1997: 25 Years Ago
This player's #42 was officially retired by every team on April 11
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This country has hosted 11 MLB games at Monterrey Baseball Stadium, the most of any nation outside the US and Canada
What is Mexico?
Although his 511 wins are worthy of an award, he also had 315 losses, the most ever by an MLB pitcher
Who is Cy Young?
The only MLB team to blow a 3-0 lead in a best-of-7 series
Who are the New York Yankees?
Before he was Mr. October, he launched a 539 foot blast in the 1971 All-Star Game in Detroit
Who is Reggie Jackson?
This fifth-year expansion team defeated Cleveland in 7 games to win their first title
Who are the Florida Marlins?
This city in Australia hosted the only MLB series played in the southern hemisphere when the Dodgers and D-Backs visited in 2014
What is Sydney?
This 21-year MLB veteran is the all-time leader in grounding into double plays with 413
Who is Albert Pujols?
After the Cubs blew a 17.5 game lead in the NL East, this team miraculously won the division and the 1969 World Series
Who are the New York Mets?
This A's slugger got a hold of a Randy Johnson fastball, hitting it 538 feet to the back of the Seattle Kingdome
Who is Mark McGwire?
On June 12, the first regular season game of this type was played between the NL Giants and the AL Rangers
What is interleague?
This player was honored during his final game when the Mariners played the A's in Tokyo
Who is Ichiro Suzuki?
This shortstop for the A's in 2021 leads all active players with 209 errors
Who is Elvis Andrus?
The 2011 Red Sox held a 9 game lead on September 3rd, but by game 162, they were eliminated thanks to an improbable comeback by this team who usurped the Wild Card
Who are the Tampa Bay Rays?
This Yankee slugger supposedly hit the longest home run ever 640 feet out of Tiger Stadium during a game in 1960
Who is Mickey Mantle?
This All-Star pitcher no-hit the San Francisco Giants on June 10
Who is Kevin Brown?
In 2019, these 2 teams put on a fireworks display in London during the first game ever in Europe, scoring 30 runs combined
Who are the Yankees and Red Sox? (Yankees won 17-13)
This Angels outfielder leads former teammate Miguel Cabrera by 18 for the most strikeouts by an active player
Who is Justin Upton?
The 2009 Tigers led the division by 3 games with 4 to play, but blew the lead and lost to this team in a tiebreaker game
Who are the Minnesota Twins?
In 2004, this Reds slugger demolished an out of the park home run to center field 535 feet
Who is Adam Dunn?
This unlikely feat was achieved by 3 different players on May 26, including 2 in the same inning by the Cubs' Sammy Sosa and the Pirates' Tony Womack
What is an inside-the-park home run?
4 pitchers from this team combined to no-hit the Padres in Mexico on May 4, 2018
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
This 16-year veteran pitcher who played for the Royals in 2021 is the active leader in both wild pitches and home runs allowed
Who is Ervin Santana?
The 1995 California Angels went 12-27 in their last 39 games, which allowed this team their first ever playoff appearance
Who are the Seattle Mariners?
The longest of this player's 399 career home runs was a 529 foot grand slam to the upper deck in Miami
Who is Andres Galarraga?