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1969 New York Mets Transactions

Question #405

Date	February 15, 2009
Question	This player was traded to the New York Mets from the Montreal Expos for Steve Renko, Kevin Collins, Bill Carden (minors), and Dave Colon (minors). Name this eventual 1969 World Series MVP.
Correct Responder	Marty L was the first one with the correct answer.
Answer	Donn Clendenon.

Question #406

Date	February 15, 2009
Question	Drafted in the '68 rule five draft from the Atlanta Braves, this player (playing mostly third base during the season) would hit only .218 during the season while stepping it up to .385 in the NLCS for the New York Mets. Name this Brooksville, Florida native.
Correct Responder	Marty L was the first one with the correct answer.
Answer	Wayne Garrett.

Theme: Nationals Park Inaugural Game
Date: Apr 06, 2008

Not a National, but this player was the first in Nationals Park history to "chip" one over the fences.

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"How do you know if you run out of invisible ink?"

by Larry Anderson

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'17 - Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies' 5-0 and 9-3 sweep of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
'57 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves recorded his 41st career shutout with an 8-0 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Spahn's shoutout set a major league record for lefthanded pitchers.
'70 - Billy Williams of the Cubs asked to be kept out of the lineup, snapping his National League record of 1,117 consecutive games played. His record was broken in 1983 by Steve Garvey.
'81 - The Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners played the longest game in Fenway Park's history, 19 innings, before the game was suspended with the score tied 7-7. The Mariners won 8-7 in 20 innings when the game resumed the next day.
'86 - Billy Hatcher's homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The two teams played 14 innings the day before and used a major league record 53 players in the game.
'90 - Bobby Thigpen set a major league record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago White Sox victory over Kansas City. Thigpen broke the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986.

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Before the 1920 season baseball bans all ?freak deliveries? (including any type of doctoring of the ball). Seventeen current pitchers are exempted from the new rule.