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Jason Giambi’s next home run will give him 400 for his career. Of this club’s 43 current members, 20 are not in the Hall of Fame. Some are active players, some are steroid guys, and others have been rightfully ignored by the voters. How many non-HOFers in The 400-Home Run Club can you name in 8 minutes?
Take the Quiz: The 400-Home Run, Non-HOF Club
Last July, Andréa Fernandes put together this quick challenge. Can you name all nine Supreme Court Justices in three minutes? (The current ones. Last names only.)
Take the Quiz: Name the Supreme Court Justices
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19-20. would have had all 20 if you spelled Juan Gonzalez correctly. it’s not speedy “gonzales”
posted by matt on 5-18-2009 at 12:25 pm
My bad. Give yourself two gold stars — one for your perfect score and the other for pointing out the error, which has been fixed.
posted by Jason English on 5-18-2009 at 12:47 pm
I got like 5 or 6, I would have gotten more if it accepted “A bunch of black guys from the first half of the 20th century who weren’t allowed to play with the whites”… I suppose thats a long answer though.
posted by Zach on 5-18-2009 at 1:23 pm
@ Zach
Um, wow, maybe you could have just said a bunch of Negro Leaguers, as that’s a much more respectful phrasing than a bunch of black guys.
It was called the Negro Leagues, and those guys are damn proud of what they accomplished, as well they should be, and several have gotten into the “white” Baseball HOF in Cooperstown (there is a committee that considers only Negro League players), as well as having their own HOF in KC, MO
posted by Jonny on 5-19-2009 at 3:14 am