Alright JB Trivia fanatics: Like Griffey in Slugfest, we’re back and better than ever.

Once again, I will provide the question and you will provide the answer. The first person to e-mail me with the correct answer will get the best prize of all: an appearance on Just Baseball!

Now, since I really don’t want my personal inbox flooded anymore, please send your answers to sports@dailyillini.com.

This week’s question:

Who am I?

I started 19 games at A-Kane County a few years back and posted a brilliant 1.83 ERA while striking out 101 batters and walking only 21. I was in the majors the next year starting for a World Series team. I didn’t start any games in the World Series, but I pitched 3.2 scoreless innings of relief. I have a ring from that season and a Rookie of the Year award to boot.

Remember, e-mail answers to sports@dailyillini.com! Please put JB TRIVIA in the subject line.

Good luck!

Once again, no winner this week. The correct answer was Ozzie Smith and Cal Ripken Jr. To revisit the question, click here.

This week’s question:

Identify the last pitcher to throw a 3-pitch inning. Hint: National League, 2006

Email your answer to djust2@uiuc.edu with the subject line JB TRIVIA NO. 7.

Good luck!

So even after I gave everyone one extra day to get Trivia No. 5, nobody correctly answered it.

The answer was Mark Thurmond of the 1988 Baltimore Orioles. You can revisit the question here.

Sadly, we don’t get to do a profile this week. Where’s the fun in that, readers?

On to this week’s trivia, which ought to be a bit easier:

Omar Vizquel recently broke the record for most double plays turned by a national leaguer. Tell me who held the record before, and who holds it for the American League.

E-mail your answer to djust2@uiuc.edu with the subject line JB TRIVIA NO. 6.

Good luck!

The winner of last week’s trivia is James Holzhauer. Congratulations, James! The correct answer was Dave Stieb, formerly of the Toronto Blue Jays (and four starts for the White Sox). You can revisit the question here.

Let’s get to know James:

Full name: James Holzhauer
Age: 22
City/State: Parts Unknown
Occupation: Degenerate baseball bettor
First baseball memory: First good memories were coming home from school to see Jose Guzman 7 innings into a perfect game, and being at Comiskey to see Julio Franco and Ellis Burks go back-to-back twice in the same game.
Favorite baseball moment: Either Seung-Yeop Lee’s game-winning homer against Japan in the World Baseball Classic or the Dodgers hitting four consecutive shots to tie the game in September 2006.
Favorite team: Cubs
Favorite active player: Orlando Hudson, Rich Hill, Carlos Guillen
Favorite all-time player: Ron Santo
Least favorite player: Anyone who has “intangibles”: Scott Podsednik, David Eckstein, Darin Erstad.
Favorite Baseball Tonight commentator: Harold Reynolds, or the hypothetical anti-Kruk (see below)
Favorite baseball movie: Rookie of the Year, because I was a nine-year-old extra in it
Least favorite baseball movie: The Fan
MLB player with the funniest name: Jap Barbeau
Favorite baseball statistic: SuperVORP
If you could change any baseball rule, what would you change: Stop allowing unlimited pickoff throws per inning
Who is your favorite baseball broadcaster of all time?: In physics they have a concept called anti-matter, where every substance has an opposite, and if matter collides with its anti-matter, they destroy one another. In that vein, I pick the anti-Hawk, in the hopes that one day the two will meet and I can finally watch Sox games with the volume on.
You have 25 words to say whatever you want, use them: David Just saved me from being hit by an oncoming train. The least you can do to thank him is read his blog.

Let’s get to this week’s trivia:

Jeff Weaver has started six games this season and lost every one of them. Who is the last pitcher to do that? (Thanks to Elias Sports Bureau for this one).

E-mail your answer to djust2@uiuc.edu with the subject line JB TRIVIA No. 5. Good luck!

The winner of last week’s trivia is Greg McGovern, known better as Gerg. Congratulations, Gerg! The correct answer was Chuck Finley. You can revisit the question here.

Here’s Gerg’s baseball bio:

Full name: Gregory Cameron McGovern
Age: 21
City/State: Champaign, IL
Occupation: Student
Where did the name ‘Gerg’ come from?: I’ll have to chalk the name Gerg being coined by (my friend) PJ Shapiro back at Buffalo Grove High School, when backwards talking was all the rage.
First baseball memory: Robin Ventura Grand Slam at new comiskey to win the game.
Favorite baseball moment: 2005 WS Game 1 (which i attended)
Favorite team: Chicago White SOX
Favorite active player: Frank Thomas
Favorite all-time player: Frank Thomas
Least favorite player: Soriano and any other Cubs player
Favorite Baseball Tonight commentator: John Kruk
Favorite baseball movie: Bull Durham
Least favorite baseball movie: Fever Pitch
MLB player with the funniest name: Coco Crisp
Favorite baseball statistic: Triple play turned by one fielder
If you could change any baseball rule, what would you change: Create a DH in both leagues so the NL fans don’t biotch anymore bout how they play real baseball
Who is your favorite baseball broadcaster of all time?: Ken “Hawk” Harrelson. the man is an S-T-U-D.

