Hint: #1 In his only All-Star game as a player, he was the only player on either team, starter or reserve, who didn’t see any action on the field.

Hint: #2 He was the catcher for both Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and David Cone’s perfect game.

Sunday’s question answered:

Q. Which former Bluejay was the only member of the U.S. team in both the Pan American Games and Intercontinental Cup in 1987?

Hint: #1 He became a big-league manager and guided his expansion club to eighty-five-win seasons in five of his seven full years at the helm.

Hint: #2 He led them to their first postseason in more than two decades.

A. SCOTT SERVAIS  [Wiki Bio]

– Ans. He hit .380/.405/.577 that summer, trailing only Mike Fiore in average & better than Tino Martinez or Frank Thomas. Servais played for the Creighton University Bluejays.

– #1 As Seattle Mariners manager, Servais led them to records of 86-76 (2016), 89-73 (2018), 90-72 (2021 & 2022) & 88-74 (2023) and to their first playoff berth in 21 years.

– #2 After their dramatic 2001 division title, everybody went home at the end of the regular season until 2022, an interregnum of 21 years.

FCR – Douglas Greenwald, San Francisco