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Sox vs. Yankees

Our second hour bonus comes from the realm of Sports, a bonus dedicated to the greatest game played this year, the Yankee-Red Sox playoff game of October 2, 1978. In honor of that momentous occasion that first brought Bucky Dent into the public eye, our second hour bonus is all Red Sox and Yankee trivia.

We want to know the answers to the following eight questions......

  1. Who was the rookie pitcher who no-hit the Yankees for 8 and 2/3 innings in 1967, only to have that no-hitter broken up by what Yankee? (2 responses)

  2. What TWO players other than Mario Guerrero were involved in the only Red Sox-Yankee direct player trade of the 1970s? (2 responses)

  3. What THREE major league teams have signed Luis Tiant as a free agent in his long career? (3 responses)

  4. Who was the inventor of "The Folly Floater"?

  5. Who was the Red Sox pitcher acquired in midseason of the "Impossible Dream" season who went 12-4 down the stretch for the Bosox?

  6. Mike Torrez won 20 games in a season once in his career-- for what team?

  7. What TWO former San Francisco Giants were the primary DHs for the Red Sox and the Yankees in the first year of the DH, 1973? (2 responses)

  8. Everyone knows about the Doyle brothers, one of whom played for the Sox and the other currently on the Yanks, but in the 1970s each club had its own brother act who played together, a pair on the Sox, and a pair on the Yankees. Name the two sets of brothers.