***Answer Time***:
Part 1: Virdon, Howe, Dierker
Part 2: Omar Vizquel, Ken Griffey, Gary Sheffield, Ivan Rodriguez, and Jim Thome. Luis Gonzales is technically third on this list since he isn't officially retired. Although it certainly appears that he is.
In memory of Cecil Cooper, a manager related question leads off the trivia questions:
Part 1: Name the three men who have managed the most games in Houston Astros history
Part 2: Pete Rose has played in a record 3562 games. Not likely that any major leaguer approaches that mark. Craig Biggio, for instance, played 20 seasons and made it into 2850 games. That's 4+ seasons behind Rose, ladies and gentlemen. Anyways, what I am asking is this: which five current major leaguers rank highest on this list?
Think hard, and the answers will be posted this afternoon.
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Ken Griffey Jr.
OremLK - September 24, 2009
Jason Kendall?
ol Pete - September 24, 2009
Vizquel
Pudge
Sheffield
patbone21 - September 24, 2009
Vizquel
Griffey
Shefield
Stephen Higdon - September 24, 2009
Add to this
Pudge
Thome
I forgot that you asked for five, not three.
Stephen Higdon - September 24, 2009
Bill Virdon
Art Howe
Larry Dierker
Stephen Higdon - September 24, 2009
Astros managers
Bill Virdon and Larry Dierker came to mind immediately.
Nobody shoots up as likely third choice so Art Howe may be it. I was thinking maybe someone early on like Harry Walker. Whoever it is didn’t last super-long .
Joe in Birmingham - September 24, 2009
ummmm
Chipper Jones?
piratedan7 - September 24, 2009
I'mma say
Carlos Delgado
Gary Sheffield
Pudge
Jim Thome
Manny Ramirez
As for the Astros managers, Dierker has to be on there, but after that I have no clue.
Only_A_Lad - September 24, 2009
Players -
I had no idea.
Vizquel and Griffey sound good though.
Maybe Chipper too.
Since we were talking about the Astros drafting Derek Jeter many years ago, maybe Jeter.
Since he came up a year or so after Jeff Bagwell, maybe Luis Gonzalez
Joe in Birmingham - September 24, 2009
Gonzo is retired, otherwise he would be leading on the list
Stephen Higdon - September 24, 2009
baseball reference
still has listed as active, for some reason…maybe because he technically retired “in season” this year?
Evan Hochschild - September 24, 2009
Gonzo announced he will retire after this season
At leats that’s how i recall his interview when Astros were in Arizona
Joe in Birmingham - September 24, 2009
From Wikipedia
Gonzalez announced his retirement on August 29, 2009 and joined the Diamondbacks front office as a special assistant to the president.10
Joe in Birmingham - September 24, 2009
managers Dierker, Virdon, Howe….
clack - September 24, 2009
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