Cox Quiz

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bobby Cox, much like Gerald Ford, took over for a beleaguered Nixon, and finished out his term. He joined the Braves 65 games into the 1990 season, replacing Russ Nixon, and lasted 20 more seasons after that.

Who was the closer for Cox each of those seasons. For the purposes of this quiz, Steve J. Rogers, by "closer," we mean, "guy who led the team in saves."

When guessing, please guess the guy with the year. Right guy in the wrong year will be considered a wrong guess.

1990:
1991:
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995:
1996:
1997:
1998:
1999:
2000:
2001:
2002:
2003:
2004:
2005:
2006:
2007:
2008:
2009:
2010:

Three points for a correct guess. Minus one point for an incorrect guess.

[metsmarathon]

2010 billy wagner

2007 smoltz

[metsmarathon]

1998 wohlers

[TransMonk]

1999 Rocker

[batmagadanleadoff]

Rocker 1999

[batmagadanleadoff]

Rocker 2000

[batmagadanleadoff]

Smoltz 2003-4

[Guest Edgy DC]

Right, wrong, wrong.

Right.

Late. Right. Right and right.

1990:
1991:
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995:
1996:
1997:
1998: (Not Wohlers)
1999: John Rocker (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker (batmagadanleadoff)
2001:
2002:
2003: John Smoltz (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008:
2009:
2010: Wagner (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 9 points (3 right)
TransMonk: 3 points (1 right)
metsmarathon: 1 point (1 right, 2 wrong)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wohlers 1995 WS Champs

[batmagadanleadoff]

Pena 1991

[Guest Edgy DC]

Right. Wrong.

1990:
1991: (Not Pe�a)
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995: Mark Wohlers (batmagadanleadoff)
1996:
1997:
1998: (Not Wohlers)
1999: John Rocker (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker (batmagadanleadoff)
2001:
2002:
2003: John Smoltz (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008:
2009:
2010: Wagner (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 11 points (4 right, 1 wrong)
TransMonk: 3 points (1 right)
metsmarathon: 1 point (1 right, 2 wrong)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

1990: Alejandro Pena
1991: Alejandro Pena
1992:
1993:
1994: Greg McMichael
1995:
1996: Mark Wohlers
1997:
1998:
1999: John Rocker
2000:
2001:
2002:
2003:
2004:
2005:
2006:
2007: John Smoltz
2008: John Smoltz
2009: Takashi Saito
2010: Billy Wagner

[batmagadanleadoff]

If it's not Pena, then it's got to be Berenguer - 1991.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I knew trying to get them all at once would cost me.

[batmagadanleadoff]

1971 - Cecil Upshaw
1990 - Graham Parker

[Guest Edgy DC]

JCL: Wrong. Late and wrong. Correct! Right. Late. Late and wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Late.
batmag: Correct on Berenguer.

1990: (Not Pe�a)
1991: Juan Berenguer (batmagadanleadoff)
1992:
1993:
1994: Greg McMichael (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1995: Mark Wohlers (batmagadanleadoff)
1996: Mark Wohlers (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1997:
1998: (Not Wohlers)
1999: John Rocker (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker (batmagadanleadoff)
2001:
2002:
2003: John Smoltz (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008: (Not Smoltz)
2009: (Not Saito)
2010: Wagner (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 14 points (5 right, 1 wrong)
TransMonk: 3 points (1 right)
metsmarathon: 1 point (1 right, 2 wrong)
John Cougar Lunchbucket: 1 point (2 right, 5 wrong)

[TransMonk]

2001 Rocker

[Guest Edgy DC]

Right
1990: (Not Pe�a)
1991: Juan Berenguer, 17 (batmagadanleadoff)
1992:
1993:
1994: Greg McMichael, 21 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1995: Mark Wohlers, 25 (batmagadanleadoff)
1996: Mark Wohlers, 39 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1997:
1998: (Not Wohlers)
1999: John Rocker, 38 (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker, 24 (batmagadanleadoff)
2001: John Rocker, 19 (Transmonk)
2002:
2003: John Smoltz, 45 (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz, 44 (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008: (Not Smoltz)
2009: (Not Saito)
2010: Wagner, 37 (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 14 points (5 right, 1 wrong)
TransMonk: 6 points (2 right)
metsmarathon: 1 point (1 right, 2 wrong)
John Cougar Lunchbucket: 1 point (2 right, 5 wrong)

[metsmarathon]

1997,8 avery

i suck at this.

