Rather than include the answers to yesterday's trivia quiz among the September 11 post, I'll post the answers here in a separate post. Following the answers to yesterday's trivia will be 4 new questions, this time focusing on the New York Mets.
Yesterday's questions:
1. Who was the last Yankee to win the American League Rookie of the Year award?
Answer: Derek Jeter won the award in 1996
2. Who caught the final out of the 1996 World Series?
Answer: Yankees 3B Charlie Hayes
3. Prior to winning the World Series in 1996, when did the Yankees last win the World Series and who did they beat?
Answer: They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 2 in the 1978 World Series.
4. Name all of the players who have worn the numbers 1-10 to have their numbers retired by the Yankees.
Answer:
1 - Billy Martin
3 - Babe Ruth
4 - Lou Gehrig
5 - Joe DiMaggio
7 - Mickey Mantle
8 - Bill Dickey
8 - Yogi Berra
9 - Roger Maris
10 - Phil Rizzuto
Today's questions
1. Which two Mets have won the National League Cy Young award?
2. Who managed the Mets to each of their World Series championships?
3. Who scored the game-winning run of game 6 of the 1986 World Series?
4. Which two members of the 1969 World Series champion Mets were also high school teammates in baseball and football?
damn, got every question except #10 rizzuto, not surprisingly the least deserving member in cooperstown.
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