Great American Pastime

Question: In what year did baseball legend Mickey Mantle play his last regular-season game?

Answer: Mickey Mantle retired from playing baseball in 1968. His 536 home runs, 2,415 hits, and 1,509 RBIs led him to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, his first year of eligibility.

Question: Which baseball player was nicknamed "the Iron Horse"?

Answer: Lou Gehrig, who played for the New York Yankees, was called "the Iron Horse" because of his strength and stamina.

Question: Which baseball team was once called the New York Highlanders?

Answer: The New York Yankees were known as the New York Highlanders from 1903 to 1912.

Question: How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in the 1927 season?

Answer: Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the 1927 season to break the major league baseball record of the time.

Question: What do baseball fielders not like to see?

Answer: A long hop happens when a ball hits a rock or uneven piece of turf and jumps high and far into the air. A long hop is very difficult to catch.

Question: Which of these is not a professional baseball team?

Answer: The Toronto Maple Leafs is a professional hockey team based in Canada. The others are baseball teams.

Question: Which of these is not a baseball position?

Answer: The guard is a position in basketball and other sports, but not in baseball.

Question: What adjective relates to the first hitter in a baseball game?

Answer: The leadoff batter is the first batter in a lineup. The word can be a noun or adjective, and, in the form "lead off," a verb.