D17E03 "Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes!" - Theme - 'MLB Picks and Trivia" - Who did it?

Welcome to Day 17 of the 1ST SteemIt Decathlon! Contest: Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes

So time for our 17th sports picks/trivia themed contest...
We are Focusing on MLB baseball again.

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1. Every participant must complete all the tasks in this list for their entry to be valid.
2. If you violate any of the instructions in this list your entry will not be valid.
3. You can only have 1 entry.
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8. Setup a Blog Post with the following Title:
   'D17E03 "Baby Needs a new pair of Shoes!" - Theme - 'MLB Picks and Trivia" - Who did it? - Entry'
9. And set the first tag #steemdecathlon

In the post you will make a list of your 5 picks, (labeled q1 to q5) followed by the answers to the 8 Trivia Questions (labeled q6 to q13)…..

MLB Games to pick from on Thu 2018/5/31

Visiting Team		Home Team
a1	Los Angeles Angels	@	b1	Detroit Tigers
a2	Boston Red Sox	@	b2	Houston Astros
a3	Chicago Cubs	@	b3	New York Mets
a4	Cleveland Indians	@	b4	Minnesota Twins
a5	Miami Marlins	@	b5	San Diego Padres
a6	New York Yankees	@	b6	Baltimore Orioles
a7	Philadelphia Phillies	@	b7	Los Angeles Dodgers
a8	Pittsburgh Pirates	@	b8	St. Louis Cardinals
a9	Tampa Bay Rays	@	b9	Oakland Athletics
a10	Texas Rangers	@	b10	Seattle Mariners
a11	Washington Nationals	@	b11	Atlanta Braves

Choose 5 game winners (Q1-Q5) use the code to represent them

For Example:
Q1) B1
Q2) a3
Q3) b7
Q4) a8
Q5) a11

Then answer the following 8 questions Q6-Q13
Q6. The fourth right-handed hitters to lead the major leagues in hitting at least three times. Previous were Rogers Hornsby, Napoleon Lajoie, and Roberto Clemente
a. Lou Gehri<br
b. Miguel Cabrera

c. Tony Gwyen

d. Wadd Boggs

e. Ted Williams
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Q7. Not counting intentional walks, The only pitcher besides Sandy Koufax to have 300 more strikeouts than walks in a season. (382/71 in 1965),
a. Nolan Ryan<br
b. Walter Johnso<br
c. Randy Johnson

d. Dwight Gooden

e. Roger Clemens


Q8. Was the only batter to average 200 hits per season in his first 14 seasons.
a. Tony Gwyen

b. Ty Cobb

c. Wadd Boggs

d. Ichiro Suzuki

e. Pete Rose


Q9. Holds the career record for doubles.
a. Pete Rose

b. Ty Cobb

c. Joe Dimagio

d. Ichiro Suzuki

e. Tris Speaker


Q10. Was a pair of rookies of the year who were later enshrined in Cooperstown.
a. Luis Aparicio and Frank Robinson

b. Tom Seaver and Rod Carew

c. Andre Dawson and Eddie Murray

d. All of the above

e. None of the above


Q11. Holds the record for most four-strikeout games.
a. Sammy Sosa

b. Daid Kingman

c. Mark Mcquire

d. Ryan Howard

e. Cecil Fielder


Q12. Struck out in a record 37 consecutive games in a single season.
a. Aaron Judge

b. Daid Kingman

c. Pete Rose

d. Babe Ruth

e. Shoeless Joe Jackson


Q13. Team Color he wore for most of his carreer was red had 500 home runs and three championships.
a. Mark Mcquire

b. Barry Bonds

c. David Ortiz

d. Willie Mays

e. Hank Aarn

10) Make sure to only place you answers on your blog post. After you make your blog post, reply to this post with a link to your post Every correct answer and pick gets a point, rain outs win 0 points. Each point will equate to a participation point, so answer the questions to appear on the leader boards.

11) I will announce the winners a few days after it is over in a post with the words [RESULT] infront of the title. The reward pool distribution will come out shortly after 7 days when the upvote rewards on this post are sent to me.

12) One new rule anyone getting less than 50% right in the Answers will get participation points and contest points for the overall leaderboard, but can not win a reward for that event. Monies will be used to promote future events.

13) The top 3 places will split the reward pool for this event 50, 30 , 20 (you can only win one reward per event). If 2 players tie then the first to have posted will be set to the top position.

14) Points will be distributed as outlined in the FAQ. The winners will be announced here and the leaderboard will be on Steeminati.com after the events close.

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