so you think you know baseball............

Nope.

Hint - old-timers and doctoring the baseball

 

beats me. doctoring a baseball involved a substance.

 

UNCLE !!!

 

tobacco or bubble gum?

 

Gum was close. It's licorice.

 

what does licorice have to do with doctoring a baseball?

 

Same thing as tobacco juice or vaseline or any other slimy substance you could put on there.

 

the other 2 i can see. licorice? yuck. thanks for ruining my morning with that thought. lol.

 

HOF'er Bert Blyleven was traded in the midst of an All-Star season in 1985 from Cleveland back to his original team, Minnesota. What future All-Star infielder was included in the package the Twins sent to the Indians?

 

Omar Viscal?

 

i think it was Jay Bell of the Pirates?

 

Jay Bell is correct

 

wow-old school jay bell...

i recall in 1988 a 8 or 9 player deal with tony fernandez and maybe joe carter or something like that.

 

in 1917 the Chicago White Sox won the WS over NY. How many of the infamous black sox players were on the 1917 team?

 

I think all 8 of them were, non?

 

actually yes, all 8 were on the '17 team. try to see if i could fool someone.

 

Retired numbers are pretty common these days, but they had to start somewhere. Whose number was the first ever retired by a MLB team?

 

# 4 Gehrig

 

Correct, your at the plate!

 

Gehrig was also the first person to have waived the 5 yr exemption for the HOF too. Second was Clemente...

this is an oldie but a goodie...name the Orioles third basemen to play 3B when Ripken ended the streak ? He was also drafted in the NBA by Philly.