Week’s Finale

Peter,

Who was the first player in the Korean Baseball Organization history to go directly from the KBO to Major League Baseball via the posting system?

Hint: #1 He won both the KBO MVP and the KBO Rookie of the Year Award before coming to MLB.

Hint: #2 One day after a teammate threw a no-hitter, he was perfect through seven.

Sunday Bonus question answered:

Q. Which one-time Red Sox pitcher was the last Dodgers hurler to have more than ten complete games in a season?

Hint: #1 He was the first pitcher to win a game against the expansion Miami/Florida Marlins.

Hint: #2 Baseball-Reference says he bats left-handed. Wikipedia list him as a switch-hitter. ChatGPT asserts that he bats only right-handed

– Ans. In 1990, Martinez completed 12 MLB G for LAD. Pitched for BOS in 1999 & 2000.

– #1 In their 2^nd ever G, the Marlins on 06-Apr-1993 were beaten by Martinez & the Dodgers.

– #2 ¿Qien sabe?

FCR – Bill Deane, Cooperstown

~ D. Bruce Brown

RJ Hamster