2015 MLB Postseason by SussmanM

Champion(s):

WellsW
If you ain't first, you're last


Runner(s)-Up:

FlaxmanR


Quiz Description

Congratulations to the Kansas City Royals! Now it's time to see what you've learned. Unless noted otherwise, all questions refer to people, teams, games or happenings in the 2015 Major League Baseball postseason.

Full Results:

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Money Value (% Incorrect): 24 77 77 36 77 48 89 95 95 59 59 95
1 WellsW 470 97 15
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2 FlaxmanR 414 91 15
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3 BoyerA 360 85 15
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4 gregariouschinchilla 351 79 15
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5 GrahamJ 283 73 15
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6 Consigliari 256 67 15
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7 BeanA 238 61 15
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8 BruceM 203 55 15
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9 DubnerJ 176 50 15
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10 PolinskyL 170 44 00
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11 CarterBurke 125 38 00
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12 ChrisRosenberg 105 32 15
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13 MoyseyC 93 26 15
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14 IrwinK 90 20 15
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15 JordanLRose 54 14 15
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16 JonesRW 51 8 00
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17 randalleng 0 2 00
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Questions:

Who was the starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Wild Card Game?

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Gerrit Cole

Provide the first and last name shared by two different players on two different postseason rosters, as well as both teams.

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Chris Young, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees

Citi Field employees jokingly placed a bandage on the Home Run Apple in center field after which player hit a baseball off it?

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Travis d'Arnaud

The Los Angeles Dodgers had one successful replay challenge in the playoffs. On that play, which player was ultimately called safe?

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Chase Utley

Which team was the only one to possess a lead at some point in every postseason game they played?

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Houston Astros

Not counting Babe Ruth or Rick Ankiel, who became the first natural position player to pitch in a postseason game?

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Cliff Pennington

Who was added to the Chicago Cubs' NLCS roster to replace the injured Addison Russell? While this player didn't appear in a game, it was his fourth straight LCS roster appearance.

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Quintin Berry

Which player now has a .423/.571/1.038 career postseason slash line and became the first player in MLB history to record an extra base hit in his first six postseason games?

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Colby Rasmus

Which postseason manager had a career 1.000 batting average in the major leagues as a player (1-for-1 as a pinch hitter)?

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Jeff Banister

"We're so sorry about the outage in KC. We know it couldn't have happened at a worse time, and we're working as quickly as we can to fix it." What internet service provider tweeted this during Game 1 of the World Series (but was unrelated to FOX's concurrent power issue)?

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Google Fiber

What is the middle name of the player who became the first ever to make his major league debut in the World Series?

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(Raul) Adalberto (Mondesi)

Name two individuals who sang the national anthem before a World Series game.

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Andy Grammer (Game 1), Sara Evans (Game 2), Billy Joel (Game 3), Demi Lovato (Game 4), Frank Pizarro (Game 5)