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True Dough

(20,622 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2024, 09:33 AM Sep 24

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Tuesday morning trivia

Who's the current active position player who has played the longest for his MLB team?

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Tuesday morning trivia (Original Post) True Dough Sep 24 OP

Is it Charlie Blackmon, Rockies, who just announced displacedvermoter Sep 24 #1

Although it's a darn fine guess, True Dough Sep 24 #2

I won't cheat, looking forward to the right answer. displacedvermoter Sep 24 #3

See post #9 True Dough Sep 24 #10

Hmmm. Salvy Perez has been a Royal for a long time WestMichRad Sep 24 #4

Another great guess True Dough Sep 24 #6

Johnny Carson? twodogsbarking Sep 24 #5

That would have been Dimwit Donny's guess! True Dough Sep 24 #7

And he would claim he is right despite the facts. twodogsbarking Sep 24 #8

Houston, we have a problem! True Dough Sep 24 #9

Very nice displacedvermoter Sep 24 #11

Great! ProfessorGAC Sep 25 #13

The lil squirt Altuve has been around that long? WestMichRad Sep 24 #12

displacedvermoter

(3,150 posts)

1. Is it Charlie Blackmon, Rockies, who just announced

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 09:46 AM

Sep 24

his retirement? Just a guess.

True Dough

(20,622 posts)

2. Although it's a darn fine guess,

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 09:51 AM

Sep 24

Blackmon narrowly misses out.

displacedvermoter

(3,150 posts)

3. I won't cheat, looking forward to the right answer.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 09:52 AM

Sep 24

True Dough

(20,622 posts)

10. See post #9

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 11:07 AM

Sep 24

You are correct, sir!

WestMichRad

(1,855 posts)

4. Hmmm. Salvy Perez has been a Royal for a long time

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 10:40 AM

Sep 24

… but I think for less time than Blackmon has been a Rockies player.

True Dough

(20,622 posts)

6. Another great guess

Reply to WestMichRad (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 10:57 AM

Sep 24

Perez is up there. He debuted on August 10, 2011.

twodogsbarking

(12,230 posts)

5. Johnny Carson?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 10:50 AM

Sep 24

True Dough

(20,622 posts)

7. That would have been Dimwit Donny's guess!

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 10:59 AM

Sep 24

twodogsbarking

(12,230 posts)

8. And he would claim he is right despite the facts.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 11:01 AM

Sep 24

True Dough

(20,622 posts)

9. Houston, we have a problem!

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 11:07 AM

Sep 24

I got this piece of trivia from a Twitter account called "Talkin' Baseball".

Here is their info:

Mike Trout debuted July 8, 2011. The next closest players are:

Jose Altuve - July 20, 2011
Salvador Perez - August 10, 2011
Jose Ramirez - September 1, 2013

However, if you look in the replies, someone points out that Charlie Blackmon debuted on June 7, 2011, making him the longest tenured player on the same team. Another person suggested that Talkin' baseball may have excluded Blackmon because he announced his retirement but that would be a mistake, IMO. He is not retired yet, just planning to retire.

Therefore displacedvermoter nailed it on the first guess in this thread. Congrats!

Link to tweet

displacedvermoter

(3,150 posts)

11. Very nice

Reply to True Dough (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 11:40 AM

Sep 24

ProfessorGAC

(70,318 posts)

13. Great!

Reply to True Dough (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 08:02 PM

Sep 25

Displacevermoter is a serious baseball fan!
I never would have gotten it.

WestMichRad

(1,855 posts)

12. The lil squirt Altuve has been around that long?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 01:06 PM

Sep 24

I never would’ve guessed he was one of our longest tenured position players with a single team.

Nice to see that there are several longtime players who have been with just one team their entire careers. That phenomenon has become a rarity.

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