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silvercamaro wrote:
We have some great surfactant scientists down here! I am serious. One guy, whom I interviewed long ago, was virtually a pioneer in the field, and he attracted others, etc., etc. I think the first guy, "Cheddie" (nickname for a multi-syllable Eastern European name that I can't remember without great concentration) has retired, but the secoond- and third-generation of scientists from his laboratories are still at OU.

silvercamaro wrote:

christie1111 wrote:
And on a totally unrelated note, my boss told me at my review that I need to take the surfactants course and I confirmed that they are not offering it on-site this year. So far the only place they offer it is Norman. Darn!

We have some great surfactant scientists down here! I am serious. One guy, whom I interviewed long ago, was virtually a pioneer in the field, and he attracted others, etc., etc. I think the first guy, "Cheddie" (nickname for a multi-syllable Eastern European name that I can't remember without great concentration) has retired, but the secoond- and third-generation of scientists from his laboratories are still at OU.

silvercamaro wrote:Etaoin, I feel bad for you, given that you have found yourself surrounded by people for whom your topic probably cannot be considered a strong area of expertise.

(Snort.)

We care, because you care. That doesn't help us know more of the answers.

Perhaps we should itemize what we do know. For example, I know a bit about Bill James.

etaoin22 wrote:Q1 - A and P

A 6-4-3 DP goes from short to second to first.

There were Eight Men Out.

I could not think of a good numeric Q for Game of their own.,


My B team has 8 points, and G team 4

Since you did so well with players positions.....

etaoin22 wrote:Q2 WHO? WHAT? I DONT KNOW!!!

B - Aside from the 3 most famous names,namely WHO, WHAT, and I DONT KNOW, name one of the players in the classic Abbott and Costello skin, Who's on First?

G - Name another one.

etaoin22 wrote:I have three peculiar human interest as well as sports trivia, all which pertain to 1967, none of which got the kind of overwhelming media response each would now.

Times have changed.

B - Kansas City Athletics shortstop Dagoberto "Bert" Campaneris, with the consent of management, missed all his team's three trips to California in the 1967 season. IIRC Kubiak played shortstop.

For what reason?

1 - Allergy to California bees
2 - Death Threats by a stalker
3 - Protesting Ronald Reagan
4 - Avoiding a paternity suit

G - He couldnt do the same thing for the 1968 season... Why? (mentioned earlier)

silvercamaro wrote:Nurk. I read, yet words do not reach the brain.

etaoin22 wrote:B - Walt Bond, a power-hitting reserve outfielder, won the first game of the season for one of the better teams in the American League, with a pinch-hit home run.

This team was at that time the northernmost major league team.

Which team?

G - Bond was unavailable down the amazing stretch drive of that team, having

1 - died of leukemia
2 - signed up as a Marine
3 - joined a Cistercian monastery
4 - had a sex-change operation.

etaoin22 wrote:Q5 - More 1967

B Dennis Dale "Denny" McLain was one of the better pitching talents in the American League that year, combining with Lolich, Wilson and Sparma to form the four-man starting rotation of another very good team. That team and Minnesota just were edged out by Boston at the end of the season.

Which team?

G - However, McLain was unavailable for two weeks in September with a bad foot injury of uncertain cause. The best public guess by now of what happened, is

1 - Bad LSD trip
2 - Dropped 3 cases of Pepsi-Cola on it (his favorite beverage)
3 - Woke up with a kink in his leg (the story at the time)
4 - Stomped on by the boss of the local Mafia.

kayrharris wrote:I'm sticking with Detroit...it's gotta be an answer sooner or later.

The Mafia answer is almost too good to have been made up, so I'll go with that one.

etaoin22 wrote:And I have a question for fun.

Q6 part 1

The old sportscaster Bill Stern was there for many famous firsts of the mcrophone, but wound up best known for

1 - Penchant for obviously unlikely baseball tall tales
2 - Messing up the name of President Herbert Hoover
3 - Being fired on air, by a network chief
4 - All of the above

Pt 2

Bill Stern was parodied as "Bill Kern" in a movie by what great Amerian film-maker? No mulltiple choices, for this one..