Obscure sports trivia

You play to win the game!

 

Yeah, I remember him making the playoff a couple of times, but wrongly imagined about five more seasons when he wasn’t there

 

Guess I shouldn't have trusted the source, because obviously it was incorrect.

 

To be fair, I have seen Dinneen's last name with only one "n" in some places.

Only reason I came across Dinneen's name was I saw him mentioned in mMarty Appel's Pinstripe Empire, his history of the Yankees, which I started today.

 

First man to play in the college World Series, World Series and an MLB All Star Game?

 

Jackie Jensen?

 

Joe Walton was the Jets coach.

 

Yes. And the team his Cal Bears beat in the Series was Yale featuring George Bush

 

Jensen also played in the Rose Bowl.

 

I wasn’t sure about him playing in the World Series, but looked it up after I guessed and saw he spent a some time with the Yankees and got into one game.

 

Which pitcher and catcher started the most games together in MLB history?

 

Going to spitball it was Lefty Grove and Mickey Cochrane...but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was Maddux and Javy Lopez