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Trivia #1 - Who cares if it's a great Day to be a tiger?
May 24, 2022, 11:30 AM
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What a day May 24 is.
Happy birthday to the 5th Crusade, Jamestown Va, the Methodist church, the Brooklyn Bridge, the helicopter, Bob Dylan, John C. Reilly, and Morse Code (kind of) - invented by the famous painter, Samuel Morse.
The House of Representatives and James Monroe, by Samuel Morse
But forget all that, because today was ALSO the first time this was done by two MLB teams, when the Cincy Reds beat the Philly Phillies 2-1 at old Crosley Field, in 1935.
What was it?
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Total guess
May 24, 2022, 11:32 AM
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night game.
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Re: Total guess
May 24, 2022, 11:41 AM
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Grand Slam Father G! Nice!
Lou Chozza became the first man in the MLB to bat under the lights today in 1935. It was a famous time, because just a few days later in the same stadium, Kitty Burke, a burlesque performer, became the first woman to bat in a MLB game. She grounded out to first, but the crowd went wild at the publicity stunt.
And since those days it doesn't matter if it's a great day, because you have lights to play at night. Congrats!
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Ankles for days***
May 25, 2022, 8:50 AM
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Two no-hitters?***
May 24, 2022, 11:35 AM
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3 in the park homeruns***
May 24, 2022, 11:38 AM
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Great guess.
May 24, 2022, 11:40 AM
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whether it is right or not!
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More guessing
May 24, 2022, 11:41 AM
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both teams pitched no hitters.
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well, crap missed this had already been guessed. How about
May 24, 2022, 12:01 PM
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first televised game?
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do you know Crosley Field's connection to Clemson?
May 24, 2022, 11:58 AM
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Bill Wilhelm patterned the outfield terrace at Beautiful Tiger Field after the slopes at Cincinnati's Crosley Field. He liked it better than a warning track.
https://www.mlb.com/news/story-of-crosley-field-s-sloped-outfield The story of Crosley Field's sloped outfield For some it was an endearing ballpark quirk. For the Reds, it could be a home-field advantage. For visiting teams, the sloped terrace in the outfield of Crosley Field could be downright annoying.
"Crosley Field was a tough place for outfielders to play," Reds great outfielder and Hall of Famer
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better pic of it
May 24, 2022, 12:05 PM
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I’m embarrassed to admit that I read the first part all the
May 24, 2022, 12:35 PM
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way through before I figured out that the 5th Crusade wasn’t the name of a Methodist Church in Jamestown
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Re: I’m embarrassed to admit that I read the first part all the
May 24, 2022, 2:14 PM
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But it should be. What a great trivia question that would be. 30+ Methodist churches in Jamestown and not one named "The Fifth Crusade?" Tragic.
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History question/opportunity
May 24, 2022, 2:22 PM
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how many crusades were there and were there different reasons for each or basically the same idea - basically war against non-christians? take back what was once theirs a la Putin?
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Re: History question/opportunity
May 24, 2022, 2:28 PM
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Off the top of my head 11 or so, but only the first three are what we think of as the classic "Crusades." Some of them were just weird, like a children's crusade led by a blind hermit, and some flamed out long before they even got near Jerusalem. Western Christian cities were as likely to get torched by crusaders on their way to Jeru as Muslim cities. It's a great story and a good candidate for a future Military Pron post or two.
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