Trivia Question... please try without cheating

by boobs on Jan 21, 2009 1:05 AM EST Comment 41 comments

I just happened to look this up and wanted to share it. I don't remember hearing about this as a topic during the season, so I think it's a legitimate piece of trivia. Please try to answer this question without looking it up, because it's easy to look it up and spoil it if you want to.

Here we go:

How many times did Jay Bruce bat cleanup for the Reds in 2008?

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Zero

is my guess. With Griffey hitting 3rd most of the year, Jay couldn’t hit 4th… Both are lefties! By the time Griffey was gone, Jay had cooled down and BP was hitting 4th still I bet.

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by dougdirt on Jan 21, 2009 1:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Darn, I was wrong

I looked it up. I won’t ruin others guesses though.

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by dougdirt on Jan 21, 2009 1:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing three

and I’m too tired to look it up, but I’m sure it has to be on the low end

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by jacob brumfield on Jan 21, 2009 3:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

im gonna say 7

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 21, 2009 7:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

darn

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 21, 2009 8:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How about 12?

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by snohio on Jan 21, 2009 8:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Once?

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by BK on Jan 21, 2009 8:38 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I remember an especially bad lineup where he batted fourth and Votto batted 3rd

not that I remember every lineup, but this one sticks out for me. And since a question like this isn’t interesting unless it’s a unique number, I too will say once.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Jan 21, 2009 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Eleven?

by buckeye22fox on Jan 21, 2009 8:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Three?

"I'm standing at the plate thinking, Where are my hands? Where's this, where's that? Before I know it, the pitch is there and I'm completely out of rhythm." -
-- Adam Dunn

by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Jan 21, 2009 8:43 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Six!

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by jch24 on Jan 21, 2009 9:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

good thinking. same time stamp and everything

by bengalred on Jan 21, 2009 9:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ooooohhhhh, creepy!

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by jch24 on Jan 21, 2009 9:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

eh

he’s probably one of your kids.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Jan 21, 2009 9:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

6

by bengalred on Jan 21, 2009 9:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

2

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by Madville on Jan 21, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

15

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by chandrathan on Jan 21, 2009 10:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

162?

by Brendanukkah on Jan 21, 2009 10:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Impossible

You have to remember the time where Jolbert Cabera batted there! Come on!

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by BK on Jan 21, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What you're forgetting

is that Jay Bruce is a master of disguise.

by Brendanukkah on Jan 21, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

turtle turtle

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by chandrathan on Jan 21, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

8 times?

"Here's to you, Mr. Ceremonial First First Pitch Thrower Outer"

by jmgard6 on Jan 21, 2009 11:14 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

9 times...

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Jan 21, 2009 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

what are those pictures doing on your computer?

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by chandrathan on Jan 21, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

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by PeteyHendrix on Jan 21, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No... the trick is to bet a dollar less, not a dollar more

7 times

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by TheC on Jan 21, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Once

BP was always there.

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by Daedalus on Jan 21, 2009 12:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I just checked out his splits

He actually was pretty miserable as a cleanup hitter. His best position in the lineup? 9th.

by Brendanukkah on Jan 21, 2009 12:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

the problem is

do you look at his production in the 9-hole and always bat him there or do you hit him 4th because “he’s due”? It’s hard to be a big league manager, with all these decisions and philosophies.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Jan 21, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs