Trivia Answer

So not one person ventured a guess on the trivia question from a few days ago. Losers! The question was, which NFL player played for a Super Bowl winner in three straight seasons. Keep in mind that no team has won the Super Bowl three straight seasons. The answer: Ken Norton Jr. He won with the Cowboys in 1992 and 1993, then won with the 49ers in 1994. Next time, somebody guess something. Cripes.

NFL Hyperbolic Statements-Week 7

Bad Brett makes an appearance. The league's best team pulls one out of you-know-where. And some of my formerly prized sports garb may end up at the Good Will.

Worst Turnovers Ever: Twice on Sunday with the Vikes driving for a critical score, Favre handed it back over to the Steelers on Williams Sanoma serving platter. The Steelers take both the fumble and int. for six. Of course the grizzled one has done this too many times to count. It's part of his nature and a trade off that the Packers were willing to live with for years. No problem when Brett is throwing for 30+ touchdowns a season. But what make these the worst of his career are his pathetic attempts at a tackle each time. Granted, he don't get paid to tackle, and an injury to the old man would be cataclysmic, but this looked down right wimpy. He would've had a better chance spitting at Lamar Woodley. And by the way, 51 pass attempts and only 18 rushes for Adrian Peterson against a defense known for tearing QB's limb from limb? The Vikings better not fall too in love with their new toy, Favre. The road to the championship should be traversed on the back of number 28.

Most Awesome Comeback Ever: The Saints were down to the Dolphins 24-3 in the first half of Sunday's game. Drew Brees had three interceptions. It looked like New Orleans was going down for the first time. But any team that makes a Super Bowl run wins two or three games during the season that they have no business winning. This was one of those games for the Saints. They outscored the Dolphins 36-10 in the second half, 22-0 in the fourth quarter. Of course, teams that barely miss the playoffs always have a few games when they snatched

defeat from the jaws of victory. Miami let Indianapolis win on a last minute drive in week two and now this. Instead of 4-2, the Dolphins are 2-4. That doesn't leave any room for error the rest of the year.

Childhood Dreams Crushed: My team, the Washington Redskins, just plain sucks (that's a revelation). A pretty good defense gets the shaft every week from an offense that can't stay on the field for more than ten seconds. I honestly feel bad for Jim Zorn. He was placed in a position where failure was immanent. He was not prepared for head coaching in general, never mind this dysfunctional family of losers that makes the Bundys look like the Waltons. I'm tired. Just tired. It makes me want to jump ship, which of course, to most of fan-dom is punishable by flogging. But in addition when I picked Washington as my favorite team, I was ten. I did not consider the racist nickname I would have to wear on my team garb. So wearing a Redskins shirt is embarrassing in two ways. I don't know if I can do it anymore. My allegiance is now up for sale. Any suggestions? I leave you now with a picture of my favorite Washington player of the good old days, Darrell Green.

Trivia: We all know that no team has ever won three straight Super Bowls. Two, the Dolphins in the '70's and the Bills in the '90's, have appeared in at least three straight. But there is one player who has played for the Super Bowl winner in three consecutive seasons. Who is it? Answer on Friday, 10-30-09.

Restoring My Faith in Humanity: Sesame Street will celebrate its 40th anniversary next month. In a world of frenetic, high fructose corn syrup-fueled kid shows. It's good to know that a smart program like Sesame Street still has its place. It's got a seriously dedicated cast as well. Bob McGrath, who plays Bob naturally, has been there since the premiere. Sonia Manzano, who plays Maria, has been there since 1971. She's won 15 Emmys for her writing on the show. Happy Anniversary guys! You were an important part of my formative years.

Trivia Answer

Dennis is the only one who ventured a guess on this one but here's the answer anyway.

Q: Who are the only three pitchers who have 100+ wins and an ERA under 3.25 for the decade of '00's. Hint: Two are active; one is not.
A: Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez, and Roy Oswalt. Santana was the one Dennis got right.

Trivia Courtesy of Jason Stark

Who are the three pitchers during the decade of '00's, that have 100+ wins and an era under 3.25? Here's a hint. Two are active; one is inactive. Again, no looking at baseball reference. I should shut that link down for today. The answer will come tomorrow.

Get Well Remy

Color commentator for NESN Jerry Remy is taking a leave of absence to get well from set backs following cancer treatment. I personally love Remy and Don Orsillo from NESN. Boston fans, unlike their Yankee counterparts, revere their broadcast team instead of regarding them with contempt. Although, we will have to deal with Dennis Eckersly for a while, and he can be a little tough to take. Occasionally he says something insightful, but mostly he's kind of a know it all loud mouth. Anyway, feel better Rem-Dawg!

Trivia Update--
Question: Who are the only two players in MLB history with a stolen base in four different decades? Dennis, you are correct. The first was pretty obvious. It had to be Rickey Henderson. The other was Ted Williams. He only had 24 career steals, but he had two in 1939 and one in 1960 to go along with 21 others in the '40's and '50's.

Two Ships Passing in the Night

The Sox took the first meeting in a brief two game visit to Yankee Stadium. You would think that MLB would schedule the first series between these two at the new stadium on a weekend or something and make a big deal out of it. Anyway, the game was delayed two hours then played in windy, rainy mess. Somehow five home runs were hit. Somehow it was played in under four hours. Somehow, some Yankee fans were told the game was rained out then were denied re-entry into the game. It could be rainy again tonight. We'll see what happens.

Trivia question: Who are the only two players to steal a base in four different decades. Hint: one played for the Yanks, one played for the Sawks.

Trivia Answer

The Question: Name the 6 active players with 2000 career hits and .300 career average.

You guys did pretty well. Here is the total list: Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Vladimir Guerrero, Manny Ramirez, Chipper Jones, and the one you didn't get... Ivan Rodriguez. Barring injury Todd Helton and Ichiro will join this list this season. Ivan Rodriguez has the most hits of the group, Guerrero the highest average.

I hope to make this trivia segment a fairly regular feature. I think I'll have another one for you by next week.

Trivia Correction

Sorry guys. I made an error in my last post. There are six active players with 2000 hits and a .300 average, not just four. I'll give you until tomorrow. But I will say that Chipper, Vlad, Manny, and Jeter are correct. Todd Helton is not.

This just in... Brad Penny Sucks

Though he's not allowing the football like totals of Chien-Ming Wang, Brad Penny is trying. The corpulent hurler has only managed 17 2/3 innings in his four starts. His ERA matches his bloated physique at 8.66. And somehow, infuriatingly, he's managed not to record a loss. John Smoltz, where are you?!

Trivia question, as provided by Jason Stark of ESPN. Who are the four (correction six) active players with a .300 lifetime batting average and 2000 career hits? Don't cheat by looking up the stats. I'll post the answer tomorrow.