#8390, aired 2021-04-30 | TIME TRAVELIN' MOVIES $600: Kevin Costner goes back to 1972 to talk a little baseball with Burt Lancaster in this film Field of Dreams |
#7777, aired 2018-06-05 | I DON'T WANNA CRAMP $400: This 2-word "animal" term for a painful leg cramp traces back to 19th century baseball slang a Charley horse |
#7188, aired 2015-12-09 | WORDS & PHRASES $400: Now synonymous with taking a brief break from a long period of sitting, it may date back to an 1882 baseball game the seventh-inning stretch |
#7180, aired 2015-11-27 | ABOUT THAT FAR $800: From the front of the pitcher's rubber to the back of home plate in MLB:
Exactly this far 60 feet, 6 inches |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | BACK TO BASEBALL $200: The 1962 "Lovable Losers" expansion team became the "Miracle" these by decade's end the Mets |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | BACK TO BASEBALL $400: All-time career strikeout leader among pitchers with 5,714 Nolan Ryan |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | BACK TO BASEBALL $600: In the 2013 world series this Boston slugger reached base 19 times in 25 plate appearances David Ortiz |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | BACK TO BASEBALL $800: He was guilty of 1,406 career stolen bases Rickey Henderson |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | BACK TO BASEBALL $1000: In 1952 he replaced Joe DiMaggio as Yankee centerfielder Mickey Mantle |
#6181, aired 2011-06-27 | HINDSIGHT IS 1920 $400: Boston baseball fans would love to go back & undo the Jan. 3, 1920 sale of this man to the Yankees Babe Ruth |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | MATH CLASS $1200: When the Cardinals play baseball, these ordinal numbers are positions on the field first, second, & third |
#3884, aired 2001-06-21 | HORSEMEN $1,800 (Daily Double): A baseball team is named for this noted group of riders that dates back to the 1830s the Texas Rangers |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball the seventh-inning stretch |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | WAY BACK IN 1995 $200: On February 7, 1995 Pres. Clinton announced he "struck out" in trying to end this controversial strike the baseball strike |
#3158, aired 1998-04-29 | THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK $200: In 1996 Roberto Alomar of this baseball team spit on an umpire, who later threatened to kill him the Baltimore Orioles |
#2494, aired 1995-06-08 | BASEBALL HISTORY $500: In 1893, due to the power of pitchers Amos Rusie & this man, the mound was moved back to 60'6" from home Cy Young |
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