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Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 11:47 am

Can you name these pitchers based on their nicknames: Cy Young, Cy Old, Cy Future and Cy Clone
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Re: Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 11:58 am

"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"?
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Re: Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 12:45 pm

Hint - all 4 were on the same pitching staff.

Musial6 - you're pretty warm.
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Re: Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 12:54 pm

My guess: Steve Stone, Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Storm Davis.

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Re: Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 1:11 pm

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.
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Re: Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 1:17 pm

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/
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Re: Trivia question for the day

PostWed Sep 28, 2016 2:26 pm

Did the O's have any Japanese pitchers? They could have called him Cy Onara :D :P

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