Baseball Futility

Concerning Near-Misses, Imperfections, Nightmarish Failures, and Utter Futility.....

Name the six major league teams since 1903 who won more than 100 games and came in second.
Name the major leaguers responsible for the following crimes against humanity:
1. Struck out 12 times in one World Series.
2. Pitched a no-hitter in his first career start; never finished another game and retired with three career victories.
3. Thrown out stealing TWICE in one inning.
4. Went 0 for 70 on the season, baseball's all-time futility record.
5. Committed 5 balks in one game.
6. Lost a one-hitter to Sandy Koufax's perfect game.
7. Pitched a complete-game no-hitter, and lost.
8. Served up a bottom-of-the-16th, 2-out, game-tying, 2-run home run to a relief pitcher making his first plate appearance of the season.
9. Pitched 12 perfect innings, and lost in the 13th.
10. Caught stealing four times in one game (last year).
11. Struck out nine times in a row (most recent case).
12. Hit the 420-foot shot that Willie Mays made his famous "greatest catchever made" on, at the Polo Grounds.
13. Sent Willie Randolph home, a costly mistake, in dollars.
In 1978, Ron Guidry had one of the best seasons ever. But he still blew THREE entire games!!! Who were the three pitchers to whom the Louisiana lightweight lost?
Name the player with the most home runs not to make the Hall of Fame. (Of those who have been eligible so far, so Dave "Rat Man" Kingman and other active players don't count.)
On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox had to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader to the Tigers. Why?
Please describe Merkle's boner.
Steinbrenner's Boner: The 1978 Opening Day game at Yankee Stadium was delayed for twenty minutes for a truly bizarre reason. Tell us what George will never do again, and why.
We all know that the Boston Red Sox are victim's of baseball's longest-running crucifixion, having lost four Game Sevens and two tie-breakers, and coming in second once by one game, and once by a half-game, since Babe Ruth was sent to New York. Describe for us how each of the following Sox immortals or Sox nemeses contributed to yet another do-or-die big-game Sox choke.
1. Rick Burleson
2. Johnny Lindell
3. William Wilson
4. John Pesky
5. Jim Burton
Just to show you that we do not care only for incompetence and futility, how about telling us who accomplished the follwoing worthwhile feats:
1. Hit 10 home runs in one week.
2. Stole six bases in one game.....twice.
3. Had three hits in one inning.
4. Reached base safely sixteen times in a row.
5. Pitched five complete games in one World Series.
6. Had a 1.01 ERA for a full season.
7. Was the only winning pitcher on the 1962 New York Mets.
8. After never picking a runner off first in his career, picked off three, in the 10th inning of a game.
9. Won a World Series game in three different decades.
10. Scored six runs in a 9-inning game, while batting ninth.
11. Played for three World Series winners in the 1970s.
12. Played for three World Series winners in the 1980s.
13. The last back-to-back 20-game winner.
14. The National League's first designated hitter.
15. The four men who went out to face the fans at Shea and request that they stop throwing garbage at Pete Rose (who was in left field) the inning after Rose battled Buddy Harrelson in the 1973 playoffs.
16. Hit a home run at age 75.
17. The only World Series MVP to play on the losing side.
18. When Ranger fans complained about a call, this umpire had the courage to shrug his shoulders, and admit to them that he was on the Yankee payroll.