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    New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom
    New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom
    New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom
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    New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom

    By Tucker Elliot

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    Think you know Yankees baseball? Think again. Find out how smart you really are about the New York Yankees. Are you a rookie? Are you a tested, hardcore veteran? Or will you be clearing waivers for your pending release halfway through the book? We'll let you know. Five chapters, ten categories, more than 250 questions: The Numbers Game, Rookies, Veterans, Legends, Hitters, Pitchers, Managers and Coaches, Fabulous Feats, Teams, and Miscellaneous. That's what you're up against, and we're keeping score. Test your skills. Wrack your brain. It's the ultimate New York Yankees IQ test.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Mesa Publishing
    Release dateOct 14, 2012
    ISBN9781301355440
    New York Yankees IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom
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    Tucker Elliot

    Tucker Elliot is a Georgia native and diehard baseball fan. A former high school athletic director, varsity baseball coach, and college professor, he is now a fulltime writer living in Tampa, FL.

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      New York Yankees IQ - Tucker Elliot

      INTRODUCTION

      Think you know Yankees baseball? Think again. You’re about to find out how smart you really are about the New York Yankees. Are you a rookie? Are you a tested, hardcore veteran? Or will you be clearing waivers for your pending release halfway through the book?

      We’ll let you know.

      Test your skills. Wrack your brain. It’s the ultimate New York Yankees IQ test. Five chapters, more than 250 questions—that’s what you’re up against, and we’re keeping score.

      Think of chapter one as Spring Training, that magical time of year when everything just feels so right with the world . . . and, when everybody, even the veterans, gets back to the basics. That’s what you will find in the first chapter—50 questions every Yankees fan should know, five each in ten different categories: The Numbers Game, The Rookies, The Veterans, The Legends, The Hitters, The Pitchers, The Managers and Coaches, The Fabulous Feats, The Teams, and Miscellaneous.

      In chapter two the season is underway and you’re expected to be in shape and ready to play, so be sure and fine tune your mad trivia skills in the first chapter, because when the big club breaks camp the last thing you want is to be left behind with the rookies. The categories are the same but the questions are tougher, and the standings count.

      In chapter three find out if you make the All-Star team. You have to start the season strong and then maintain a high level of consistency if you want to be on our All-Star team—and chapter three will toss the wannabes like chaff in the wind.

      In chapter four it’s the Dog Days of Summer. Can you make a push for the postseason or are you going to succumb to the pressure, unable to close the deal? We amp it up even more, and when the dust settles we’ll let you know if you’re deserving of chapter five.

      You have to earn your way to chapter five. This is the postseason. This is where you will find trivia befitting a world champion. This is where legends are made. This is your Yankees IQ, the Ultimate Test of True Fandom.

      1 SPRING TRAINING

      This is Spring Training mind you. We’re only stretching here. Just trying to get limber after a long winter of chips, couches, remote controls, beverages of choice, and the NFL . . . I mean, there’s no sense straining a groin or anything else right out of the box. So we’ll just start with some basics—a few of the legends honored by the Yankees with a retired jersey number. No point in sweating bullets over these questions. You don’t know these, well, you don’t know jack.

      The Numbers Game

      Question 1: The Yankees official website calls this legend combative and daring, and a brilliant baseball strategist. To honor him the club retired his #1 jersey. Name this legend.

      Question 2: The Yankees official website calls this legend baseball’s greatest slugger. This is like teeing up a beach ball, being asked to hit it with a tennis racket, and your only goal is to make contact—but don’t worry, it’ll get tougher. In the meantime, name this legend and the jersey number retired in his honor.

      Question 3: The one word used to describe this player by the Yankees official website is durable. Yes, another beach ball (at least I hope). Not too many more of these, we’ll be done stretching soon. Name this legend and the jersey number retired in his honor.

      Question 4: He was once married to Marilyn Monroe . . . and, he got to play for the Yankees. Name this legend and the jersey number retired in his honor.

      Question 5: The Yankees official website calls this legend the most feared hitter on the most successful team in history. This is the last beach ball so you better enjoy it. Name this legend and the jersey number retired in his honor.

      The Numbers Game Answer Key

      1. Billy Martin

      2. Babe Ruth, #3

      3. Lou Gehrig, #4

      4. Joe DiMaggio, #5

      5. Mickey Mantle, #7

      The Rookies

      Question 6: The Yankees have historically won big games—and big awards as well. Which of the following players was the first Yankee in franchise history to win league Rookie of the Year honors?

      a) Bob Grim

      b) Gil McDougald

      c) Tony Kubek

      Question 7: Which of the following players was the first Yankee in franchise history to win league Rookie of the Year honors as a pitcher?

      a) Dave Righetti

      b) Bob Grim

      c) Stan Bahnsen

      Question 8: Joe DiMaggio was eighth in league MVP balloting during his 1936 rookie season. He also won a pennant and batted .346 vs. the Giants as the Yankees won the World Series in six games. DiMaggio won a lot of games and he led the league in a lot of categories throughout his career. He also led the league in one of the following categories during his 1936 rookie campaign. Do you know which one?

      a) 15 triples

      b) 44 doubles

      c) 206 hits

      Question 9: Lou Gehrig’s .340 lifetime batting average is the second highest in franchise history behind Babe Ruth. Gehrig played 13 games in 1923 and batted .423, and he played ten games in 1924 and batted .500, but his full-fledged rookie season was 1925 when he posted the lowest batting average of his career. Not until 1938, his last full season, did he bat so low again. Do you know what his batting average was in 1925?

      a) .286

      b) .295

      c) .303

      Question 10: In 2005, Robinson Cano batted .297 with 14 homers as a rookie for the Yankees. He also scored 78 runs and drove home 62 in only 132 games, numbers that were good enough to earn him a runner-up finish in Rookie of the Year balloting. Which of the following players beat out Cano for top spot in the balloting?

      a) Nick Swisher

      b) Scott Kazmir

      c) Huston Street

      The Rookies Answer Key

      6. B – Gil McDougald

      7. C – Stan Bahnsen

      8. A – 15 triples

      9. B – .295

      10. C – Huston Street

      The Veterans

      Question 11: One Yankee veteran made the following statement: "I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted is to be a good ballplayer and hit 25 or 30 homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and help my

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