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1. In the 12th inning of the 1970 All Star Game, Pete Rose bowled over Ray Fosse to score the winning run. The play has been part of baseball lore ever since. In what ballpark did this famous/infamous event take place?
2. Name the ballpark/stadium that hosted the first World Series game to be played indoors.
3. Where did Joe DiMaggio's incredible 56 game hitting streak come to an end?
4. Responding to a westward shift in population, and taking advantage of coast-to coast jet travel; the major leagues saw opportunities on the Pacific Coast. What ballpark/stadium hosted the first major league game in California. (NOTE; Official game, not an exhibition or spring training game).
5. Any true baseball fan would know that Babe Ruth began his career as a starting pitcher. In which famous ballpark did The Bambino make his last start on the mound?
6. Which major league baseball park (not counting those with roofs) holds the record for most consecutive games without a rainout?
7. Everybody ought to know that Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in the modern major leagues. Can you tell me in which ballpark he got his first regular season at-bat?
8. Every baseball fan has probably seen the film "Field of Dreams", and knows something of the legend of Archibold 'Moonlight' Graham. Where did Archie take the field for his one-and-only 'cup of coffee'?
9. Which Stadium was the first to draw over 80,000 fans for the first game of a regular season?
10. There's no doubt that Babe Ruth hit a mammoth home run in the 5th inning of game #3 of the 1932 World Series. Whether he really 'called the shot' or not; well, that's been a subject of debate for 80 years. Where did this take place?
11. Don Larsen's career achievments were unremarkable. A record of 81 wins and 91 losses over fifteen seasons spent with seven different teams. On the afternoon of 8 October 1956, however, Larsen was the very definition of perfect. Where did he hurl his World Series perfecto?
12. From peanut vendor at age 13, groundskeeper, public realtions assistant, general manager and team owner Bill Veeck spent nearly sixty years in professional baseball. A pioneer in marketing and promotions, Veeck once signed a midget (today we refer to them as 'little people') and sent him to pinch hit. Where did Eddie Gaedel (all 3'7" of him) make his only major league plate appearance?
13. I still get chills when I remember the night Cal Ripkin broke Lou Gehrig's 56 year old record by playing in his 2,131st consecutive game. 501 games later, he decided it was time to take a night off. When Cal took a seat on the bench (for the first time in seventeen years) where was that bench?
14. Indoor baseball forced the game to deal with the plague known as artificial turf. Sadly, several outdoor facilities also fell victim to that same blight. In the 1970 season three of these outdoor stadiums played on plastic 'grass'; name the one that didn't.
15. In game #1 of the 1919 World Series, Ed Cicotte hits leadoff man Morrie Rath with a pitch. According to legend (and Grand Jury testimony) this was a signal to the gambling syndicate that Cicotte and several of his teammates had agreed to the 'fix'. Where did this take place?
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