Hot Stove Trivia: Volume 1

By Kidd Russell

Whether you are sitting at the ballpark on a lazy summer afternoon or counting down the days until the start of spring training, Hot Stove Trivia will always keep you in the game with more than two hundred fascinating trivia questions about Americas pastime. Discover amazing facts about baseballs best and brightest, from the games greatest sluggers to the Cy Young-award-winning pitchers and everything in between.

Prove to your friends and family that you are a trivia MVP by identifying the infamous Brooklyn Dodgers hurler who surrendered Bobby Thompsons Shot Heard Around the World or by naming the first player to have his number retired by his team. Do you know what current major-league franchise was once known as the Invaders, or who holds the American League single-season home-run record? Discover the answers to these questionsand many morein Hot Stove Trivia. It is baseball trivia at its very best!

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Dec 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462067862

Kidd Russell

KIDD RUSSELL was a star athlete in his younger years and was offered tryouts with several major-league teams, but due to family commitments and health issues he was not able to pursue these dreams. He is a retired software engineer and remains a huge fan, student, and historian of the game.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

HOME RUN DERBY

PITCHERS’ CORNER

NICKNAMES

MVP AWARDS

FRANCHISE NICKNAMES

GOPHER BALLS (PART 1)

GOPHER BALLS (PART 2)

AROUND THE BASES

WHO SAID IT?

RETIRED NUMBERS

GRAB BAG 1

GRAB BAG 2

About the Author

Kidd Russell comes from a gifted athletic family with a strong affection for baseball. He was a star athlete in his younger years and was offered tryouts with several major-league teams. However, due to family commitments and health issues, he was not able to pursue these dreams. He remains a huge fan, student, and historian of the game.

To Debbie—my wife,

the love of my life, and my best friend

INTRODUCTION

From the final out of the World Series to the sounds of pitchers and catchers in late February, the game of baseball makes us wait. But as we wait, the excitement and drama continue. What might have been, what could have been, and what’s about to happen we can only speculate. And that’s the fun of it. Baseball is now a year-round sport, and it’s undoubtedly at the top when it comes to trivia in