SPORTS QUIZ

OLD-TIME BASEBALL is the topic of today's Sports Quiz...


1. What American League team did Bob Hope once own a piece of?

2. What Cy Young Award-winning pitcher earned a Ph.D and made it big in kinestology?

3. What Toronto Blue Jays first baseman broke up three no-hitters in the first five years of the team's history?

4. What ballpark hosted the first major league all-star game played on artificial turf?

5. What team introduced tri-color caps to the majors?

6. What shortstop led the National League in singles four times while playing for three clubs between 1960 and 1969?

7. What San Francisco slugger was the first man in modern history to belt a grand slam home run in his first major league game?

8. What affliction knocked Houston Astros righthander J.R. Richard out of the line-up in July, 1980?

9. Who entered the record book in 1970 by becoming the first pitcher since Cy Young to win 100 games in both major leagues?

10. Who hit the first home run ever in a major league all-star game?





ANSWERS_

1. Cleveland Indians
2. Mike Marshall
3. John Mayberry, Sr.
4. Houston Astrodome
5. Montreal Expos
6. Maury Wills
7. Bobby Bonds
8. A stroke
9. Jim Bunning
10. Babe Ruth