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1. Who did the late broadcast announcer Harry Caray claim came up with the idea of having him sing Take Me Out To the Ballgame during the seventh-inning stretch at baseball games?

2. What Hall of Fame player did Caray champion during his radio broadcasts even after Caray’s life was repeatedly threatened?

3. What great Cubs centerfielder dropped two balls in the sun during the seventh inning of Game 4 of the 1929 World Series? (BONUS QUESTION: What average did this player hit for in the ’29 Fall Classic?)

4. What Cubs shortstop’s near-fatal shooting in 1932 inspired a similar scene in the Bernard Malamud novel and Robert Redford film The Natural? (BONUS QUESTION: In what Chicago hotel did Violet Valli shoot the shortstop?)

5. What is the unofficial nickname of Wrigley Field?

6. What weekly promotional "Day" did William Wrigley introduce to try and "civilize" the behavior of fans in the bleachers?

7. Who was the Cubs’ second baseman-manager at the start of 1932? (BONUS QUESTION: Who was the Cubs’ first baseman-manager at the end of 1932?)

ANSWERS:
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1. Bill Veeck, Jr.

2. Jackie Robinson)

3. Hack Wilson (.471)

4. Billy Jurges (The Carliss)

5. "The Friendly Confines"

6. Ladies’ Day

7. Roger Hornsby (Charlie Grimm)



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