Daily Baseball Quiz

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Today's theme is: Nicknames

1. Which former San Francisco Giant pitcher was nicknamed "Woody"?
   1. Rod Beck
   2. Mark Leiter
   3. John Montefusco
   4. Gaylord Perry
   5. Kirk Rueter

2. Which member of the 20 20 20 club had the nickname "Wildfire"?
   1. Jim Bottomley
   2. George Brett
   3. Curtis Granderson
   4. Jeff Heath
   5. Frank Schulte

3. Which former Texas Ranger was nicknamed "Igor"?
   1. Hank Blalock
   2. Juan González
   3. Kevin Mench
   4. Alex Rodríguez
   5. Iván Rodríguez

4. Which pitcher was nicknamed "The Great Emu"?
   1. Scott Erickson
   2. Jim Kern
   3. Kevin Millwood
   4. Ricky Nolasco
   5. Andy Pettitte

5. Which Toronto Blue Jay was nicknamed "Xanthos"?
   1. George Bell
   2. Kelly Gruber
   3. Buck Martínez
   4. Ed Sprague
   5. Ernie Whitt

6. Which pitcher was nicknamed "Superchief"?
   1. Jim Bunning
   2. Chad Cordero
   3. Freddy García
   4. Mel Harder
   5. Allie Reynolds

7. Which pitcher was nicknamed "Fire"?
   1. Ron Darling
   2. Nelson Figueroa
   3. Dwight Gooden
   4. Sam McDowell
   5. Virgil Trucks

8. Which former San Francisco Giant pitcher had the nickname "Moon Man"?
   1. Rod Beck
   2. Gary Lavelle
   3. Mike McCormick
   4. Greg Minton
   5. Rob Nen

9. Which former Florida Marlin was nicknamed "Sea Bass"?
   1. Jeff Conine
   2. Alex González
   3. Mark Kotsay
   4. Quilvio Veras
   5. Rob Nen

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