Author Topic: Sunday Morning Trivia (Read 2455 times)

Wild Dog · « **on:** June 27, 2010, 09:57:45 am »

Mornin' folks. I gotta tell ya, it's getting harder and harder to come up with a trivia question that's at least somewhat interesting or current w/o being boring. Or w/o repeating myself (which at some point I know I'm bound to do). You got a suggestion? Send it to me. Anyway...

Only 8 players in Astros history have had last names which contained only 3 letters. Only one of them Larry Ray can be considered obscure. A Ding! apiece for naminf the other 7.

JimR · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:04:19 am »

Jim Ray

Wild Dog · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:05:30 am »

Quote from: JimR on June 27, 2010, 10:04:19 am

Jim Ray

Ding! six to go.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:05:50 am »

Wild Dog · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:07:13 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on June 27, 2010, 10:05:50 am

Lee

Need a first and last name.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:08:38 am »

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:10:03 am »

Carlos Lee
Lee May

Wild Dog · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:12:22 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on June 27, 2010, 10:10:03 am

Carlos Lee
Lee May

Ding! Ding! (no, he's not guessing twice in one post, he's correcting his other posts)

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:14:22 am »

Carlos May

Wild Dog · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:16:30 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on June 27, 2010, 10:14:22 am

Carlos May

Nope, just his brother.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:16:50 am »

Nellie Fox

Wild Dog · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:17:58 am »

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 27, 2010, 10:16:50 am

Nellie Fox

Ding! my favorite 3-letter Astro. Three more.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:21:35 am »

Was Bob Lee an Astro, briefly?

Wild Dog · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:24:08 am »

Quote from: Ron Brand on June 27, 2010, 10:21:35 am

Was Bob Lee an Astro, briefly?

No, but a fellow reliever teammate of his with the Halos was.

Wild Dog · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:26:48 am »

One of the players was one-in-a-million.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #15 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:32:27 am »

Milt May

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #16 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:33:52 am »

Derrick May

Wild Dog · « **Reply #17 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:34:19 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on June 27, 2010, 10:32:27 am

Milt May

Ding! His HR scored Bob Watson as MLB's 1,000,000th run.

2 more, and OF and a RHP.

Wild Dog · « **Reply #18 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:35:21 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on June 27, 2010, 10:33:52 am

Derrick May

Ding! That's the OF, now we need a 1960's RHP.

Wild Dog · « **Reply #19 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:47:37 am »

His father was a 2-time All-Star and former 22 game winner for the White Sox.

Wild Dog · « **Reply #20 on:** June 27, 2010, 10:54:58 am »

Don Lee. In 1966 the Astros traded OF Al Spangler to the Angels of RH reliever Don Lee. He and fellow righty Bob Lee had formed a pretty good duo for the Angels bullpen in 64 and 65.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #21 on:** June 27, 2010, 11:02:52 am »

Nuts. Just couldn't remember him.

Thanks again, Wild Dog!