Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Trivia Tuesday: Yankees Batting Order

Consistency is usually the mark of a championship team and such was the case with the 2009 Yankees who used their most common lineup 15 times during the season. But back in 1996, when the Jetererian Era started, the Yankees changed the lineup around quite often. So much, in fact, that they only had one lineup they used more than three times. Amazingly, they only used this lineup 4 times all season. Can you name that lineup from 1-9? This one should be really tough since they used 131 different lineups that season!

Bonus: the 1998 Yankees had one lineup they used 8 times--can you name that lineup 1-9 as well?

Bonus II: if those two are too hard for you or too long ago for you then answer this--which lineup did the 2010 Yankees use 10 times (which was the most often-used lineup)?

No cheating! Put your best guess in the comments below and I'll let you know if you are correct (or, like Mastermind, I will let you know how many of your 9 are correct). Good luck!

16 comments:

  1. Boggs
    Girardi
    O'neill
    Williams
    Martinez
    Fielder
    Strawberry
    Duncan
    Jeter

    Knoblauch
    Jetted
    O'neill
    Williams
    Martinez
    Strawberry
    Posada
    Curtis
    Brosius

    jetted
    Damon
    Teixeira
    Rodriguez
    Marshy
    Posada
    Cano
    Swisher
    Cabrera

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  2. I don't know who this "Jetted" is but I assume you mean Jeter ;)(and who is Marshy?)

    For 1996 you got 4 in the correct spot, in 1998 you got 5 correct, and 2010 you have a few players who weren't even on the 2010 team so you may want to try again there (you only got 3 correct)

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  3. iPhone autocorrect...sorry. Marshy is Matsui.
    1996 Take 2:
    Raines
    Boggs
    O'Neill
    Williams
    Martinez
    Fielder
    Duncan
    Girardi
    Jeter

    1998:
    Knoblauch
    Jeter
    O'Neill
    Williams
    Martinez
    Davis
    Raines
    Brosius
    Girardi

    Also, for whatever reason I confused 2009 with 2010. Here's my second attempt at bonus II:
    Jeter
    Swisher
    Teixeira
    Rodriguez
    Cano
    Posada
    Berkman
    Granderson
    Gardner

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  4. 1996
    Boggs
    Jeter
    Bernie
    Tino
    O'neill
    Straw
    Girardi
    Raines
    Fox

    1998
    Knoblauch
    Jeter
    Bernie
    Tino
    O/neill
    Straw
    Posada
    Brosius
    Curtis



    2010
    Jeter
    Nick Johnson
    Tex
    A'rod
    Cano
    Posada
    Swisher
    Granderson
    Gardner

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  5. Ben in his second try got 3 in the right order for 1996, 3 for 1998 and 7 for 2010.

    Alex O got 0 for 1996 (oops!), 4 for 1998, and 6 for 2010.

    Try again boys!

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  6. OK, so I realized that this is going to be a hard one so here is where Ben W or Alex O got correct answers so that you can fill in the blanks:

    1996:
    1.
    2. Boggs
    3. O'Neill
    4.
    5. Tino
    6.
    7. Straw
    8. Duncan
    9.

    1998
    1. Knoblauch
    2. Jeter
    3. O'Neill
    4. Tino
    5.
    6. Straw
    7.
    8.
    9. Brosius

    2010
    1. Jetes
    2. Swish
    3. Tex
    4. A-Rod
    5. Cano
    6. Posada
    7.
    8.
    9. Gardner

    Good luck with the rest!

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  7. 1996:
    1. Jeter
    2. Boggs
    3. O'Neill
    4. Fielder
    5. Tino
    6. Williams
    7. Straw
    8. Duncan
    9. Girardi

    1998
    1. Knoblauch
    2. Jeter
    3. O'Neill
    4. Tino
    5. Curtis
    6. Straw
    7. Raines
    8. Posada
    9. Brosius

    2010
    1. Jetes
    2. Swish
    3. Tex
    4. A-Rod
    5. Cano
    6. Posada
    7. Thames
    8. Granderson
    9. Gardner

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  8. 1996:
    1. Jeter
    2. Boggs
    3. O'Neill
    4. Fielder
    5. Tino
    6. Bernie
    7. Straw
    8. Duncan
    9. Girardi

    1998
    1. Knoblauch
    2. Jeter
    3. O'Neill
    4. Tino
    5.
    6. Straw
    7.
    8. Posada
    9. Brosius

    2010
    1. Jetes
    2. Swish
    3. Tex
    4. A-Rod
    5. Cano
    6. Posada
    7.
    8.
    9. Gardner

    Keep going!

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  9. 1998
    1. Knoblauch
    2. Jeter
    3. O'Neill
    4. Tino
    5. Davis
    6. Straw
    7. Curtis
    8. Posada
    9. Brosius

    2010
    1. Jetes
    2. Swish
    3. Tex
    4. A-Rod
    5. Cano
    6. Posada
    7. Granderson
    8. Thames
    9. Gardner

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  10. 1998
    1. Knoblauch
    2. Jeter
    3. O'Neill
    4. Tino
    5.
    6. Straw
    7. Curtis
    8. Posada
    9. Brosius

    2010
    1. Jetes
    2. Swish
    3. Tex
    4. A-Rod
    5. Cano
    6. Posada
    7. Granderson
    8.
    9. Gardner

    Almost there!

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  11. How about Berkman. a.k.a. Big Puma?

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  12. 1998
    1. Knoblauch
    2. Jeter
    3. O'Neill
    4. Tino
    5. Williams (Not sure how I missed this one)
    6. Straw
    7. Curtis
    8. Posada
    9. Brosius

    2010
    1. Jetes
    2. Swish
    3. Tex
    4. A-Rod
    5. Cano
    6. Posada
    7. Granderson
    8. Berkman
    9. Gardner

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  13. 1998 is now done, but Fat Elvis is not correct for 2010. Still need the #8 hitter for 2010. Here's a hint: one of the players in the lineup is not at the position you think he was at. Hopefully that helps. Thanks!

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  14. OK...one more hint hopefully to put it over the top: the guy who hit 8th in that lineup for the 2010 Yankees is also on the 2011 Yankees. Can anyone get the last answer?

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  15. Ben got it. It was Frankie! Nice work everyone. That was a tough Trivia Tuesday. Next week I'll try to pick something a bit easier!

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