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| 1. | This member of the Red Sox lashed out at the media regarding a text message he received prior to Sunday's game, which turned out to be (according to TMZ) about an filing for divorce from his wife: | ||
| Jonathan Papelbon | |||
| Jon Lester | |||
| Josh Beckett | |||
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John Lackey | ||
| 2. | This team did not wait until the end of the season to get rid of its manager, releasing him from his contract with two more games to play: | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Chicago Cubs | |||
| Houston | |||
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Chicago White Sox | ||
| 3. | But it turns out that after the season ended, Ozzie Guillen was introduced as the new manager for this team: | ||
| Washington | |||
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Florida | ||
| Houston | |||
| Chicago Cubs | |||
| 4. | Meanwhile, after it's difficult September, this team decided they were not retaining the services of its manager next season: | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Atlanta | |||
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Boston | ||
| Seattle | |||
| 5. | In cementing the September collapse, the Red Sox lost to the _________ while Tampa Bay successfully vanquished the ________: | ||
| Blue Jays/Yankees | |||
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Orioles/Yankees | ||
| Yankees/Orioles | |||
| Yankees/Blue Jays | |||
| 6. | Not to be outdone by Boston's epic fail, the Braves took a comfortable wild card lead into September only to be left out after game 162 as they fell to this team, sending the Cardinals to the playoffs: | ||
| New York Mets | |||
| Florida | |||
| Washington | |||
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Philadelphia | ||
| 7. | He's not in the playoffs, but Matt Kemp is pretty good at baseball. Which of these categories did he *not* lead the National League in? | ||
| home runs | |||
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batting average | ||
| runs | |||
| RBI's | |||
| 8. | This gent is your National League batting champion, after some...questionable...sportsmanship in the final game of the season: | ||
| Ryan Braun | |||
| Joey Votto | |||
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Jose Reyes | ||
| Hunter Pence | |||
| 9. | Only one team below didn't finish in last place in their division, so if you're a fan of them, feel free to point and laugh at the other three: | ||
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Kansas City | ||
| San Diego | |||
| Baltimore | |||
| Florida | |||
| 10. | A new biography on an NFL Hall of Fame player for this team alleges heavy drug use during and after his playing days, as well as extra-marital affairs: | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||
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Chicago Bears | ||
| New York Giants | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The player in question is Walter Payton. |
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| 11. | This team gave Nebraska a warm welcome to the Big Ten. And by "warm welcome" we mean "a 48-17 butt whoopin'": | ||
| Michigan State | |||
| Michigan | |||
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Wisconsin | ||
| Ohio State | |||
| 12. | With the prospects of a full NBA season growing dimmer and dimmer, certain players are looking for other lines of work that don't involve shooting a ball into a basket. As an example, Boston's Delonte West has landed a job working at a: | ||
| Wal-Mart | |||
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furniture store | ||
| grocery store | |||
| nightclub | |||
| 13. | Meanwhile, Kobe Bryant will not take a page out of Mr. West's book and looks to play for a team in this country if the NBA lockout continues to threaten the season: | ||
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Italy | ||
| China | |||
| Russia | |||
| Spain | |||
| 14. | There's now this many undefeated teams left in the NFL: | ||
| 0 | |||
| 1 | |||
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2 | ||
| 3 | |||
| 15. | If you picked up a copy of FIFA 12, which was released for your favorite video game system this week, and this player was on the cover, you bought the wrong game: | ||
| Rafael Márquez | |||
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Ronaldinho | ||
| Landon Donovan | |||
| Wayne Rooney | |||
| 16. | You'd need this many fingers to demonstrate how many touchdowns Aaron Rodgers was responsible for as the Packers thrashed the Broncos: | ||
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6 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 1...hey, that's not a very nice finger, Tim Tebow... | |||
| 17. | If you were in this stadium expecting to see Game 1 of a division series, you were probably pretty lonely: | ||
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Busch Stadium | ||
| Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | |||
| Yankee Stadium | |||
| Miller Park | |||
| 18. | This was the only matchup where a team took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five division series: | ||
| New York/Detroit | |||
| Texas/Tampa Bay | |||
| Philadelphia/St. Louis | |||
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Milwaukee/Arizona | ||
| 19. | The Ravens defense toyed with Mark Sanchez and the Jets on Sunday night, recording this many touchdowns via his turnovers: | ||
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
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3 | ||
| 4 | |||
| 20. | OPJ pours one out for the author of this notable football book, which was later turned into a movie: | ||
| The Blind Side | |||
| Brian's Song | |||
| Everybody's All American | |||
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North Dallas Forty | ||
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