Locked On Mariners - Daily Podcast On the Seattle Mariners - Diamond Quiz (Show #8: Episode of Champions)

Episode Date: October 8, 2020

Time for another Diamond Quiz Episode of Champions! The three previous game winners (Jason Hernandez of "Locked On Anaheim Ducks," A.J. Andrews of "Locked On Blue Jays," and Ulises Sambrano of "Locked On Rays") are invited back to play against one another and put their baseball knowledge to the test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Time to test your baseball trivia knowledge against today's three contestants as Locked-on Mariners presents Diamond Quiz. And now, here's the host of Diamond Quiz, D.C. Lunberg. Yes, Diamond Quiz. Episode of Champions about to come your way, ladies and gentlemen. Our three prior winners are back with us to try it again. Diamond Quiz, of course, part of Locked-on Mariners, which itself is part of the Locked-on Podcast Network. or T-L-O-P-N, or as I like to say, Tlopin, sponsored by Postmates. When you got a craving for red wine at 4 p.m.

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He is the host of Locked on Anaheim Ducks. is Jason Hernandez. Jason, welcome back. I don't know why I'm here. I don't know what damn thing about baseball. I host a hockey podcast. Ah, yes. We'll see if they fall for that.

And yet you won our previous episode, so there you go. Am I a ringer? Am I not? Who knows? We shall find out in about 18, 17 minutes, depending on how long this goes. Winner of the sec two games ago, whatever, she's planning on trying to break a world record

by going from Nova Scotia to Alaska on a motorized pogo stick. The host of Locked on Blue J's, AJ Andrews. AJ, welcome back. Thank you. Jason, I know why I'm here. I'm here for vengeance.

And once the final contestant is revealed, you'll know why. Oh, it's like that. All right. Okay. Let's meet that final contestant, winner of our previous game. He is appearing as both George Michael

and Andrew Ridgley in a one-man play titled I Am Wham. He's also a co-host on Locked on Rays. He is Ulysses Samprano. Ulysses, welcome back. Thank you, D.C. I couldn't have made a better introduction myself, so thank you for that.

I try. What can I say? Categories for round once, ladies and gentlemen, are apples and oranges, technicalities, storytellers, and delicious questions. Ooh, what is that? Player in control will choose a category. I will ask that question in that category. And if they get it right, they get points and choose the next one.

And if they don't get it right, they don't get to choose the next one. AJ, you are in control. Choose our first category. I will take apples and oranges. Apples and oranges. Many other sports use some of the same jargon as baseball does. Let's compare apples and oranges and have some fun. Oh, which are there more of?

perfect games pitched in Major League Baseball or televised perfect games on the professional bowlers tour. Jason. Televised professional bowlers, 300 games. Yep, yeah. There was either or a situation. He had a 50-50 chance, and you got it. There are 29 televised bowling 300s and 23 Major League Perfect Games.

Jason, you've got control. Let's go to... Mm, delicious questions. Delicious questions for five points. Some ballplayers become associated with a certain type of food for whatever reason. Let's sample some questions about them. You picked the two categories with the tackiest intros. Here's the question.

What legendary third baseman was known for eating chicken before every ball game Ulysses? Wade Boggs? Correct, sir, for five points. Spent some time with the raise at the end of his career, obviously, spent mostly with the Boston Red Sox. five points, Jason and Ulysses. AJ yet to be on the board, but only two questions in. Ulysses is in control. Let's go with storytellers for five.

Storytellers. These are about announcers and famous calls. Russ Hodges, famously bellowing. The Giants win the pennant, the giants win the pennant, occurred on Jason. Crap. I'll just say Bobby Thompson. Guess what? That's right.

I will finish the question. occurred on October 3, 1951. Name the batter who hit this famous shot heard around the world. Five points for that, sir. Where would you like to go next? I am out for blood today. Let's go. Technicalities for five.

Technicality. Sampling every category to start off. All right, here we go. There are runners on first and second base with no one out. AJ? Infield fly roll. Ah, no, sorry. This is going to be now for Jason and your listen.

I don't blame you for jumping in early, but you'll get the point once I finish the question. Okay, runners on first and second base, nobody out. Both runners run on the pitch. The hitter hits the ball to the shortstop who makes the catch. The fielder steps on second, tags the runner who was originally occupying first base. How many outs are there in a full inning? Jason. Six.

