Race for the Pennant
Cheer on the boys of summer still playing in the fall with this trivia game featuring MLB playoff baseball.
15 questions · Published October 11, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. Who faced off in the 2004 AL Championship Series, widely considered the greatest non-World Series playoff of all time?
After falling behind three games to none, Boston's comeback began with a stolen base in Game 4. They would go on to win the series (and ultimately the World Series), breaking the Curse of the Bambino and adding another historic chapter to the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry.
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2. Starting with the 2022 season, how many of Major League Baseball's thirty teams make it into the playoffs?
Starting in 2022, each league will send three wild card teams to the playoffs rather than two as they had in previous seasons. Together with the three divisional winners from each league, MLB playoffs will now feature twelve teams in the postseason.
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3. Who is the only MLB pitcher besides Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series to throw a no-hitter in the postseason?
In his first-ever postseason start with the Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay no-hit the Cincinnati Reds on October 8, 2010, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.
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4. Who was called out at home on an out-of-nowhere relay toss by Derek Jeter in the 2001 ALDS that became known as "The Flip"?
In the seventh inning of Game 3 of the ALDS, with the Yankees down two games to none and clinging to a 1-0 lead, Terrence Long smacked a double down the right field line. Jeremy Giambi, who was on first base, was waved home. Right fielder Shane Spencer overthrew two cutoff men, but Derek Jeter sprinted across the field to grab the ball and flip it Jorge Posada, who tagged Giambi.
The play turned the series' momentum in the Yankees' favor, and they went on to win the series three games to two.
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5. In what year did MLB use an uncommon "Division Series" playoff due to a mid-season player's strike before adopting a divisional format in 1995?
The split season of 1981, the result of a players strike that lasted from June 12 to July 31, necessitated a best-of-five Division Series between the divisional winners of each half of the season.
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