The Baltimore No's - Weekly Trivia!

There was only one reader intrepid enough to hazard a guess for this week's question, but it was a correct one: the Baltimore Orioles are the team that has gone the longest without pitching a no-no. If you don't believe me, just ask Sporcle.

Worst of all, Jamie Moyer will not be attempting to end that streak for the O's. He was 1-1 with a 1.69 ERA for AAA Norfolk in 3 starts, but he never got the call up, so he used his considerable star power to kindly request a release in the hopes that he would play in the bigs for another team. The power play totally worked as another AL Beast team signed him, the Toronto Blue Jays. Nobody puts Jamie in the corner!

There goes the best player in Norfolk Tides history.

For this week's trivia question, we're turning back to soccer. Spain will meet Italy in the Euro 2012 championship (go Roja) as the Azzurri knocked out Germany in a real stunner. Not exactly the tournament I predicted, but it's been awesome stuff.

Thinking about national soccer teams, my question is the following:

Which of the following players is the all-time leader in national team goals for Spain?

• Fernando Torres
• Lionel Messi
• Raul (Gonzalez)
• David Villa
• Fernando Morientes

The Danger Zone.br

TDZ is going south of the equator this week in search of top notch futebol and bossaball. Certainly there's nothing worth my time to blog about back in the States these days, so I had to take drastic measures to find content. Y'know, for the good of my readers. It's selfless, really. You're welcome.

Enjoy this fun Brazilian track and have a boa fem de semana.

Jamie Moyer: Eastbound and Down

The saga continues: Jamie Moyer's incredible career lives on with another stint on the East coast. After he got cut by the Rockies, the Baltimore Orioles quickly swooped in and signed him to a minor-league deal.

I've got to say, when he got cut, I panicked about as hard as Moyer does when there's no Advil around for the pain. I should've never doubted his staying power!

That's not an actor for the inevitable Lifetime made-for-TV movie about Moyer's career. That's Jamie Moyer.

Now remember, Acolytes: it takes a while to recover from Tommy John. It typically takes about a year on the DL, then another year of consistent play to regain strength and fine tune the mechanics to where they were. With a 49 year old body's reduced restorative powers, we're probably looking at a 3 or 4 year recovery before we see Moyer return to the ERA in the upper 4's that earned him a .500 winning percentage for the Phillies. But fear not: the renaissance is coming...

Crybaby Wade

This literally happened in a professional game of basketball.

Euro a Go-Go

It's here, Euro 2012. The six months are up. Did you work yourself into a frenzy? You slacker. Well, there's plenty to be excited about as this tournament kicks off on Friday. The big question is, who's going to win it all?

Human mascots - so unimaginative. I'd have gone with 'Splotchy the Birth Mark' in honor of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Unlike the Gold Cup, there's less of a talent gap between these teams, so selecting the winners and losers is a taller task. Nevertheless, TDZ always has the cajones to make the bold predictions his readers need to hear - then can't believe they just heard. Click below to see the galling selections.

Roy, Roy, Roy, Roy-roy-roy - Weekly Trivia!

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Well, it looks like Martin Brodeur will not be hoisting the Stanley Cup a fourth time, but you know who did most recently? Patrick Roy. If only Brodeur had beat him in 2001, he'd be going for #5 right now. Whoever guessed correctly, make yourself known! (Probably my Dad, again.)

#1 and #4 respectively.

It seems like every few weeks, someone's throwing a no-hitter (or getting away with one). Honestly, who even cares anymore? I want to know which teams aren't throwing no-no's. Those are the kind of contrarians I want to root for. So, my question is:

Which team has gone the longest without throwing a no-hitter?

• Milwaukee Brewers
• Minnesota Twins
• Seattle Mariners
• Baltimore Orioles
• New York Mets

Good luck.