Yes, sir. Six outs in a full. Wow. That was one of those, that was one of those trick questions. Yes, I do, sir. Absolutely. Guilty as charged. And you know what?

Let's go back to that one. Technicalities again? Yeah. All right, technicalities this time for 10 points. Simple question. How tall is the pitchers mound? Jason. Damn it.

Is it three feet? Three feet. No. Somebody else. AJ or Ulysses. A.J. is in there. Two feet four. Two feet four inches also incorrect.

Ulysses, do you have a guess? The pitcher's mound is how tall? I'm going to keep quiet for this. You're going to keep quiet for this? You're not going to lose points if you blow it. You just want to say a number? I think 60 centimeters. Oh, I might have to do the conversion.

It's 10 inches. No, that's not it. That's definitely not 60 centimeters now. Absolutely not. Okay. As the Canadian, I know, that's not it. Oh, good. I'm so glad we had somebody on the panel who's used to the metric system.

As a part-time Canadian, I know that as well. During the commercial break, please tell me how 60 centimeters is as I bumble and stumble through this thing. Jason, you have control once again? Why not? Finish it off. Finish it off.

All right, 15 points on this question. What is the closest in outfield wall in fair territory can be to home plate? Jason. 3.30. is incorrect. AJ. 315. Also incorrect. Ulysses.

I'll keep quiet, but I want to guess, though. You can guess. You're not going to lose points if you're wrong. That's right. Okay, $2.99. You were the closest. It's actually 250 feet. A world. What Yankee Stadium is. A Coliseum role. A Colise. Yep.

Jason, technicalities are done. We have apples and oranges, storytellers. Delicious questions remaining. You have 15. Ulysses. Ulysses 5, AJ, yet to score. Let's go to storytellers. Storytellers, the announcers and calls category for 10 points. Upon receiving the Ford Frick Award in 2003, his speech was more akin to a stand-up comedy routine. Let's see, Ulysses on their first. Joe Buck?

No, sir. Jason. Bob Yooker. You should have let me finish the question. His speech was more akin to a stand-up comedy routine than an acceptance speech. but prior to his legendary broadcasting career, Bob Yooker was a big league catcher. With what franchise did he play the most games? AJ, you're the only one left.

The Milwaukee Brewers, isn't it? It is not, actually. It was the Milwaukee Atlanta Braves. Oh! Yes, I'm so sorry. I should have just said Milwaukee. Get the bleep button ready. Get the bleat button ready?

What? He didn't complete that word, so I don't have to bleep it. Yeah, Milwaukee, Atlanta Braves, 106 games, 96 games with the Phillies, and 93 with the Cardinals. Running out of time here in round one, Jason does still have control. Storytellers. Storytellers, finishing up storytellers. Legendary Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell was controversially pushed out of the booth after the 1991 season, but returned in 1993, after the team was purchased by Mike Illich. what longtime West Coast announcer replaced Harwell in 92,

then teamed with Harwell in 93 and 94. No. Everybody's tapping out of this. Time is up. Believe it or not, Rick Riz of the Seattle Mariners. You see that like I know that man. Come on. Sorry.

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coming up later on this week. Questions about anything, questions about baseball, questions about bowling, curling, rock and roll, anything that's on your brainhead, send it into Lockdown Mariners at gmail.com. Second round of Diamond Quiz will start after this brief message. Now time for the second half of Diamond Quiz, presented by Locked On Mariners. Once again, your host, D.C. Lundberg. People, don't you know. Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye. Yes, with that, I think it's time to resume Diamond Quiz. We have Jason at 15 points, Ulysses at 5,

AJ is yet to score. That's going to change in round two, I am fairly certain. Point values are doubled, 10, 20, and 30 points apiece for each category or for each question, and the questions are in these categories. Quotations, long ball miscellania, corn huskers, and behind the dish. A category entirely about satellite television.

No, I'm kidding. Jason, you had to give us our last correct question. Correct answer. Pardon me, this isn't Jeopardy, D.C. Cam straight, it's not Jeopardy. You did? Yes, we'd never get away with any of this on Jeopardy. Jason, you do have control, however.

Get me out of this mess. I think I want to try Cornhuskers for 10. Cornhuskers for 10 points leading off the category. Simply, people from Nebraska. Which Omaha native holds the record for having struck out the most batters in a World Series game, Kying 17 Detroit Tigers in 1968. AJ. Bob Gibson.

