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(1) Who was the first U.S. President to throw out the first pitch at a baseball opener?
(2) Where was the first Major League game played outside the United States?
(3) Who threw the only opening day no-hitter in Major League history?
(4) When was the first Major League baseball game televised?
(5) Who is the only New York Yankee ever named MVP of the Major League All-star Game?
(6) When was the first game played at Yankee Stadium?
(7) Where was the first Major League Game played in the state of California?
(8) How many of Hank Aaron’s 755 career home runs were the inside-the-park variety?
(9) Who was the first French-born pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the Major Leagues?
Answers
1 - William Howard Taft threw out the first ball at a Washington Senators’ game in April, 1910.
2 - In 1969 at Montreal’s Jarry Park, the expansion Expos beat the Cardinals, 8-7.
3 - Bob Feller of Cleveland blanked the White Sox on opening day in 1940.
4 - WGN-TV in Chicago showed an exhibition game at Wrigley Field between the Cubs and White Sox in April, 1948.
5 - Derek Jeter in 2000
6- Babe Ruth homered to lead the Yanks to a win over the rival Boston Red Sox in April 1923.
7 - At old Seals Stadium in San Francisco in April, 1958; the transplanted Giants and Dodgers played the first game on the Pacific Coast with the Giants blanking Los Angeles, 8-0.
8 - One – on May 10, 1967 against pitcher Bob Buhl of the Philadelphia Phillies.
9 - Charley Lea of the Montreal Expos threw a gem for the Montreal Expos against San Francisco in 1981.
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