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| 1. | Initial reports had Albert Pujols out 4-6 weeks. The Cards GM says the star might be out 6-7 weeks. What on Albert his broken? | ||
| A finger | |||
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His wrist | ||
| His collarbone | |||
| His forearm | |||
| 2. | The Cardinals are having a rough time of it. A hit batsman with the bases loaded forced in the tying run and lead to a nine-run eighth inning in a 10-2 shellacking Tuesday night against this team: | ||
| Mets | |||
| Braves | |||
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Phillies | ||
| Astros | |||
| 3. | Get out all your fingers and toes - you'll need them to count up to this number, the age of Florida's new skipper Jack McKeon: | ||
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80 | ||
| 75 | |||
| 83 | |||
| 69 (dude!) | |||
| 4. | Days after taking the reins of the Marlins, Jack guided the Fish to victory, breaking an 11 game losing streak with a 5-2 win over this interleague opponent: | ||
| Royals | |||
| Rangers | |||
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Angels | ||
| Yankees | |||
| 5. | This pair of same-state interleague matchups occurred during the week: | ||
| Mets-Yankees and Cardinals-Royals | |||
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Cubs-White Sox and Angels-Dodgers | ||
| Mets-Yankees and Angels-Dodgers | |||
| Marlins-Marlins and Cubs-White Sox | |||
| 6. | It was a wacky week for your Washington Natinals. Jim Riggleman caught everyone off guard by, having guided his team to a 11-1 record in 12 games, suddenly resigning over: | ||
| Front office interference in team matters | |||
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Not getting a contract extension | ||
| Rumors that he was about to get fired | |||
| The rushed call-up of Bryce Harper | |||
| 7. | Just days before, Washington had notched an impressive victory, rallying from a 2 out, 5-1 deficit in the bottom of the ninth to prevail 6-5 over: | ||
| Colorado | |||
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Seattle | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Kansas City | |||
| 8. | To fill the managerial vacancy, Washington dug through the closet and dusted off Davey Johnson, who last managed in 2000 for this team: | ||
| Baltimore | |||
| Cincinnati | |||
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Los Angeles | ||
| Seattle | |||
| 9. | This well-known pair of NFL stars filled the idle hours during the lockout by filming a Football Cops "series" for DirectTV: | ||
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Eli and Peyton Manning | ||
| Hines Ward and Ben Roethlisberger | |||
| Drew Brees and Reggie Bush | |||
| Tom Brady and Wes Welker | |||
| 10. | At Wimbledon, while the men's singles tournament has proceeded largely without upset, on the women's side, only one of the below survived to play in the second week. Who? | ||
| Vera Zvonareva | |||
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Caroline Wozniacki | ||
| Li Na | |||
| Francesca Schiavone | |||
| 11. | Seeing as the Mets lost a game a couple weeks ago via a balk-off, it's only fitting that they won a game in 13 innings via this method: | ||
| wild pitch-off | |||
| balk-off | |||
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hit-by-pitch-off | ||
| walk-off...walk | |||
| 12. | Move over World B. Free! This totally not-crazy sports figure has filed paperwork to legally change his name to...Metta World Peace: | ||
| Terrell Owens | |||
| Chad Ochocinco | |||
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Ron Artest | ||
| Jim Riggleman | |||
| 13. | The first pick in the NBA draft played his college ball...briefly...at this school: | ||
| North Carolina | |||
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Duke | ||
| Kansas | |||
| Connecticut | |||
| 14. | Meanwhile, the very last selection in the draft was a young man with this storied basketball name (completely unrelated to the original): | ||
| Larry Bird | |||
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Isaiah Thomas | ||
| Michael Jordan | |||
| James Worthy | |||
| 15. | The Minnesota Timberwolves thought they drafted 21-year-old Tanguy Ngombo, but instead drafted themselves: | ||
| a 23-year-old Tanguy Ngombo | |||
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a 26-year-old Tanguy Ngombo | ||
| a 17-year-old Tanguy Ngombo | |||
| a Tanguy Ngombo who has no idea how old he actually is | |||
| 16. | Meanwhile, over in hockeyland, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was the first selection in the NHL draft, when this team selected him: | ||
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Edmonton | ||
| Colorado | |||
| Florida | |||
| Minnesota | |||
| 17. | More hockey? Sure, why not....The NHL will realign for the 2012-2013 season because: | ||
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it makes no sense for Winnipeg to play in the Southeast Division | ||
| it makes no sense for Winnipeg to play in the Atlantic Division | |||
| it makes no sense for Winnipeg to play in the Northeast Division | |||
| it makes no sense for Winnipeg to play in the Pacific Division | |||
| 18. | While a 2-0 lead is sometimes insurmountable in soccer, it wasn't enough for the United States as they lost 4-2, giving the Gold Cup to: | ||
| Panama | |||
| Jamaica | |||
| Honduras | |||
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Mexico | ||
| 19. | OPJ pours one out for sportscaster Nick Charles, who was the first sports personality to appear on this network: | ||
| ESPN | |||
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CNN | ||
| Fox Sports | |||
| ABC | |||
| 20. | With the College World Series entering its 85th and final round, two teams from this conference will vie for the title: | ||
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SEC | ||
| Big East | |||
| Pac 10 | |||
| Big 12 | |||
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