Yeah, Bob Gibson is the correct answer for 10 points. And I'm going to stop timer on this and just kind of peel back the curtain. I wrote these questions maybe a month ago. Bob Gibson passed away yesterday. So we'll take this opportunity. Unfortunately, how I knew that. Well, yes. So we'll take this opportunity to wish Bob Gibson's family all the best at this time.

And we are very, you know, we're very sorry to see him go. One of the all-time greats for sure. AJ, you do have control. Yes. I'll stick with it. Cornhuskers for 20. Cornhuskers for 20 points. Which Kansas City Royals outfielder leads all Nebraska.

with 190 career home runs, Jason. Alex Gordon? Yes, 20 more points bringing you up to 35. The recently retired Alex Gordon is... Only reason I knew that one, too. That was recent news. Well, let's... Go ahead.

Let's finish it off. Finishing off Cornhuskers. He had a six-year big league career as a pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but is best remembered as the public address announcer for the Baltimore Orioles, famously saying, give that fan a contract. if a spectator caught a foul ball.

Name him. I was really hoping for Darren Erstad here. So was I. I thought it was from North Dakota. He's Nebraska. He's Nebraska. Yeah, I thought he was Nebraska. Time is up anyway.

Rex Barney, the answer on that one. The 30-point questions in a round two need to be a little bit more difficult, especially on the episode of Champions. So, anyways, Jason, you can have control. Quotations, long ball miscellaneous behind the dish, remaining. Long ball miscellaneous for 10. Long ball miscellaneous self-explanatory category. First question coming up. Known as one of the best ambassadors of the game during his 22-year career, which hulking first baseman slugged 612 home runs. 337 Jason. Jim Tomey. Yes. For 10 points,

337 of those home runs coming as a Cleveland Indian. Thank God. Let's continue 420. All right. Six. Hull of Famers hit home runs in the 1971 All-Star game in Detroit. Which one famously hit his home run off the roof of Tiger Stadium against Doc Ellis Jason? Reggie Jackson. Yes, for another 20 points starting to pull away, ladies and gentlemen.

65, Ulysses 5 and A.J. 10. Still lots of time to go, though. I'm really out for blood. Let's finish it off. All right. Which Hall of Fame third basement hit the most home runs in the 1980s? AJ. Mike Schmidt. Yes, for 30 points, bringing you to 40.

25 points behind Jason now. Much closer game at this point, starting to get good. AJ, where would you like to go? You hide the dish. All right. Which American Leagueer was a three-time batting champion, including a whopping 365, AJ? Joe Maurer. Yes, for 10 points.

Again, 50 points now, as I keep typing in the wrong number. 50 points, Jason 65, Ulysses 5. 365 batting average came in 2009. He was the MVP. P that season. Where would you like to go? Behind the dish 20. Behind the dish for 20 points. Who has caught the most games in the history of the St. Louis Cardinals? AJ. Howdy or Molina? For 20 points, puts you in the lead with 70. Really getting good now. JJ,

where would you like to go? You know in the dish 30. Finishing this up. Which Hall of Famer is the oldest player to collect a hit in an all-star game? Doing so at 1991 at the age of 43. Ulysses. Johnny Bench? No, sir. Not Johnny Bench. One of the other contestants.

Jason or AJ. AJ. Carlton Fesk. You got it. 100 points now for you after that 30 point. Correct answer. 100 points for AJ. Jason 65.

Ulysses at 5. We have quotations left. Let's get through as many of them as we can. Quote, trying to hit Kofax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork. Was said by what Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer, nicknamed Pops. Ulysses. Um, I'm blanking.

No, got nothing. That's okay. Jason's in there. Willie Stardial. Willis Stardgill correct for 10 points. Going to the next question, this is probably the last one. Scout Red Murph said of this pitcher that every time he scouted him, quote, I wrote down the same thing. Best arm I ever saw anywhere in my life. Drafted and signed by that Ulysses. Nolan Ryan. You got it for 20 points, bringing you to 25.

Yeah, let's do it. We do have time. Kurt Schilling once said of this teammate, quote, intense. He's pretty intense when he sleeps. He chews bricks. Ulysses. Randy Johnson. No, sir.

Name this Philly's third basement who was a National League all-star in 1993. AJ. Um, shoot. Scott Rowland. Incorrect. Jason, have you got a guess? Is this John Kruk? It's not John Kruck.

