Baseball-flavored brainteaser

[sinatrac]

The fat kid from "The Sandlot"?

 

[mlfp]

The fat kid from "The Sandlot"?

If it's not him then I don't know who it could be... Unless maybe... Ya-ya?

 

[ganchrow]

Biggest hint yet:

<input type=button style="font-size: 9px;" value="Show Spoiler" onclick='if (this.value == "Show Spoiler") { document.getElementById("spoil13").style.display = ""; this.value="Hide Spoiler"; } else { document.getElementById("spoil13").style.display = "none"; this.value="Show Spoiler"; } '> <div id=spoil13 style="display: none;"> <hr> <BLOCKQUOTE> These players are obviously all World Series MVPs (but not co-MVPs as per the puzzle title). Consider the position numbers (as in scoring) represented by each player and you might see the series of numbers start looking familiar. </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr> </div>

 

[Data]

Ganchrow, do you mean Scott Brosius is not your guy? He did play CF.

 

[ganchrow]

Ganchrow, do you mean Scott Brosius is not your guy? He did play CF.

OK, I hear you now. I completely missed the excellent Aronofsky reference. Fully my bad. Good job on the heavy lifting.

As far as the details go, however, Brosius won the WS MVP for his play at third base. In theory, as puzzles go, the directive "Name the missing Major League Baseball player" implies a unique answer. If the requirement were that the player played CF at any point then several players would fit. I'll grant that that might be a little unfair. (Although it's a little easier if you try out answers on the form I linked to above).

Still, the real trick to the puzzle is figuring out that the player needs to be a World Series MVP-winning center fielder. Very nicely done.

Care to explain to anyone still curious?

 

[steaktartar]

bernie williams

 

[Timetopay]

OK, I hear you now. I completely missed the excellent Aronofsky reference. Fully my bad. Good job on the heavy lifting.

As far as the details go, however, Brosius won the WS MVP for his play at third base. In theory, as puzzles go, the directive "Name the missing Major League Baseball player" implies a unique answer. If the requirement were that the player played CF at any point then several players would fit. I'll grant that that might be a little unfair. (Although it's a little easier if you try out answers on the form I linked to above).

Still, the real trick to the puzzle is figuring out that the player needs to be a World Series MVP-winning center fielder. Very nicely done.

Care to explain to anyone still curious?

Seriously man I dont even understand your fucking answers. You posted this way in the wrong spot for anyone to have enough brain cells to think for more than 5 seconds without having a brain freeze.

 

[Data]

Care to explain to anyone still curious?

No, and I urge you not to. The baseball trivia nomads are going to lynch you otherwise. :missingte

 

[ganchrow]

No, and I urge you not to. The baseball trivia nomads are going to lynch you otherwise. :missingte

That's why I referred to it as a "baseball-flavored brainteaser" and made this post. Thanks for the warning anyway, but I'll be OK. At least I'm not expecting any trouble at the Rx Bash.

<input style="font-size: 9px;" value="Show Solution" onclick='if (this.value == "Show Solution") { document.getElementById("spoil99").style.display = ""; this.value="Hide Solution"; } else { document.getElementById("spoil99").style.display = "none"; this.value="Show Solution"; } ' type="button"> <span id=spoil99 style="display: none;"> <hr>All listed players are World Series MVPs:

1. Mariano Rivera 1999 WS MVP Winner, Pitcher = 1
2. Bobby Richardson 1960 WS MVP Winner, Second Base = 4
3. Sandy Koufax 1963 (and 1965) WS MVP Winner, Pitcher = 1
4. Pete Rose 1975 WS MVP Winner, Third Base = 5
5. Reggie Jackson 1977 WS MVP Winner, Right Field = 9
6. Johnny Bench 1976 WS MVP Winner, Catcher = 2
7. Derek Jeter 2000 WS MVP Winner, Shortstop = 6
8. Mike Schmidt 1980 WS MVP Winner, Third Base = 5
9. Donn Clendenon 1969 WS MVP Winner, First Base = 3
10. Troy Glaus 1999 WS MVP Winner, Third Base = 5
11. ?????????????
12. Jermaine Dye 2005 WS MVP Winner, Right Field = 9
13. Manny Ramirez 2004 WS MVP Winner, Left Field = 7
14. Frank Robinson 1966 WS MVP Winner, Right Field = 9
15. Willie Stargell 1979 WS MVP Winner, First Base = 3
16. Darrell Porter 1982 WS MVP Winner, Catcher = 2

So the sequence of numbers gives we have is 1415926535?97932, which are of course 15 of the first 16 digits to the right of the decimal point in pi.

The missing digit, the 11th digit, is 8, which corresponds to center field.

The only player to have won a world series MVP (not including co-MVPs as per the puzzle title) for his play in center field is Reggie Jackson, who in 1973 won the WS MVP playing both center field and right field (see "Reggie Jackson World Series Fielding Stats" here).

So the answer is Reggie Jackson. <hr> </span>

 

[steaktartar]

That's why I referred to it as a "baseball-flavored brainteaser" and made this post. Thanks for the warning anyway, but I'll be OK. At least I'm not expecting any trouble at the Rx Bash.


<INPUT style="FONT-SIZE: 9px" onclick='if (this.value == "Show Solution") { document.getElementById("spoil99").style.display = ""; this.value="Hide Solution"; } else { document.getElementById("spoil99").style.display = "none"; this.value="Show Solution"; } ' type=button value="Show Solution"> <HR>All listed players are World Series MVPs:

1. Mariano Rivera 1999 WS MVP Winner, Pitcher = 1
2. Bobby Richardson 1960 WS MVP Winner, Second Base = 4
3. Sandy Koufax 1963 (and 1965) WS MVP Winner, Pitcher = 1
4. Pete Rose 1975 WS MVP Winner, Third Base = 5
5. Reggie Jackson 1977 WS MVP Winner, Right Field = 9
6. Johnny Bench 1976 WS MVP Winner, Catcher = 2
7. Derek Jeter 2000 WS MVP Winner, Shortstop = 6
8. Mike Schmidt 1980 WS MVP Winner, Third Base = 5
9. Donn Clendenon 1969 WS MVP Winner, First Base = 3
10. Troy Glaus 1999 WS MVP Winner, Third Base = 5
11. ?????????????
12. Jermaine Dye 2005 WS MVP Winner, Right Field = 9
13. Manny Ramirez 2004 WS MVP Winner, Left Field = 7
14. Frank Robinson 1966 WS MVP Winner, Right Field = 9
15. Willie Stargell 1979 WS MVP Winner, First Base = 3
16. Darrell Porter 1982 WS MVP Winner, Catcher = 2

So the sequence of numbers gives we have is 1415926535?97932, which are of course 15 of the first 16 digits to the right of the decimal point in pi.

The missing digit, the 11th digit, is 8, which corresponds to center field.

The only player to have won a world series MVP (not including co-MVPs as per the puzzle title) for his play in center field is Reggie Jackson, who in 1973 won the WS MVP playing both center field and right field (see "Reggie Jackson World Series Fielding Stats" here).


So the answer is Reggie Jackson. <HR>

ganchrow actual fun one if you similar or others even post them now that i kind of see what that one was i liked it.........even tho i wasnt close i knew it was center fielder after awhile..........forgot jackson played center so i would of gone dry anyway

 

[ChrisParadise]

i was thrown off track by the spolier that said all info needed to solve could be found at that linked site. since it only labeled players as of instead of rl,cf,lf i figured that meant the position did not matter.

was fun regardless