Sporcle Saturday: The ol’ grand salami

Happy Independence Day! This week’s Sporcle theme comes to you courtesy of a misremembered Fourth of July. When I began thinking back on games I remembered from the 4th, one that came to mind was a high-scoring barn burner against the Rays. For whatever reason, I had placed that in my mind as occurring in 2003 or 2004, but the affair was (of course) from 2005. I remember listening to the game before fireworks –a player in this quiz hit a grand slam in the first to stake the Sox to a 5-0 lead– and the game was 10-7 when I came back, though the Rays would ultimately add just one additional run, losing 10-8.

At any rate, the grand slam is what today’s Sporcle is all about. Specifically: which players since 2000 have hit a grand slam for the White Sox? There are 84 entries, how many can you name? Good luck!

Quiz Parameters

• Players who hit multiple grand slams in a season are represented just once for that season.
• For hints, I’ve given you the year and the grand slam(s) that player hit that year, as well as their position.
• I’ve allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.

Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:

• Last year’s team is actually third-best on this list with 9 grand slams on the season. (2006 is 2nd, 2008 is 1st)
• While 84 is the official entry list for this Sporcle, the combined grand slams equals 101.
• I was somewhat surprised that the ’05 team hit just two grand slams: this one and Pierzynski hitting one against Texas on May 16th, 2005.

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All data from stathead.com

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