He's a first baseman. A.J. protects her lead. Dave Hollins, the answer. AJ 100 points pulls it away. Very nice performance, AJ. Thank you. I had to do what I did for my Canadian brethren. And I told you, Jason, I told you not to get comfy.

And here we are. Well played. That was good. Surge late in a round two or the middle of round two. Very nice game, all three of you. 75 points, Jason, Ulysses with 25. Very respectable scores with AJ's 100. AJ, as the winner, once again,

plug away. Twitter, your show, anything you want to say. Boys, you went against someone who had her third Jeopardy audition last week, so don't feel too bad. Yeah, you can, see me school and fools. Well, you can't see me, I guess, because you'll hear me, but that'll be on Lockdown J's,

which is on this fine network. And you can follow me on Twitter at A underscore J underscore Andrews. The underscores are there because Twitter is dumb, but I'm not. AJ, very impressive performance once again. Thank you again for joining

us for the episode of Champions. Pleasure. And I look forward to coming back for the tournament. of champions of champions whenever you do that. The episode of Super Champions, we have you and we have Jeff Snyder from Locked-on Dodgers who have won our two episodes of Champions. Maybe after I do three episodes of Champions, I'll get those three players back who have won and see what happens.

I like that idea. Thank you. You're welcome. Mr. Hernandez, where can people find you on Twitter? Where can they listen to you on Tlopin? I'm at L.O. underscore Ducks, which is a hockey podcast. Y'all let a hockey person almost beat you. you, by the way. So,

I like my respectable score of you know what I came down to? I noticed on the chat, we were you and I, AJ, were very close on the buzzer on a lot of those. That's what it comes down to. On any quiz show, sometimes it's just a race to the buzzer. Could have very easily gone either way. And who also

did a Jeopardy test recently. So I think you and are very good, very well matched, by the way. So that was fun. That was fun. I tip my cap to you, and I hope the Ducks do well with their high draft pick this year. Yeah, they got a bunch of draft picks, 6, 27, and 36. But anyway, L.O. underscore Ducks is the Twitter that's locked on Anaheim Ducks,

and follow me at Stimpy J.D, which is the iconic Renan Stimpy, and J.D, as in my initials, J.D. So this was fun. This was close. It was very close, yes. Also close, Ulysses, you were in there on the button. You were getting almost in there yourself. Could have very easily wound up with way more than 25 points. Plug away, sir. Well, thank you first for having me.

This was really fun. You can find me on Twitter at Cimbrano Ulysses. That's UL-I-S-E-S. You can find the show on this network at Locked-on Rays. I'm sorry if I was a little bit slow on the keyboard there, on the clicker. It's just that I'm thinking about our victory against the Toronto Blue Jays and how we're

advancing towards the ALDS, which is really fun. And if you want to get a team to support during the playoffs, why not somebody that had 40 wins in the regular season and support the locked on race show and the Tampa Bay race? Well, just knock the Yankees

and the Astros out already and I'll forgive what he did in the first round to our ace. All good. We need the support of all fans, all market fan bases, and we'll get through it. If I bang a trash fan. I mean, you have to have other fan bases, right? I mean, do you have a fan base? Oh, tough talking for somebody that died in the wild card. Come on, come on. We did what we were expected to do. I'm just a lonely bystander that might want to go to Chavez ravine this week, bang a trash can because the Astros are coming back to Dodger Stadium. You bet your ass I'm going to be at the ravine this week, booing the Astros.

Oh, yes. I'd love to see some video of that. That'd be great. Absolutely. I kind of feel like whoever is playing the Astros is the most beloved team in the country whenever that is. Yes, everybody's going to be an A's fan. Everybody's going to be from Oakland for the next week, yeah. Go Oakland. The A's are a fun team anyway, so whatever, you know?

Yeah. Thank you, Oakland. I got free pizza. Yes. You want to say something very quickly about the free pizza before I wrap up, Jason? Cardboard cutout, baby. Free pizza. Woo! Very nice. Thank you, Chris Davis.

Chris Davis, doing the honors, absolutely. Thank you again to all three of our contestants. Jason Hernandez, AJ Andrews. Ulysses Zambrano for joining us on Diamond Quiz. Regular episode of Lockdown Mariners coming up next time, where I will be joined by Punky Brewster, Wren Van Hollick, and a Water Fountain. Remember to download rate and subscribe to this program.

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