) Kazuo Matsui (99th with 20)

Centerfield May 26 2010 02:04 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

I can't believe Christian Guzman has been in baseball that long and I still haven't noticed he exists.

Frayed Knot May 26 2010 02:10 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Centerfield wrote: I can't believe Christian Guzman has been in baseball that long and I still haven't noticed he exists. He was the guy (along with Eric Milton) the Yanx dealt away to get Chuckles Knoblauch back in 1997

Chad Ochoseis May 26 2010 02:14 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Wuddaya know...Jay Payton is still in baseball. I never would have guessed.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 26 2010 02:16 PM Re: Triple Trivia Fun

Centerfield wrote: I can't believe Christian Guzman has been in baseball that long and I still haven't noticed he exists. He's been one of those hidden pains-in-the-Nats since coming to the NL; his career BA/OBP get bumped up from .273 to .311 when he's playing Metly opposition, and it gains nutritional value, too, so to speak-- he's slugging .458 lifetime against the Mets, .384 against everyone else. We'd probably notice him a bit more if Willie F. Harris weren't so Willie F. Harris.