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THE SOLUTION:
Colon batted first, folowed by Adams, Berry, and then Davis.
Clue #1 reveals that Davis did not bat first or second, and Berry did not bat first or last.
Clue #2 reveals that Adams did not bat first, which means Colon had to bat first. Since Adams batted next, he was second. By elimination, that leaves Berry in the third spot and Davis hitting fourth.
Horray!
posted by Kim on 6-23-2009 at 8:13 am
Love the logic puzzles!
posted by Tini on 6-23-2009 at 8:40 am
I solved this one in my head, which is scary because I am usually not good at these types of puzzles.
Thanks Sandy.
posted by Sue on 6-23-2009 at 10:04 am
I agree, this one was unusually easy for me. I thought I had to be missing something.
posted by Garrett on 6-23-2009 at 10:14 am
This one was too ridiculously easy.
posted by Aaron Hansen on 6-23-2009 at 11:06 am
Nice puzzle to warm up on.
On a side not, what parent is mean enough to name their kid Colon?
posted by Nestor on 6-23-2009 at 11:32 am
Me too! I rarely get the logic puzzles… especially so quickly. I was sure I had made an error (har har!) somewhere.
posted by Hyacinth on 6-23-2009 at 11:43 am
Got to love those logic puzzles, easy or not! I love it when I can add a little excitement to an as yet uneventful day! :)
@Nestor: I had a similar thought about the name Colon, but as I was writing out the names, I surmised that Sandy was giving us the last names of the players.
posted by Carolyn on 6-23-2009 at 2:07 pm
Carolyn, you’re right; I was going for last names. There seem to be a handful of past and present baseballers who have that last name. I considered using a different one, but I think I just wondered if the subject would come up in the comments. Now I know!
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-23-2009 at 4:08 pm