Ballpark Traditions
This song sounds like an advertisement for peanuts and Cracker Jack; you'll hear it played at every MLB park in the middle of the 7th, and it has different lyrics depending on the home team
What is "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"?
The Bambino becomes a famous Supreme Court justice fondly known as "The Notorious R.B.G."
What is Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
What are taters?
In 1997, MLB retired this number league-wide to honor Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier
What is 42?
Opened way back in 1912, this ballpark is MLB's oldest that's still in operation
What is Fenway Park?
This song is a staple at Fenway Park in Boston, where you'll here a booming "bum bum bummm" from the crowd in the middle of the eighth -- you'll hear something different at that point in the song at a Pitt game
What is "Sweet Caroline"?
The Fall Classic meets Lemony Snicket's gloomy book series
An easy, lazy fly ball is said to be as easy to catch as this shelf-stable grocery item
This was the number of home runs Barry Bonds hit in his career, the current record
What is 762?
The Cubs' Wrigley Field is known for this fast-growing plant covering their outfield walls -- if the ball gets stuck in it, you'd better put your hands up
What is ivy?
At American Family Field in Milwaukee, you'd probably enjoy seeing oblong characters racing around the warning track as part of this activity
What is the Sausage Race?
"Hammerin' Hank" lends his last name to the first name of the man who killed Alexander Hamilton
What is Hank Aaron Burr?
If you strike out four times in a single game, you'll be symbolically awarded with this shiny hat
What is a golden sombrero?
DAILY DOUBLE
This was the number of years the Boston Red Sox were besmirched by the Curse of the Bambino
What is 86?
Home runs to right field in this ballpark splash into McCovey Cove, where you'll often catch kayakers awaiting their arrival
What is Oracle Park?
If you're hoping to snag a home run ball at Wrigley Field, you'd better hope it's not hit by the visitors; otherwise, the crowd will encourage you to do this with it
What is throwing the ball back?
The award given to the best pitcher in each league becomes a Mel Brooks horror spoof
What is Cy Young Frankenstein?
This family member is old-people slang for a curveball
What is Uncle Charlie?
Chris Davis became immortal in MLB history for the wrong reason: his spell of this many consecutive ABs without a hit
There's a row of purple seats in this park that mark exactly 5,280 feet above sea level
What is Coors Field?
Yankee Stadium is well-known for this group, who are the original proprietors of the famous "roll call"
Who are the Bleacher Creatures?
DAILY DOUBLE
Michael Lewis's 2003 book about the Oakland Athletics' business strategy meets this powerful weapon of Man-Ray's from SpongeBob
What is Moneyball of Confusion?
Named for a minor league in the Lone Star State, it’s a weak bloop hit that drops between an infielder and an outfielder, or "no man's land"
What is a Texas Leaguer?
This was the number of years the Cubs went without a World Series victory, until they finally got one in 2016
What is 108?
This gigantic stadium, formerly home to the Phillies (and the Eagles) was demolished in 2004
What is Veterans Stadium?