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Obscure sports trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Jan 3, 2019.

  1. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Shit.
    Brady's aren't in a row. He has 14, but only 10 in a row.
    I shall now bathe in the Great Lake Of Fail.
     
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  2. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    Answer is:
    Ken Holtzman 174
    Sandy Koufax 165
    Jason Marquis 124
    Joel Horlen 116
    Steve Stone 107
    Dave Roberts 103
     
  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Name the baseball owner who, during his lifetime, had ownership interests in four different major league franchises.
     
    Last edited: Aug 23, 2019
  4. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    I'm going to guess Bill Veeck. Browns, White Sox, Indians and ???
     
  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Nope, unless he had some small interest in another club. I looked him up just to make sure.

    Hint: It was during the Dead Ball Era.
     
  6. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    The Red Sox and Yankees had some weird ownership structures around the time of the Ruth trade.
     
  7. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    There was, but the guy I’ve looked up didn’t own them.
     
  8. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Was it pre 1900? I ask because I remember reading about how multiple owner teams were a trend at the time to help infuse cash in poorer teams in the National League.

    My guess and not even sure of the name is John Brush? or Bush? He had the giants and reds.
     
  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    You got it right.

    Brush owned the Indianapolis team in the NL in the 1880s and the Reds at the same time. He owned the Reds and was a stockholder in the Giants in the 1890s. He took over the Giants from Andrew Freedman around 1902. That same year, he was Freedman’s primary backer when they took over the Baltimore Orioles franchise, released most of their players, and had the players go to the Reds and Giants. The AL took over the Baltimore franchise from them.

    The Orioles thing is a crazy story in itself.
     
  10. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Was the guy ever a manager?
     
  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    See answer above.
     
  12. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Crazy, but not unheard of. The Cleveland spiders were a decent team and had Cy Young and George Davis. They got bought and overnight they essentially became a AAA team for the new owners other teams.

    The reason I knew about Brush wasbecause right around the same time, a young Christy Mathewson bounced between the two organizations before getting to the Majors in a dubious trade.
     
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