20 Questions: Baseball

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:42 pm

1. AL? no, not really (which is to say only a small portion of his career)
2. Did he play during the 70's and 80's? No, he did not play during the 70's and 80's.
3. Was he a pitcher? Yep.
4. Cy Young Award winner? Yes.
5. retired? Yes.
6. Did he ever pitch in a world series? Yes.
7. Did he pitch in the NL West? Yes.
8. Did he win 300 games? No.
9. warren spahn? Nope.
10. koufax? no.
11. HoFer? no.
12. Nolan Ryan? no.
13. did he play after teh 70s 80s. yes, he played after the 70's and 80's.
14. did he win his cy young during the 70s OR 80s. Yes.
15. is it randy johnson. nope.
16. is it orel hershiser? DING DING DING....we have a winnah!!! I dug orel when I was a kid...not sure why now, but back then he was pretty good.

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:43 pm

yay I won is it my turn. if it is i got one. fire away.

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:51 pm

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:53 pm

1. AL? NO.

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:59 pm

pitcher?

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:17 pm

1. AL? NO.
2. pitcher? yes

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:41 pm

retired?

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:42 pm

1. AL? NO.
2. pitcher? yes
3.retired? yes

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:45 pm

right-hander?

feiterman · Post by **feiterman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:45 pm

any cy youngs?

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:09 pm

1. AL? NO.
2. pitcher? yes
3.retired? yes
4.right hander? yes
4. Cy young awards? yes.

heres a hint for you guys tonite, he only playe dfor one team in his career.

and that is a big hint i expect in the mornign to be an correct answer.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:38 pm

bob gibson?

that dude was a badass

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:14 am

I told you there would be a correct answer in the morning. bob gibson was right and he was a badass. durring st. louis's golden years.

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:35 am

okay, Neph....your turn.... AL?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:48 pm

ok, i'm going w/ an obscure one here, so you better have your thinking caps on

1. AL? only a very little, he was mostly NL (which is real baseball, btw)

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:13 pm

HAH! AL basebal is sooooooo much more fun. I will agree that NL style of baseball is far more old-school and more strategic, though. But, damn, I love the AL.... GO SOX!

Now that that's out of the way, back to 20 questions.

pitcher?

hourman · Post by **hourman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:41 pm

any mvps or cy youngs.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:14 pm

lol, colossus, we can debate which league is more fun, but the point is the AL game isn't really baseball. it's a bastardized, fake version.....imagine if you souped up other games by fundamentally altering the rules as with the DH....

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:16 pm

hourman wrote:any mvps or cy youngs.

i think i'll ask you to split this one up....it's really at least four questions in one, and 20 questions is based on yes/no questions. i could split it up into the four questions, but i don't know if you want me to do that, so i'll just say, ask it over the way you want

wrightfan123 · Post by **wrightfan123** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:30 pm

Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort?
*league, All-Star, WS...

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:39 pm

waah, waah, waah.

EVERY sport goes through revisions to the rules in order to keep fans, man. football has revisions to rules about roughing the QB and interference. Hockey gets rid of the two-line offsides, etc. Arguing the purity of any sport is nonsense...hell, the basic advancements of technology have altered all sports in some fashion or another. The AL is SO still really baseball, but pitchers don't have to be ballplayers, they just have to pitch. There is no question that the AL has more talent at both pitching at hitting than the NL does. The NL is clearly the faster, more elegant league. So, I can see how some people dig the NL more, but, DUDE, come ON, the AL is still baseball....

retired?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:41 pm

wrightfan123 wrote:Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort?
*league, All-Star, WS...

i was trying to let hourman decide how he wanted it done....

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:43 pm

1. AL? only a little
2. pitcher? yes
3. Did he win an MVP of ANY* sort? yes
4. retired? yes

Colossus · Post by **Colossus** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:43 pm

starting pitcher?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:53 pm

Colossus wrote:waah, waah, waah. EVERY sport goes through revisions to the rules in order to keep fans, man. football has revisions to rules about roughing the QB and interference. Hockey gets rid of the two-line offsides, etc. Arguing the purity of any sport is nonsense...hell, the basic advancements of technology have altered all sports in some fashion or another. The AL is SO still really baseball, but pitchers don't have to be ballplayers, they just have to pitch. There is no question that the AL has more talent at both pitching at hitting than the NL does. The NL is clearly the faster, more elegant league. So, I can see how some people dig the NL more, but, DUDE, come ON, the AL is still baseball....

retired?

lol, nary a true argument in all that drivel, son. AL didn't introduce DH to keep fans. your examples from other sports don't touch the issue, which you did raise: AL pitchers don't have to be ballplayers. i never said anything about purity. contrasting the talent of the leagues doesn't bear on the subject. in AL ball, pitchers don't have to actually play the game as it was designed. i just think that's crap. it's a hokey twist to the game that values flash over substance and strategy. like 50 cent compared to talib kweli or something.....sorry to take up the 20 questions thread with this, i'll take any more of this offline w/ colossus, i guess....cheers