On every night 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.
Last Question: Gustavo Molina (of Venezuela) may be the Yankees Opening Day backup Catcher, but he is not related to the famous catching trio of Molinas (of Puerto Rico) one of whom made history last year. Having played on both the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers last year, Bengie Molina became just the 6th player in MLB history to have played for two World Series teams in the same season. Name the other five.
Answer: Jim Bruske, Jack Kramer, Johnny Schmitz, Sid Monge and outfielder Lonnie Smith.
Today’s Question: It was recently announced that Mike Mussina will throw out the first pitch on opening day this season. I never fully appreciated Mussina during his playing days. The media, however, did. In addition to having been a perennial Cy Young candidate, Mussina received votes for MVP a number of times during his career. Can you name the seasons and where he placed in the vote?
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Mussina received the votes in the following 3 years:
1992–21st
1994–20th
2008–19th
2008, 2002, and some times during the 90s.