Baseball in the 1990s

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Year	Clue	Answer
1990	Younger half of the first father-son duo to play as teammates.	Ken Griffey, Jr.
1990	TV network broadcasts its first baseball game.	ESPN
1990	Sets Major League record for saves in a season, broken in 2008.	Bobby Thigpen
1990	Starter-turned-reliever allows only 5 runs the entire season for 0.61 ERA.	Dennis Eckersley
1991	Hurls his record 7th no-hitter.	Nolan Ryan
1992	Wins the first of his 13 gold gloves, most of any catcher in history.	Ivan Rodriguez
1993	Expansion team joins the NL along with the Colorado Rockies.	Florida Marlins
1993	Sets the career save record. It stands for 13 years.	Lee Smith
1993	Hits a walk-off home run to win the world series.	Joe Carter
1993	Team wins their second consecutive world series.	Toronto Blue Jays

Year	Clue	Answer
1994	Event wiped out by a player strike.	World Series
1995	Breaks consecutive games played streak with 2131.	Cal Ripken, Jr.
1995	Wins the last of his 4 consecutive Cy Young Awards.	Greg Maddux
1996	Forced to retire due to an eye condition. He later made the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.	Kirby Puckett
1996	TV Network televises its first baseball game.	Fox Sports
1996	Fan steals a home run for the Yankees in game 1 of the ALCS. (Name the fan.)	Jeffrey Maier
1998	Free agent signs the first $100 million contract. $105 million over 7 years with the Dodgers.	Kevin Brown
1998	Team moves to the NL after 29 years in the AL.	Milwaukee Brewers
1998	Sets the record for most home runs in a season with 70. The record fell 3 years later.	Mark McGwire
1998	Team wins its 6th Cy Young Award of the decade. (Tom Glavine wins the 1998 award.)	Atlanta Braves

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Oct 13, 2012

Arrgh! Ran out of time. Totally would've gotten the Braves question at the end.

Level 86

Oct 13, 2012

And the McGwire question.

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