THE 500-HOMER CLUB
FINAL SPORTS JEOPARDY! CLUE
Often injured, he is the only member who played in fewer than 2,000 games in his MLB career
Earl Holland: 13000-12001=999
Roderick Crabbe: 7750-13=7737 (1x = $5,000)
Caitlin Hooks: 12500-7500=5000
Correct response:
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95 - 93
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Earl: 750-1000
Caitlin: 9000+2000
Earl: 12250-1250
Coryats
Earl: 15250
Roderick: 7750
Caitlin: 11500
Combined: 34,500
Episode title: "All About That Base"
The FJ! category had me trying to think what might be asked and I thought it might be guys with 500+ homers not in the Hall or guys tied with the same career mark. Either way I figure the clue would give a good enough hint to lead to the correct slugger(s) and I expected it to the kind of clue asking for more than one name.
Mark McGwire was the only name I wrote while I spent thinking time wondering if Mickey Mantle could be the guy. I has happy to convert the clue in a good category for me.
Research about various numbers:
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Eddie Murray - 3,026
Mel Ott - 2,730
Mickey Mantle - 2,401
Edgar Martinez - 2,055
Mark McGwire - 1,874
Tied with 521 homers: Willie McCovey, Frank Thomas & Ted Williams
Tied with 512 homers: Ernie Banks & Eddie Mathews
Earl's great run is over and Vinny can rest easy again.
Season 3 leaderboard:
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Terry Kent - 3 wins & $15,000 (19250+18000+27500)
Roderick Crabbe - 1 win & $5,000* (7737)
* still active