Preseason Trivia - Feb 28

[Willie Bee]

Let's look at historic home runs hit in Jacobs Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. For each question below, tell me the name of the player who hit the homer and the name of the pitcher who surrendered the clout.

1) Who hit the first home run in Jacobs Field?

2) Who hit the first inside-the-park home run in Jacobs Field?

3) Who hit the first grand slam at Jacobs Field?

[Stumpage]

Good trivia Bee (As per usual).....

1) Fairly certain that Eric Anthony of the Mariners hit the first long ball (No idea who the chucker was, and can't even recall the Indians starters back then...Charles Nagy?

3) When in doubt.....Manny Ramirez?

[Stumpage]

I'll also go out on a limb here and think you're being a tad sneaky.....

2) Eric Anthony again? (Assuming he hit the first homerun)

[Willie Bee]

Score one for Stumpage...

Seattle's Eric Anthony hit the first homer at Jacobs Field, taking Cleveland's Dennis Martinez deep in the third inning of the first official game played in the park on April 4, 1994. A few days later, Eddie Murray would hit the first home run by an Indians player in their new park.


Manny didn't hit the first slam at Jacobs, nor did Anthony hit the first inside the parker.

[Stumpage]

3) Paul Sorrento (Again, no idea who was the chucker...)

[Willie Bee]

And Stumpage scores again...

Paul Sorrento hit the first grand slam at Jacob's field when he connected on a sacks drunk blast against Kansas City's Doug Linton on May 9, 1995.



And the first inside the park homer at Jacobs was hit by Cleveland's David Bell who swept around the bases without the ball leaving the confines of the park on April 15, 1998. The pitcher who served it up was none other than Seattle's Randy Johnson.