***Sponsored by Papa Murphy’s Pizza & Play it Again Sports
George Romano managed 10 years in the Crystal Lake & Lake in the Hills, Illinois leagues for players 15 to 19 years old. For 25 years he was a wealth of baseball knowledge and a great friend to me and the league. George passed away in February of 2024 and we will continue to honor him here with our weekly trivia contests going forward.
Week Eight Trivia Answer: Bobby Cox stopped over as a Blue Jays manager between his lousy stint with the Braves and his later Hall of Fame career in Atlanta.
Guessed correctly first by: Gage Foster of the Highlanders
Week Nine: The New York Giants
Did You Know? The Giants resided in New York from 1885 until 1957 when they moved to San Francisco.
Did You Know? Manager John McGraw won 10 National league pennants with the Giants between 1904 and 1924, including 4 straight from 1921 to 1924.
Did You Know? The Giants have won 8 World Series, but five were while they were in New York.
Did You Know? Willie Mays started his Hall of Fame career as a New York Giant, winning the Series with his famous catch in 1954.
Did You Know? Christy Mathewson won 5 ERA titles and 372 of his 373 career wins with the New York Giants.
Week nine Trivia Question: This Giant was not caught with a fit of sneezing or pulling rats from his buttonholes. At under 5’6“, never was the Giant in Mickey’s clouds either. Who is this Giant?
Coming Week 10: The Washington Senators
*First correct guess each week wins weekly prize package
*email your answer to pinionrod@sbcglobal.net. Emails submitted from the site are date and time stamped.
*a new winner is chosen each week unless only previous winners guess correctly.
*weekly prize package includes a large pizza from Papa Murphy’s, a $10 gift card courtesy of Play it Again Sports, and a baseball cap from existing league stock.
***Participants are limited to summer 2025 players in the Metro league.