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1. Which of the following set a World Series record for hitting 18 home runs?
2. Which Mets pitcher in 1970, set a Major League record for striking out 10 consecutive batters in a game?
3. The Oakland Athletics won 90 games and went to their third consecutive World Series in 1974. What was strange about this team?
4. This pitcher threw the first perfect game on the road in American League history. It would begin a 34-year drought until Don Larsen threw his in 1956. Who was this pitcher in the 1920s to throw this perfecto?
5. In the first 100 years of Major League baseball, only one pitcher threw a no-hitter in his first professional start. Who was this American League pitcher?
6. Which team won the first ever National League Championship Series (NLCS) played in 1969?
7. What occurred in the National League from 1901-1906, that likely will never be duplicated again?
8. Pitcher Fred Chapman went into every baseball record book for accomplishing what?
9. New York Giant Mel Ott set a few records in his career, but the one he set in 1929 was a strange one for the books. What happened on the final day of this season?
10. In 2000, and for the first time in Major League history, no team finished above .600 or below .400 in the season. Which two teams met in the World Series after this tremendously balanced season?
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