Today is Saturday (the first Saturday of March!), which means it's time to continue working our way through Opening Day starters the Sox have rolled out over the years. As you may have guessed from the title, middle infielders are the next bunch up, so we'll be looking for the second basemen and shortstops to man those positions for that first game of the season from 1980-2018. As with last week, that's 78 names total: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, all players are grouped by year, with the date and position listed for reference.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The shortstop/second base pairing has been pretty variable over the years. The longest stretch with the same two players on Opening Day is four years.
- Here is one of last year's tidbits:
If you were to add up all the home runs on this list hit by a second baseman or a shortstop, it would amount to zero. That’s right: since 1990, no shortstop or second baseman has hit a home run on Opening Day.
(Here's one name, which you'll get anyway: Tim Anderson changed that last year, with two dingers against the Royals.)
All data from baseballreference.com
