Sports Jeopardy! EP. 27 (3-23-16) [Spoilers]

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Sports Jeopardy! EP. 27 (3-23-16) [Spoilers]

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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BASEBALL TRADES

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This pitcher & World Series MVP switched leagues in a 2015 trade

Roy Hollis: 14755-5=14750 (3x & $15,000)
Joe Castro: 4250-1751=2499
Stanton Johnson: 3500-3500=0

Correct response:
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Cole Hamels (Roy - ?) (Joe - Pedro M.) (Stanton - Linecum)
Scoreboard puzzle:
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06 - 97
67 - 57
Hint 1:
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Penny Toler
Hint 2:
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Great Western Forum
Hint 3:
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Liberty
Scoreboard answer:
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The New York Liberty defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 67-57 at the Los Angeles' Great Western Forum on June 21, 1997 in the first WNBA game with Penny Toler scoring the first points.
Daily Doubles
Roy: 5000-2000
Joe: 8250-4000
Roy: 14750+5

Coryats
Roy: 18750
Joe: 8250
Stanton: 3500

Combined: 30,500

Episode title: "Seeing All-Stars"

Season 2 leaderboard: (There has been no indication about any kind of season-ending finals or tournament
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Vinny Varadarajan - 15 wins & $75,000
(19001+30000+18999+15000+30001+21501+16001+20545+12500+25095+22222+17503+20750+14500+23500)
Roy Hollis - 3 wins & 15,000* (2499 + 24000 + 14750)
Jay Sullivan - 2 wins & $10,000(25001+18501)
Ron Freshour - 2 wins & $10,000 (7750+17750)
Ray Nhan - 2 wins & $10,000 (11250+20500)
Bryan Barton - 1 win & $5,000
*still active
The FJ! clue was a miss even after I paused the game to use a little more thinking time. I immediately eliminated a Giants pitcher involved to get rid of the even years 2010 - 2014. From there I went to 2011 and it being March I was not as sharp on World Series winners as I would be April - October.

The Cardinals came to me after a few moments, but I could think of no pitcher involved to match the facts. For 2013 I had to double check my memory that it was the Red Sox with their 3rd championship in the 21st c. Their MVP that year? I could not recall. I then considered that the clue was some kind of trick of someone from the Royals traded after the World Series. No, that made no sense as I brushed back Cueto.

Time was up and that was when I paused the game. To have someone on the paper that I knew pitched in a World Series and switched leagues I wrote Jon Lester even though I was quite sure it was not a trade that got him from the A's to the Cubs.

I would have needed a time frame hint in the clue to realize I needed to go back that far (not that it's really that long) to the Phillies WS win in 2008 to find the pitcher. Recalling big trades in 2015 was not going to work in a March frame of mind.

My hopeful precall was in the time machine variety of Rick Wise for Steve Carlton. Too bad I did not stick with thinking about Philly although knowing me I would have mistakenly added Cliff Lee or Roy Halladay in the mix for consideration.

Nasty clue. Especially with only 30 seconds.
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I haven't followed baseball at all the last few years so FJ was a no go for me.

Love how Dan keeps the charade these games are only taped once a week by saying he carried the Fathead of him around for a week until he saw Roy again. He promised him a beer last week if he won, still waiting on that.

Has sherder revealed when her (got that right this time) game will air?
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Bamaman wrote:I haven't followed baseball at all the last few years so FJ was a no go for me.

Love how Dan keeps the charade these games are only taped once a week by saying he carried the Fathead of him around for a week until he saw Roy again. He promised him a beer last week if he won, still waiting on that.

Has sherder revealed when her (got that right this time) game will air?
It will air in June. I haven't even received my pic with Dan yet. :)
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Retro good luck, be sure to let us know when it gets closer and don't forget to change your avatar when it does arrive.
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I didn't know who the most recent World Series MVP was, so I just guessed Johnny Cueto as a player who was traded to the Royals during the 2015 season.
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Coryat: $27,250
37 R/4 W
DD: 3/3
FJ: :oops:
LT: Vin Scully, Tropicana Field (DD), ESPY

I can't believe I forgot about Hamels. It's not like I live in his new team's market. Or saw him pitch live last season.
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Oh, NHL Team Names... where were you for my game?! :cry:

3/23: 18,250 (FJ: :()
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heelsrule1988 wrote:Oh, NHL Team Names... where were you for my game?! :cry:

3/23: 18,250 (FJ: :()
Haha, the announcing category, where were you?! Roy's on a roll, and it looks like he's having fun too!
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Re: Sports Jeopardy! EP. 27 (3-23-16) [Spoilers]

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I thought Joe looked familiar.
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That explains Alex's late-game sports taunt, which didn't seem warranted based on the ridiculous SJ category alone. You have quite a memory for faces.
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OntarioQuizzer wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 4:10 pm I thought Joe looked familiar.
Very nice recall. Thanks for the post. I'll give Joe a line on his Archive page.
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