#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS
By Chris Richcreek
Questions
- In 2015, four players were voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. When was the last time before 2015 that a quartet was voted in?
- Shoeless Joe Jackson holds the career batting average mark for two major-league teams. Name them.
- In 2015, Tyrod Taylor set a Buffalo Bills record for most consecutive passes without an interception (222). Who had held the team mark?
- Entering 2017, three teams in men’s college basketball had come back from a 14-point or more deficit to win a Final Four game. Name two of them.
- In 2016, Evgeni Malkin became the second-leading scorer of power-play goals (111) in Pittsburgh Penguins history. Who was No. 2 at the time, and who is No. 1?
- Chase Elliott, in 2017, became the fifth driver in NASCAR Cup series history to win consecutive Daytona 500 poles. Name two of the other four.
- In 2016, Karolina Pliskova became the fourth female tennis player to beat both Williams sisters in the same Grand Slam event. Who else did it before her?
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- It was 1955 (Joe DiMaggio, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance and Gabby Hartnett).
- The Chicago White Sox (.340 in five-plus seasons) and the Cleveland Indians (.375 in five-plus seasons).
- Drew Bledsoe had 175 consecutive passes without an interception for Buffalo in 2002.
- Loyola University Chicago (1963), Seton Hall (1989) and Duke (2001).
- Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens had 110 each. Mario Lemieux leads with 236.
- Fireball Roberts (1961-63), Buddy Baker (1979-80), Bill Elliott (1985-87) and Ken Schrader (1988-90).
- Martina Hingis (2001), Justine Henin (2007) and Kim Clijsters (2009).
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