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Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:47 amby bcp7
Can you name these pitchers based on their nicknames: Cy Young, Cy Old, Cy Future and Cy Clone
Re: Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:58 amby Musial6
"Cy" Young's real name is Denton True Young.
And the Cy was shortened from Cyclone?
Wasn't Jim Palmer referred to as "Cy Old"?
Re: Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 12:45 pmby bcp7
Hint - all 4 were on the same pitching staff.
Musial6 - you're pretty warm.
Re: Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 12:54 pmby edwardneal63
My guess: Steve Stone, Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Storm Davis.
Ed2014
Re: Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:11 pmby bcp7
3 out of 4 -
Jim Palmer - Cy Old
Mike Flanagan - Cy Young
Storm Davis - Cy Clone - because his windup was pretty much the same as Palmer's.
Apparently - these nicknames were given by Mike Flanagan
Steve Stone is not correct, though he did go 25-7 with the Orioles in 1980 and win the Cy Young award that year. He was referred to as Cy Present. Storm Davis became Cy Clone in 1982.
Re: Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:17 pmby bcp7
This article from the Washington Post has Cy Future as Scott McGregor. I had thought it was Dennis Martinez.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/ ... 305a0f797/
Re: Trivia question for the day
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Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:26 pmby doug_tucker10
Did the O's have any Japanese pitchers? They could have called him Cy Onara
