Hint: #1 It was not the only time he was the All-Star game Most Valuable Player.

Hint: #2 He was the first National League player to homer in four consecutive Opening Day games.

Thursday question answered:

Q. Which catcher threw out Rickey Henderson trying to steal second, just after Henderson broke Babe Ruth’s major league career record for bases on balls?

Hint: #1 His father was a scout for two orange and black major league teams, signing, among others, Gabe Kapler.

Hint: #2 His name translates roughly from the German as “love valley”.

A. MIKE LIEBERTHAL  [Wiki Bio]

– Ans. Henderson walked for the 2,063^rd time on 25-Apr-2001, but didn’t make it safely past 1^st base.

– #1 Lieberthal’s father is Dennis Lieberthal, a scout for DET and a former SFG scout.

– #2 Could also be “lover valley” or “lover dale”.

FCR – Leonard Epstein, Dallas