{"id":6659,"date":"2010-07-14T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2010-07-16T14:37:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T21:37:57","slug":"atlantic-league-managers-provide-wonderful-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/14\/atlantic-league-managers-provide-wonderful-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic League Managers Provide Wonderful Material For Major League Trivia Buffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> It is probably an understatement of sizeable proportions to say that the eight men who manage Atlantic League <\/strong>teams have quality career baseball profiles.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, they have a combined 109 seasons\u00e2\u20ac\u201dan average of 13.6\u00e2\u20ac\u201das major league players.<\/p>\n

The popular nation-wide group SABR <\/strong>(Society for American Baseball Research) took note recently when it made the group the subject of a weekly trivia quiz which further emphasized the attention these men deserve every time Atlantic League stadium gates open.\u00c2\u00a0 We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the room here to repeat the hints that were used to test SABR members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 memory banks, but we will share the basic questions and answers along with the number of years each manager played in the majors:<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe first pitcher to win the American League Cy Young <\/strong>award without starting a game that year?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSparky Lyle, Somerset <\/strong>(16).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe first player to hit two homers in the first inning of a game?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dVon Hayes, Camden <\/strong>(12).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe first person to congratulate Barry Bonds <\/strong>when Bonds broke the major league home run record?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dWillie Upshaw, Bridgeport<\/strong> (10).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe last National League <\/strong>player to drive in 100 runs in a season while hitting fewer than 10 home runs?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dTom Herr, Lancaster <\/strong>(13).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe first post-expansion rookie to steal 60 bases in a season?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dTim Raines, Newark <\/strong>(23).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe last man to bat against Sandy Koufax? <\/strong>A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dAndy Etchebarren, York <\/strong>(15).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dWhat pitcher earned the only save of his career in his very first game?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dDave LaPoint, Long Island <\/strong>(12).<\/p>\n

Q\u00e2\u20ac\u201dName a third baseman with a sub-.900 fielding percentage for a season?\u00c2\u00a0 A\u00e2\u20ac\u201dButch Hobson, Southern Maryland <\/strong>(8).<\/p>\n

These trivia questions were provided free of charge by Horsehide Trivia\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 and are the property of Scott Brandon and Bruce Brown.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone may receive these daily baseball trivia questions by e-mailing <horsehidetrivia@aol.com<\/a>>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cochran Misses Star Contest, But Runs Recent Streak to 4-0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Cochran (Lancaster) <\/strong>was probably better off not pitching in the Southern League All-Star Game <\/strong>Monday night.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because the stylish lefty took his regular turn for Double-A Carolina (Cincinnati <\/strong>farm system) two days earlier, and it turned out to be his fourth win in as many starts, running his steadily improving record to 7-3 with a 2.33 earned run average.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The 27-year-old Cochran has allowed two earned runs or less in each of his last eight starts.\u00c2\u00a0 During the four-game winning streak, he has given up only 18 hits and four runs in 23.1 innings (1.54).<\/p>\n

Another All-Star contest slated for Wednesday will pit two independent leagues against each other with 2009 Atlantic Leaguers Jesse <\/strong>and Casey Hoorelbeke <\/strong>representing the visiting Northern League <\/strong>in Tucson, AZ<\/strong>, home to the host Golden League\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tucson Toros. <\/strong>Jesse leads the league with 16 homers while brother Casey tops in ERA at 1.65.\u00c2\u00a0 Both played for Bridgeport <\/strong>last season.<\/p>\n

<\/strong> (These are excerpts from the Atlantic League Notebook.\u00c2\u00a0 Subscriptions to the full Notebook are available via <\/em>www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/em><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Wirz also writes a weekly column, the Independent Baseball Insider, as well as a blog, www.IndyBaseballChatter.com. The author <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball public relations experience with Kansas City and as chief spokesman for two Commissioners and lives in Stratford, CT.) <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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