[HahnSolo]

1992 - Jeff Reardon (Hello, Ed Sprague!)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wrong. Wrong.

Wrong.

1990: (Not Pe�a)
1991: Juan Berenguer, 17 (batmagadanleadoff)
1992: (Not Reardon)
1993:
1994: Greg McMichael, 21 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1995: Mark Wohlers, 25 (batmagadanleadoff)
1996: Mark Wohlers, 39 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1997: (not Avery)
1998: (Not Wohlers, Avery)
1999: John Rocker, 38 (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker, 24 (batmagadanleadoff)
2001: John Rocker, 19 (Transmonk)
2002:
2003: John Smoltz, 45 (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz, 44 (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008: (Not Smoltz)
2009: (Not Saito)
2010: Wagner, 37 (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 14 points (5 right, 1 wrong)
TransMonk: 6 points (2 right)
John Cougar Lunchbucket: 1 point (2 right, 5 wrong)
metsmarathon: -1 point (1 right, 4 wrong)
Hahn Solo: -1 point (1 wrong)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

2009: Manny F. Acosta

[TransMonk]

1997 Wohlers
1998 Lightenberg

[HahnSolo]

Hmm:
1992 - Pena?

1993 - Mike Fing Stanton?

2002 - Smoltz

[Guest Edgy DC]

What's cool is how little attention we've paid since the dynasty wound down.

Wrong on Acosta.

Right on Wohlers. (Three guys guessed right on Wohlers for three different years.) Right on Lightenberg.

Right on Pe�a, Stanton, Smoltz. Hmmm.

1990: (Not Pe�a)
1991: Juan Berenguer, 17 (batmagadanleadoff)
1992: Alejandro Pe�a, 15 (HahnSolo)
1993: Mike Stanton, 27 (HahnSolo)
1994: Greg McMichael, 21 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1995: Mark Wohlers, 25 (batmagadanleadoff)
1996: Mark Wohlers, 39 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1997: Mark Wohlers, 33 (TransMonk)
1998: Kerry Lightenberg, 30 (TransMonk)
1999: John Rocker, 38 (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker, 24 (batmagadanleadoff)
2001: John Rocker, 19 (Transmonk)
2002: John Smoltz, 55 fuckin' saves (HahnSolo)
2003: John Smoltz, 45 (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz, 44 (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008: (Not Smoltz)
2009: (Not Saito, Acosta)
2010: Billy Wagner, 37 (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 14 points (5 right, 1 wrong)
TransMonk: 12 points (4 right)
Hahn Solo: 8 points (3 right, 1 wrong)
John Cougar Lunchbucket: 0 points (2 right, 6 wrong)
metsmarathon: -1 point (1 right, 4 wrong)

[Gwreck]

It's usually not the recent years that people forget.

2008 Mike Gonzalez
2009 Rafael Soriano.

[TransMonk]

That's all I got. Telling that the blanks that are left are mostly years that the Braves missed the playoffs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yes. Yes. Two good pitchers, too.

1990: (Not Pe�a)
1991: Juan Berenguer, 17 (batmagadanleadoff)
1992: Alejandro Pe�a, 15 (HahnSolo)
1993: Mike Stanton, 27 (HahnSolo)
1994: Greg McMichael, 21 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1995: Mark Wohlers, 25 (batmagadanleadoff)
1996: Mark Wohlers, 39 (John Cougar Lunchbucket)
1997: Mark Wohlers, 33 (TransMonk)
1998: Kerry Lightenberg, 30 (TransMonk)
1999: John Rocker, 38 (Transmonk)
2000: John Rocker, 24 (batmagadanleadoff)
2001: John Rocker, 19 (Transmonk)
2002: John Smoltz, 55 fuckin' saves (HahnSolo)
2003: John Smoltz, 45 (batmagadanleadoff)
2004: John Smoltz, 44 (batmagadanleadoff)
2005:
2006:
2007: (Not Smoltz)
2008: Mike Gonzalez, 14 (Gwreck)
2009: Rafael Soriano, 27 (Gwreck)
2010: Billy Wagner, 37 (metsmarathon)

batmagadanleadoff: 14 points (5 right, 1 wrong)
TransMonk: 12 points (4 right)
Hahn Solo: 8 points (3 right, 1 wrong)
Gwreck: 6 points (2 right)
John Cougar Lunchbucket: 0 points (2 right, 6 wrong)
metsmarathon: -1 point (1 right, 4 wrong)

[Guest Edgy DC]

A potential 12 points still on the board, Braves fans.

[HahnSolo]

1990 Kent Mercker?