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1986 Sports Cube Baseball Trivia Quiz

15. Though Alston chose to move from the playing field to the dugout, several other major leaguers have retired to the broadcasting booth. Five points if you can name the announcer below who socked the most home runs in his major league career, and one additional point for naming the team with which each announcer started out.

a) Bob Montgomery

b) Bob Uecker

c) Phil Rizzuto

d) Tony Kubek

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e) Joe Garagiola

16. By the way, those announcers combined for 174 round trippers--less than a quarter of Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755. Hammerin' Hank's chase of Babe Ruth was one of the most celebrated in all of sports. Aaron pounded his record-tying 714th tater on opening day, 1974. Five points if you can name the pitcher off whom Aaron connected and five more if you can name the stadium in which the momentous event took place.

a) Jack Billingham

b) Steve Carlton

c) Don Gullett

d) Phil Niekro

e) Andy Messersmith

17. Even a casual baseball fan knows that Aaron holds the all-time home run record, and baseball aficionados can easily tell you that Pete Rose is the all-time singles leader. But such renown has not followed the man with the most career triples. Ten points if you can name him.

a) Ed Delahanty

b) Harry Heilmann

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