Alright, fans of the legendary Met manager and Brooklyn Dodgers first base man---Gil Hodges, how did you do? Check out the answers below.
1) The part of the military that Hodges served in World War II was the Marine Corps where he was awarded a bronze star
2) In 1950, his four home runs in a nine inning game had only been done once in the prior fifty years by Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig
3) He caught the last out of the 1955 World Series won by the Dodgers (Johnny Podres won the game). The throw was made to Hodges by Pee Wee Reese
4) His first managing job was with The Washington Senators
5) When Hodges manged the Mets, his third base coach in 1969 was 'The Walking Man', Eddie Yost
6) In 1969 Hodge's Mets won 100 games during the regular season
7) The average winners share in the World Series in 1969 was $18,388
8) The great quote about Hodges came from Branch Rickey
9) He started his career as a third baseman
10) His number was 14
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Showing posts with label New York Met Trivia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Met Trivia. Show all posts
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Answers to New York Mets TV Commercial Trivia
How well do you know your favorite New York Mets in TV commercials? These are the answers to the Mets Commercial Trivia quiz. This was a rough one. I would have been lucky to have hit .500
1) The commercial where a Met catchers' wife appeared for Gulden's Mustard was Jerry Grote. The commercial featured his wife Sharon.
2) The Soda that Tom and Nancy Seaver did an ad for was RC Cola
3) The official Met beer from 1974-1979 was Schaefer---"The most rewarding flavor in this man's world"
4) The long time beer sponsor of the Mets before Schaefer was Rheingold---"My beer is Rheingold the dry beer. Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer"
5) The Met pitcher who appeared in a Diet Pepsi TV Commercial with Catfish Hunter was a very young Dwight Gooden
6) The Met star from the 90's who did a commercial for Pert Shampoo was Mike Piazza (that should be an easy one)
7) What Met great did the Just for Men Gray Hair commercial with Walt Frazier. It was Keith Hernandez
8) The long time Met who did an ad for Gillette foamy in 1978 was Ed Kranepool
9) The Met player who did a Milk ad in 1986 was Darryl Strawberry
1)) The Met Hall of Famer who did the Ivory Soap commercial was Gary Carter.
How did you do? Share your results.
1) The commercial where a Met catchers' wife appeared for Gulden's Mustard was Jerry Grote. The commercial featured his wife Sharon.
2) The Soda that Tom and Nancy Seaver did an ad for was RC Cola
3) The official Met beer from 1974-1979 was Schaefer---"The most rewarding flavor in this man's world"
4) The long time beer sponsor of the Mets before Schaefer was Rheingold---"My beer is Rheingold the dry beer. Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer"
5) The Met pitcher who appeared in a Diet Pepsi TV Commercial with Catfish Hunter was a very young Dwight Gooden
6) The Met star from the 90's who did a commercial for Pert Shampoo was Mike Piazza (that should be an easy one)
7) What Met great did the Just for Men Gray Hair commercial with Walt Frazier. It was Keith Hernandez
8) The long time Met who did an ad for Gillette foamy in 1978 was Ed Kranepool
9) The Met player who did a Milk ad in 1986 was Darryl Strawberry
1)) The Met Hall of Famer who did the Ivory Soap commercial was Gary Carter.
How did you do? Share your results.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Answers to 1969 New York Mets Trivia
I am sure thousands of you were chomping at the bit to get the answers to the trivia questions about the 1969 New York Mets. Well here they are:
1) The Met who caught the last out was Cleon Jones. Of course, Met fans know the irony of the player who made the last out---Davey Johnson. The same man who seventeen years later led them to their only other World Series championship.
2) Double N, Donn Clendenon was the World Series MVP. Growing up, we always referred to him as Double N (for the spelling of his first name), I always assumed that was his nickname. When I met him later in life, I asked him about the nickname. He looked at me like I came from another planet. As great as Clendenon was, I thought the MVP should have been Jerry Koosman.
3) Don Buford led off the Orioles home first in Game One with a home run, which reinforced the idea of many that the '69 Series would be a massacre.
4) The Mets swept the Braves in three games to get to the Series. It was the first year of the baseball playoffs.
5) Gary Gentry was the starter in Game Three who pitched six clutch innings of shutout baseball. It didn't hurt having Tommie Agee making one of his two legendary catches in center field. He made the other famous catch when the relief pitcher came in the game, some kid named Nolan Ryan.
6) The famous tenth inning throw that hit J.C. Martin running to first base in Game 4 in the World Series was thrown by Pete Rickert.
7) The Oriole pitcher who helped stake them to an early lead in Game 5 by hitting a home run was Dave McNally
8) In 1969, the A.L. MVP was Harmon Killebrew. The Oriole who came in second was Boog Powell. Third in the MVP voting that year was Frank Robinson
9) Lou DiMuro was the umpire involved in the shoe polish play. One of Gil Hodges greatest moments as a manager
10) The list of the top ten N.L. voting for MVP in 1969 read like the Who's Who of the greatest players of the era. Every player on the Top Ten voting became a Hall of Famer including Tom Seaver who was second in the voting. The only two who did not make it to the Hall of Fame were Met position players. Tommie Agee finished sixth in the voting and Cleon Jones finished 7th.
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1) The Met who caught the last out was Cleon Jones. Of course, Met fans know the irony of the player who made the last out---Davey Johnson. The same man who seventeen years later led them to their only other World Series championship.
2) Double N, Donn Clendenon was the World Series MVP. Growing up, we always referred to him as Double N (for the spelling of his first name), I always assumed that was his nickname. When I met him later in life, I asked him about the nickname. He looked at me like I came from another planet. As great as Clendenon was, I thought the MVP should have been Jerry Koosman.
3) Don Buford led off the Orioles home first in Game One with a home run, which reinforced the idea of many that the '69 Series would be a massacre.
4) The Mets swept the Braves in three games to get to the Series. It was the first year of the baseball playoffs.
5) Gary Gentry was the starter in Game Three who pitched six clutch innings of shutout baseball. It didn't hurt having Tommie Agee making one of his two legendary catches in center field. He made the other famous catch when the relief pitcher came in the game, some kid named Nolan Ryan.
6) The famous tenth inning throw that hit J.C. Martin running to first base in Game 4 in the World Series was thrown by Pete Rickert.
7) The Oriole pitcher who helped stake them to an early lead in Game 5 by hitting a home run was Dave McNally
8) In 1969, the A.L. MVP was Harmon Killebrew. The Oriole who came in second was Boog Powell. Third in the MVP voting that year was Frank Robinson
9) Lou DiMuro was the umpire involved in the shoe polish play. One of Gil Hodges greatest moments as a manager
10) The list of the top ten N.L. voting for MVP in 1969 read like the Who's Who of the greatest players of the era. Every player on the Top Ten voting became a Hall of Famer including Tom Seaver who was second in the voting. The only two who did not make it to the Hall of Fame were Met position players. Tommie Agee finished sixth in the voting and Cleon Jones finished 7th.
If you love trivia then check out our new site trivia man at http://triviaman.blogspot.com/
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