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1. Where do you put your glove? How do you use the rosin bag? Interesting questions for someone who has only one hand. Which one-handed pitcher in the American League threw a no-hitter?
2. A triple-play without the ball even being hit? It happened in 2008 when which American League team pulled this off?
3. Two back-to-back home runs in the same inning has been accomplished many times in baseball history. What if the same batters who hit back-to-back home runs, did it again later in that same inning? It happened when which American League team saw their two players do this in 2002?
4. Only one player in baseball history stole three bases in the same at-bat, but not second, third, and home. He stole second base, then first base, then second base again. Which Detroit Tiger player did this all legally in the early 1900s?
5. Hitting two grand slams in one game is a pretty remarkable feat, but would if a player hit two in the same inning? Which St. Louis Cardinal player did this in 1999?
6. What a nightmare! I already have arachnophobia, but when spiders were chasing me in my dream, I got up and ran. I ran into a wall, fell through a glass table, then fell down a flight of stairs. I was a Toronto Blue Jay in 1990 at the time and was placed on the 15-disabled list after suffering cuts and bruises due to this freakish incident. Who am I?
7. Throwing a no-hitter in your career puts you in an elite club, and highlights just how good you might be. Would if you threw two no-hitters, and both back-to-back? Which pitcher did this in the 1930s?
8. I was a Texas Ranger shortstop. I should have brought a chair with me during a doubleheader in 1976, because even though I played in every single inning, not one ball was hit to me. This set a record unless I fell asleep during the game and some got past me. Who am I?
9. There's one million dollars missing? This happened to the accounting books of the Oakland Athletics during an annual audit in early 1982. One million dollars could not be accounted for. After a thorough investigation, and some with federal investigator's assistance, it was found that a one-million bonus check given to a player was never cashed, and instead was framed and hung on a wall Who was the player that caused all this commotion by framing his check instead of cashing it?
10. This American League team had their gloves on in a game in 1990. They not only pulled off a triple-play in the game, but pulled off two. The result was that they still lost the game. Which team was this?
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