Crossword Puzzle - Baseball
For those that like crossword puzzles, I create this 27x27 grid that is part Baseball History and part Royals.
I'll post the answer next week.
ACROSS
R1 C1, Buck O’Neil’s passion
R2 C25, Oldest way to measure batting performance
R3 C1, A relief pitcher that keeps thing in hand
R3 C21, What young relievers want
R3 C7, Often quoted Yankee star
R4 C10, El Tiante
R4 C23, When a player is released from a team
R4 C24, Modern batting stat
R5 C1, Famous pitching brothers, one was HOFer
R6 C15, The root cause of the Boston Curse
R6 C25, One way to get an out
R7 C1, When a stat can be misleading
R8 C24, Ride the pine for nine
R8 C6, The Bible of Baseball est 1886
R9 C22, Famous brothers, one was Ace of the Gashouse Gang
R9 C3, Experiences a miracle in the 60s
R10 C15, Batting stat
R10 C26, Stat for when a catcher messes up
R10 C8, Angels not just in the outfield
R11 C1, What a shutout requires
R11 C22, A pitcher’s best friend
R12 C9, The American experience storyteller
R13 C18, A very good first year
R13 C5, The team that left Brooklyn
R13 C9, Old school stat for pitchers
R14 C2, Where best-of-the-best live on
R14 C21, Tool needed to make bats
R15 C11, Relief pitching stat
R15 C16, Dinger, jack, blast, clearing the bases, etc.
R16 C2, What is needed to win ballgames
R16 C25, Pre-arbitration days, he settled contract dispute by winning coin toss
R16 C7, The biggest Cubs fan of all time
R17 C11, Pitching stat used to pull starters
R17 C15, The voice of baseball
R17 C6, He knew baseball and football
R18 C1, Station that aired first radio broadcast of a game
R18 C7, MLB community involvement
R19 C13, Stat for just a bit outside
R19 C9, City on the river with second most championships
R20 C16, The most exciting play in baseball
R20 C5, Where relievers watch the game
R21 C1, Famous brothers, one was a HOFer
R21 C15, More than at-bats
R21 C23, Waiting for the call-up
R22 C18, What struck out Lou Gehrig
R22 C7, Fourth in a lineup
R23 C1, Defensive ability to turn balls in play into outs
R23 C14, Batting stat for clutch players
R23 C21, How to preserve a piece of baseball history
R24 C1, Relief pitching stat
R24 C10, Something pitchers do in spring training
R24 C17, Famous for blown call at first during 1985 WS
R24 C4, Tommy John’s famous ligament
R25 C21, Star relief pitcher who had more saves than strikeouts in 1984.
R25 C24, Nolan Ryan career strikeouts
R26 C1, Minneapolis and St. Paul
R26 C4, 42s everywhere
R27 C21, Locker room talk to rally a team to victory
R27 C25, Cy Young career win total
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R1 C10, Super-sub
R1 C12, Stat used to spot outliers
R1 C15, Let’s Play Two
R1 C18, When big league dreams start
R1 C20, Yankees last 42
R1 C22, What closers pride themselves on
R1 C25, Clown Prince of Baseball
R1 C3, Four times a failure
R1 C8, First all brother outfield in MLB
R3 C1, The Flying Dutchman with a rare baseball card
R4 C24, Three play this position in a game
R4 C6, Jim Abbott’s best game
R6 C22, Ballpark classic
R6 C8, By rule, not illegal to perform in a game
R7 C13, The Man in St. Louis
R8 C20, The friendly Willie Mays
R8 C24, First pitcher to win three Cy Young awards
R9 C27, Period of time after 1920s rule changes
R12 C11, Post-Expos
R12 C16, TWP greatness
R12 C7, Where Cubbies go
R12 C9, Ray, Chappy, Crash
R13 C22, The reason for seats in a stadium
R13 C25, Last row, upper deck, right field, not front row
R14 C4, Stadium with a green monster
R15 C20, Lewis and Clark played ‘pre-baseball’
R16 C2, Broadcaster for first baseball game televised
R17 C18, Organization for baseball history
R17 C22, When the dream first seems within reach
R18 C14, Pitching term for as slow as you can throw
R19 C13, A measure of pitching effectiveness
R20 C23, A relief pitcher that makes things worse
R20 C24, Cheap ticket
R20 C5, The most traded for player in history
R22 C12, Always right, by rule
R22 C19, First Latina MLB owner
R23 C1, The infield is full of it
R23 C15, What is needed for hits
R23 C21, HOF CFer on winning team of Black Sox Scandal
R24 C10, MLB competition for kids
R24 C17, An unlikely home run hitter in Yanks-Red Sox rivalry
R24 C26, Ty Cobb career hit total
R25 C13, The object of the game
R25 C22, Team’s best starter
R25 C24, Joe DiMaggio Hit Streak
R26 C8, Where players go when hurt