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Tuesday Dodger Trivia

Since Opening Day is less than two weeks away, let's look at how the Los Angeles Dodgers have done on opening day in Los Angeles.

Who holds the longest Opening Day hitting streak in Los Angeles Dodger history?  That is, from 1958-2008, what Dodger had hits in the most consecutive opening days?

Answer to come later Tuesday evening, although this one is easy especially relative to previous questions.

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Wills would have had a 7-game opening day hit streak — which would be the longest — if it weren’t for his 0 for 3 in the first game at Dodger Stadium, in 1962.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

re:

Speaking of Maury:

MAURY WILLS FIELD TO BE DEDICATED IN WASHINGTON , D.C.

Dodger legend will be honored by his Alma Mater, Cardozo High School
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that former shortstop and current Dodger instructor Maury Wills will have the home field for Cardozo High School in Washington , D.C. , formerly known as Banneker Recreation Field, re-named "Maury Wills Field" in his honor. Wills graduated from Cardozo in 1950.

"I’m truly humbled by this dedication," said Wills. "This honor makes me reflect on how a measure of success is based on not how far you go, but from how far you’ve come. I think back to that day when I was eight-years-old, one of 13 children, and a Major League player came to visit me at my school and right then I knew I had direction and wanted to be a ballplayer. I love this game with a passion and always have."

by meercatjohn on Mar 24, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope

Lopes only got hits on three opening days as a Dodger (1974, 1975, 1978).

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like lamp

Are you just saying anything you see? :)

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I got no idea. I’m just going with guys on the all-time Dodger lineup ballot.

Is there some wa I’m supposed to be able to deduce it?

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used the Play Index

On Baseball-Reference.com.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ohhhh!!!

You want me to look it up? But what would be the fun in that?

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The answer

is Ron Cey, who had a 6-game opening day Dodger hitting streak. He got at least one hit each opening day from 1974-1979. He hit .292/.357/.542 in 28 PA in those six games.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 3:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Eric and I differ on Trivia questions

If you don’t know the answer in your head then you are cheating when you look it up. He’s yet to ask a trivia question that you could answer without looking it up. Probably because I grew up in the day when we would have had no way to answer these questions.
These questions are for people who know how to manipulate baseball-reference not for people who already know Dodger trivia.

by meercatjohn on Mar 24, 2009 5:10 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree

That if you look it up you are cheating, but part of these questions is to come up with something new or that I didn’t know. I could ask who was the last Dodger to hit for the cycle, but that would be too easy and boring.

by Eric Stephen on Mar 24, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

in response to the trivia question you could've asked: mark sweeney!!

Dodgers - 2008 NL West Champions
Cardinals - 2008 NFC Champions

by wongy on Mar 24, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had no idea

so I wouldn’t think its easy or boring.

by Brendan Scolari on Mar 24, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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