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Let's see how much you know about baseball! Do you know how long the string on a baseball is? Do you know who was nicknamed the "Yankee Clipper"? Test your skills with these twenty questions. Remember, each question is worth five points, except the Extra Credit Challenge, which is worth one hundred points! Good luck in our quiz, you're going to need it!
1. What is the rule if a fly ball hits the ceiling in the Houston Astrodome?
2. (T-F)The National Anthem has been played at every game since WWI?
3. What year was the American League Formed?
4. What NL player led the league in triples in 1992?
5. If you unraveled a baseball,how long would the string be?
6. What is the "battery"?
7. (T-F)The batter is out if he bunts the third strike foul.
8. What is the most lopsided Opening Day score in baseball history?
9. Harry Carey was the voice of which baseball team?
10. (T-F)Mark McGwire holds the Home run Record.
11. (T-F)Sammy Sosa did break the Home run Record,but McGwire took it away again.
A. True, Sammy had sixty-six at one point,but McGwire came back with seventy.
B. False, McGwire was ahead the whole time.
12. Which pitcher has won the most World Series games?
13. Which year was known as the "Year of the Rookie"?
14. What's the call if a ball hits the pitcher's mound & goes into foul territory between first and home?
15. (T-F)The ball is called a ground rule double if it bounces over the fence.
16. What is the call to determine a fair or foul ball?
A. If the ball crosses first or third base in fair or foul territory, that is the final call.
B. If the ball ventures into any territory while it's in play, that's the call.
17. Who was nicknamed the "Yankee Clipper"?
18. (T-F)It is illegal to intentionally walk someone.
19. (T-F)In a balk, the runner(s) advance a base.
20. Ken Griffey, Jr. plays for what team.
EXTRA CREDIT CHALLENGE: Here's the situation; two men on base. One out, bottom of the ninth. The score is three to three. The men on are at first and second base. The batter wallops a ball into center field. Everyone advances while the ball is thrown to third base. The man who was on second stops and hauls to second again. He slides into second with the batter as the ball reaches the base. They think they're all safe, but what's the call?
C. The lead runner is safe, and the others are out.
D. They all go to a separate base.
Let's see how you did! You better hope for the best or you could end up in Little League again! Uh-oh!
80-100%: You know baseball! Promoted to Majors!
50-79%: Major Leaguer, back to Minors!
20-49%: Minor Leaguer, get back in Little League!
0-19%: You can't play baseball! Heck, you just don't know baseball! Study your skills or bust!