1. | Which of these things does Crash Davis not believe in? | ||
The Designated Hitter | |||
Hanging Curveball | |||
Soft-core pornography | |||
Small of a Woman's Back | |||
2. | Arbitrarily discounting the beauty of a man on a horse, which product fills in the blank in this quote from For Love of the Game? "I need a regular guy. Not the guy in the ______ commercials." | ||
Axe | |||
Gillette Fusion | |||
Old Spice | |||
Right Guard | |||
3. | While not technically a baseball movie, this film is surprisingly America's Pastime-intensive. See if you can place this semi-erotic quote: "I need my bat. I think better with my bat. Where's my bat?" | ||
A Few Good Men | |||
The Godfather | |||
The Godfather Part II | |||
The Untouchables | |||
4. | When Jimmy Dugan hollered, "There's no crying in baseball!" he was firmly addressing a member of which team? | ||
South Bend Blue Sox | |||
Kenosha Comets | |||
Racine Belles | |||
Rockford Peaches | |||
5. |
Shoeless Joe Jackson told Ray Kinsella that a certain deceased ball player "wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!" Who was the rebuffed player? |
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Duke Snider | |||
Ty Cobb | |||
Connie Mack | |||
Honus Wagner | |||
6. | Which member of the Cleveland Indians organization, apparently trying to start a holy war, challenged Pedro Cerrano: "You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?" | ||
Eddie Harris | |||
Roger Dorn | |||
Jake Taylor | |||
Lou Brown | |||
7. | When asked, "Look, what do you want?" who menacingly answered: "What do I want? I want every time they think of you, they're gonna think of me." | ||
Gil Renard | |||
Bump Bailey | |||
Willie Mays Hays | |||
Eddie Cicotte | |||
8. | Having broken Wonderboy at the end of The Natural, Roy Hobbs turned to the batboy and said, "Pick me out a winner, _______." What was the name of the boy which completes the quote? | ||
Arnie | |||
Teddy | |||
Bobby | |||
Andy | |||
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Bang the Drum Slowly | |||
Pride of the Yankees | |||
Damn Yankees | |||
Take Me Out to the Ballgame | |||
10. | After Nuke LaLoosh struck out 18 while also walking 18, this discussion ensued about his various accomplishments during the game. Finish the list: "In addition, he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer..." | ||
The bull mascot twice. | |||
and Millie, the broad he nailed in the clubhouse before the game. | |||
The opposing manager, who still wanted to trade for him. | |||
The Umpire twice. He was asking for it, though. | |||
11. |
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Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's home run record | |||
Bobby Thompson's 1951 "Shot Heart Round the World" | |||
Bucky Dent's 1978 home run against the Red Sox | |||
Carlton Fisk's Game 6 home run in 1975 | |||
12. | "You say you can find seven men on the best club that ever took the field willin' to throw the World Series? I find *that* hard to believe." In Eight Men Out, what followed as the reason that the Sox threw the Series? | ||
Never underestimate the power of human weakness. | |||
People look for heroes in all the wrong places. | |||
You never played for Charlie Comiskey. | |||
You would have been one of them. | |||
13. |
Timeless announcer Vin Scully provided this typically eloquent call in For Love of the Game: |
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A few good reasons to believe again | |||
All something to cheer about | |||
The wind once again at our backs | |||
One more day of summer | |||
14. | "I'm an escaped car thief. I broke out of prison to see the ______ in the World Series." If you know about Jim Belushi's proclivities, you'll be able to identify the team that his character in Taking Care of Business went over the wall for. | ||
Cubs | |||
Yankees | |||
Tigers | |||
Cardinals | |||
15. | Finish Buck Weaver's line from Eight Men Out: "When the bat meets that ball you can feel that ball just give and you know it is going to go a long way. Damn, if you don't feel like _______." | ||
A million bucks | |||
You could die a happy man | |||
You're going to live forever | |||
You're walking with the sun that day | |||
16. | What the hell kind of league had Ricky Vaughn been playing, before he joined up with Cleveland in Major League? | ||
None of your damn business | |||
Mexican Cutthroat | |||
California Penal | |||
Sing Sing Varsity | |||
17. | "And then? And then when I walked down the street, people would've looked and they would've said there goes ______, the best there ever was in this game." The name of which player completes this quote? | ||
Jimmy Morris | |||
Billy Heywood | |||
Roy Hobbs | |||
Nuke Laloosh | |||
18. | "I love baseball. You know, it doesn't have to mean anything. It's just very beautiful to watch." Which film's title character spoke to baseball's inherent simplicity? | ||
Zelig | |||
Serpico | |||
Patton | |||
Hoffa | |||
19. |
"What did you say?" "You heard me." "Tomorrow. Noon, at our field. Be there, buffalo-butt breath." Count on it, pee-drinking crap-face!" |
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Angels in the Outfield | |||
The Sandlot | |||
The Bad News Bears | |||
Hardball | |||
20. | Crash Davis, to Nuke Laloosh: "Let me see that _______ arm, Meat, because I've already got a good idea about that _____ head of yours." | ||
Thunderbolt-throwing / raindrop-puddle | |||
Million dollar / ten-cent | |||
Filet mignon / dime-store pickle | |||
Laser rocket / Oreo cookie | |||
21. | Masquerading as Enrico Pallazzo, Frank Drebin butchered The Star Spangled Banner, stammering that there were _______ in the air. | ||
Sword and guns | |||
Blood and frogs | |||
Cats and dogs | |||
Lots of bombs | |||
22. | Which film features a pitcher who cleverly shuts out the distractions of the crowd by saying, "Clear the mechanism"? | ||
Bull Durham | |||
For Love of the Game | |||
A League of Their Own | |||
Major League | |||
23. | "It's my eliminator. I've got another pitch. You get a piece of it, I'll let you name it." This...doesn't end well for the pitcher, Rick Vaughn. What does the hitter re-name the pitch? | ||
The Frequent Flier | |||
The Grand Salami | |||
The Masturbator | |||
The Toasted Indian | |||
24. | Summarizing the feelings of any who knows a bandwagon 2000s New England/Boston fan, a character in this film sagely asks: "You love the Red Sox, but have they ever loved you back?" | ||
Big Fan | |||
Damn Yankees | |||
Fever Pitch | |||
Hardball | |||
25. | Let's finish up the only way that makes sense. Terence Mann eloquently states the following: "The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been..." | ||
Baseball | |||
Change | |||
Pi | |||
Prostitution, the world's oldest profession | |||