Now, onto this week’s trivia:

Identify the player:

I am a seven-time All Star pitcher who played all but four games of my career for the same team. I can’t seem to remember what team I played most of my career for, but I am the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter for the team. I’ve never said this publicly, but I am upset my team hasn’t retired my jersey. Maybe it’s because I never won a Cy Young Award. I was the ERA champ once, though. Who am I?

Remember to e-mail your answer to djust2@uiuc.edu with the subject line JB TRIVIA No.4. Good luck!

The winner of last week’s trivia is Matt Fleishman. Congratulations, Matt! The correct answer was Nixey Callahan of the Chicago White Stockings. He shut out the Tigers 3-0. You can revisit the question here.

Let’s get to know Matt:

Full name: Matthew Alan Fleishman
Age: 20
City/State: De Kalb, Illinois
Occupation: Business Management major, Northern Illinois University
First baseball memory: 1992 NLCS Game 7–Braves score 3 in the ninth to get to the World Series
Favorite baseball moment: June 2000, White Sox sweep 7 game road trip in Cleveland and New York
Favorite team: White Sox
Favorite active player: Frank Thomas
Favorite all-time player: Frank Thomas
Least favorite player: Sammy Sosa
Favorite Baseball Tonight commentator: Tim Kurkjian
Favorite baseball movie: Major League
MLB player with the funniest name: Candy Maldonado
Will the Cubs win the World Series in the next 100 years?: Who do I look like, Biff Tannen?
If you could change any baseball rule, what would you change: Increase the height of the pitcher’s mound
You can say 25 words max to Barry Bonds; what do you say?: Remember that time you hit all those home runs?…That was great. (RIP Chris Farley)

Now, onto this week’s trivia question:

Identify the pitcher who has struck out four batters in one inning three different times.

Send your answers to djust2@uiuc.edu

Good Luck!

The winner of last week’s trivia is Ross Trotcky. Congratulations, Ross! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan. You can revisit the question here.

Here’s the lowdown on Ross:

Full name: Ross Trotcky
Age: 24
From: Chicago, IL
Occupation: I’m a U of I alum with a BA in chemistry. Somehow, I’m now a computer software engineer. I don’t get it either.
First baseball memory: I learned how to play tee ball while in preschool. At the JCC, we all took turns batting, and I kept hitting the tee and knocking it down.
Favorite baseball moment: Watching the The White Sox win the 2005 World Series. We were watching at Legends, then we stormed Green Street and contributed to the non-violent rioting in Campustown that night.
Favorite team: In case the above answer doesn’t make it obvious, the WHITE SOX!!!
Favorite player: It has continually changed over the years. Currently, I’ll go with AJ Pierzynski. Laugh if you want, the guy has heart.
Least favorite player: Sammy Sosa. He was overrated in the 90’s, was a phony, and has disgraced the game multiple times. He should be banned from MLB.
Favorite Baseball Tonight commentator: Baseball Tonight isn’t really my thing. Peter Gammons in my favorite ESPN commentator, does that count?
Favorite baseball movie: It’s a tough call, but I’ll go with Field of Dreams
Is Bonds a cheater?: Yes, he should also be thrown out of baseball, Rose-style.
Will the Cubs win a World Series in the NEXT 100 years?: Nope. If Wrigley Field gets replaced, that’ll threaten the franchise even making it 100 more years.

In honor of Mark Buehrle’s no-hitter, I have discovered the following question for this week’s trivia:

Identify the player who threw the first no-hitter in the American League and for what team he threw it.

Instead of allowing posts to the bottom of the page that give away the answer (and the fact that someone already got it), you will have to e-mail you answer to me. E-mail it to djust2@uiuc.edu with the subject line JB TRIVIA.

Well i thought it would be a nice concept to start doing a trivia question every week.

I’ll ask one question, and the first person to return the correct answer will be profiled in a future Just Baseball post. Please control your enthusiasm. I know your knees are probably buckling at this opportunity.

When you submit your answer, fill in an actual e-mail address (it doesn’t get published, but I’ll see it), and I will e-mail you. I will announce the correct answer and winner next Sunday with addition of a new post.
So, without further ado, the first question in Just Baseball history:

Identify the player:

I am a former pitcher. I am still living, and my sign is aquarius. I had two uniform numbers over my storied career, 30 and 34; I played in the American League and the National League. I pitched in a World Series in my third season and recorded a save. My team ultimately won that World Series, but I never participated in another one.
Who am I?