On every weeknight throughout the year, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators will keep track of the winners, and the commenter with the most correct answers will win a prize that has yet to be decided upon. The answers will be posted in the following evening’s open thread.

Yesterday’s Question: In honor of Charlie Sheen’s incredible meltdown, we have a few questions about his classic baseball film, Major League:

a) Which former Major Leaguer played Yankees’ slugger Haywood in the film?

b) In which MLB stadium were the home game scenes filmed?

c) Which cast member was offered a baseball scholarship to the University of Kansas as a teenager?

Answer: a–Pete Vuckovich
b–Milwaukee County Stadium
c–Charlie Sheen

Today’s Question: In this afternoon’s game, Jesus Montero went 2-2 in throwing out attempted base stealers. Six Yankee catchers have led the American League in Caught Stealing% a total of 8 times since 1900. Name the players and which ones did it twice.

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One Response to TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-1-11

  1. Alexander Mermelstein says:

    Jose Molina, Rick Cerone, Thurman Munson (2), Elston Howard, Bill Dickey (2), Roxy Walters

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