2020
There are cardboard cutouts of these in every stadium
What are fans?
This is when a pitcher throws a full game without allowing a hit to the opposing team, but still allowing a base runner
What is a no-hitter?
It's where you throw a ball as hard as you can
What is a fastball?
It is the only number to be universally retired by MLB for the player who wore it.
What is 42?
This team's mascot is a parrot, which fits with their team name
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates?
This division had 4 teams make the playoffs. Teams included the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, & Milwaukee Brewers
What is the NL Central?
This is the record for most consecutive at-bats that result in home runs by a team in a single game.
What is 4?
This pitch has 0 spin and is completely unpredictable
What is a knuckleball?
Numbers were originally assigned to players based on this
What is batting order?
This team's mascot doesn't have an official name. He's just referred to as "The (team name) bird"
Who are the Baltimore Orioles?
This team broke a 17-year playoff drought. The second-longest in the sport
Who are the Miami Marlins?
If a player hits a single, double, triple, or home run in the same game, they accomplished this
What is hitting a cycle?
This pitch is when you throw a curveball grip but with velocity of a slider
What is a Slurve?
There are this many different numbers you can have on the back of a jersey.
What is 100?
This team's mascot is Orbit the alien, which fits with this team's out-of-this-world namesake
Who are the Houston Astros?
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
Since the introduction of Statcast (Super advanced analytics tracker thingy) in 2015, this is not only the longest home run it has tracked but also the longest home run hit in the 2010's decade. Guess it within a range of 10.
What is 505 feet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kyjQQh_JwA
(Nomar Mazara in 2019 for the Texas Rangers vs the Chicago White Sox. Mazara was traded the White Sox by the Rangers when the 2019 season ended)
This pitch is when you throw it at a super slow speed to try and fool the batter. The word is derived from the Hebrew word that means 0
What is an Euphes pitch?
This number was the final number to ever be worn by any player in MLB history
What is 89?
This team's slogan is #RattleOn. Which is why they started a new mascot called "Ratt Leon" despite already having a bobcat as their mascot
Who are the Arizona Diamondbacks?
In 2020, this player won the pitching triple crown which means he lead all of baseball in Strikeouts, Average Runs Given Up, and Wins. He does not have a relative named Justin.
Who is Shane Bieber?
This is called when a pitcher makes an illegal move that doesn't result in him throwing a pitch/faking throwing the ball. If this gets called, all runners currently on base move up one. If a runner is on third and they score and it counts. It rhymes with another thing that pitchers don't want to give up that results in a free base.
What is a balk?
This ball is thrown like a fastball, but it's 10 MPH slower
What is a changeup?
These are the two numbers are tied for the most worn number in all of baseball in 2020.
(You get points if you name one, and more if you can name both, but lose points for each you get wrong)
What is 15? or/and What is 48?
This team's mascot is Dinger the triceratops because they found a triceratops skeleton when digging the site for this team's home stadium
Who are the Colorado Rockies?