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TRIVIA: Yay for bad OBP

First, the previous trivia: Tom A was right with his answer of Williamsburg to the question of: “The bullpens at Fenway Park weren’t always there, having been added after the original park opened. Sportswriters and fans alike assigned a name to the bullpens. What was the name, and why was it called that?”

He says it was in response to Ted Williams parking homers. Sean O said it was in response to “Ruthville” — the close right-field porch in Yankee Stadium. The answer, as I have always heard it, is that it was called Williamsburg because the Red Sox wanted to get Ted Williams more home-runs, so they put the bullpens there.

I’m sure that the pen would eventually have moved to add more seats, but that’s the reason, not Tom’s answer of it’s because of the homers Ted sent there — it was TO get the homers Ted sent there. Nevertheless, I’ll award Tom the winning entry as no one answered the why question correctly — unless my version is incorrect. Tom, please e-mail me the new trivia question whenever you please. (And Jc, e-mail the new poll question on Monday as well. Thanks.)

The new trivia question will run until Monday. Here it is: Who is the only Red Sox player to amass at least 100 RBI while having an OBP lower than .300? (Name is all that is required, but feel free to submit other information such as year, stat line, etc. so we can all marvel at this.) Winner gets to write the “GAME NOTES” section of the May 13th game thread.

HONOR CODE: Don’t use a search engine. Other than that, it’s up for grabs.

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