Can you name the ringers hired by Mr. Burns
in the Homer at the Bat episode (1992)?

Ailment	Player	Position
Hypnotized into thinking he is a chicken		Pitcher
Radiation poisoning		Catcher
Knocked out by Barney		3rd Base
Kicked off the team because of his 'sideburns'		1st Base
Rescuing a woman and her stuff from a fire		Outfielder
Gigantism		Outfielder
Arrested by the Springfield Police		2nd Base
Disappears in the 'Springfield mystery spot'		Short Stop
Benched at the end of the game		Outfielder
Died: December 6, 1955	Outfielder
Died: April 14, 1922	Outfielder
Died: February 14, 1948	Outfielder
Died: October 18, 1862	Outfielder

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Homer at the Bat Quiz

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Published: December 12th, 2008
Category: Television
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Tags: The Simpsons Quizzes, Football Quizzes, Mr Burns, hired, player, homer, bat, ringer, burn, episode, 1992, ailment

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	will1:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 19:41 GMT	15 points
	scioscia is hard to spell

	Brian:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 19:43 GMT	0 points
	an odd quiz, but unique

	Tim_Allen:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 19:50 GMT	1 point
	Great episode. Especially given the events that have happened to three of those guys.

	Antithesys:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 19:51 GMT	18 points
	I think this is the first time I ever "cheated" on a quiz...I knew Scioscia but had absolutely no idea how to spell it, so I looked it up. I throw myself upon the mercy of the Sporcle.

	mokos:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 19:57 GMT	4 points
	This is a brilliant and creative idea for a quiz. Nice job.

	el_barto:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 20:14 GMT	16 points
	Wiggum: Well boys, I think we can close the book on just about every unsolved crime in New York City. Steve Sax, behind bars: Don't I get to call my lawyer? Lou: You watch too many movies, Sax.

	Matt8204:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 20:30 GMT	11 points
	Burns after seeing that Mattingly shaved his entire head instead of just trimming his sideburns: Mattingly! I thought I told you to TRIM those sideburns. Go home, you're off the team! FOR GOOD! Fine! (muttering) I still liked him better than Steinbrenner.

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	tobinw:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 21:00 GMT	2 points
	Holy crap this is awesome. My new favorite quiz.

	DirtyKash:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 21:05 GMT	1 point
	It's so sad how one-third of the players on this list have fallen from grace: Clemens and Canseco with the steroids issue, and Darryl Strawberry with drug problems of a different kind. At least the others are doing reasonably well.

	davis21wylie:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 21:07 GMT	10 points
	I found that the song really helps for this quiz. "We're talkin' softball, from Maine to San Diego..."

	danzam:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 21:22 GMT	9 points
	Homer: Hey Clemens, did I make the team? Clemens: You sure did!!! Homer: Woo hoo!!! In your face Strawberry!! Clemens: Wait a minute, are you Ken Griffey Jr? Homer: No. Clemens: Sorry, didn't mean to get your hopes up.

	rondo723:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 21:56 GMT	5 points
	Best. Quiz. Ever. (not intended to be a Comic Book Guy reference)

	Champ:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 21:57 GMT	15 points
	Lisa: Darrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryl, Darrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryl Marge: Lisa, that's not nice to taunt players Lisa: oh mom, these players are immune to fans yelling at them. (tear runs down Strawberry's cheek)

	okenter:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 22:39 GMT	5 points
	Ahh, memories. When baseball stars were gods, and watching the Simpsons wasn't a crap shoot.

	radiosilence:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 23:02 GMT	11 points
	Barney: And I say England's great Prime Minister is Palmerston! Boggs: Pitt the Elder!

	slw@hwdyk.com:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 01:24 GMT	9 points
	"you can't leave first until you chug a beer. Any man scoring has to chug a beer. You have to chug a beer at the top of all odd-numbered innings. And the fourth inning is the beer inning." "Hey, we know how to play softball"

	Dunk:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 01:35 GMT	2 points
	I've always wanted to do something a little more blue collar, with big machines and dials! Like an oil refinery or a hydroelectric plant.

	gadmo:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 03:06 GMT	6 points
	@Antithesys - I actually don't consider that cheating at all. If you knew an answer, but wanted to look up the spelling, you still knew the answer. If, on the other hand, you looked up this episode on wikipedia, that would be cheating.

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	Whokee:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 15:50 GMT	3 points
	ElDavo, that is actually not correct. Other than, I think, Strawberry, they weren't involved in scandals until much later (Canseco and Clemens' scandals both started with Cansecos book from 2001)

	Kicking222:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 16:41 GMT	2 points
	My favorite "Simpsons" ever. Great quiz.

	RyanBrigade:	Dec 13th, 2008 at 19:51 GMT	2 points
	Well Mr. Burns had done it, the Powerplant had won it..

	Jaspers:	Dec 14th, 2008 at 00:47 GMT	5 points
	According to the DVD commentary, Jose Canseco was a jerk when it came to recording his part. The original script had him seduced by Mrs. Krabappal and missing the game, but insisted that it be changed to make him look more heroic. He also refused to take direction and frequently complained about how his character looked nothing like him.

	[Deleted]:	Dec 14th, 2008 at 03:10 GMT	0 points
	@Whokee: Boggs had an extramarital affair that received a lot of publicity, so there were at least two players with scandals when this episode was made.

	Brunswick23Beast:	Dec 14th, 2008 at 11:40 GMT	1 point
	Anyone get the extra hidden ones at the end - the ones that Mr. Burns suggested to Smithers before the team was put together? Only reason I remembered the one was because he played for my favorite team when I was a kid.

	ChanandlerBong:	Dec 14th, 2008 at 20:23 GMT	4 points
	I love how they're in order of the song =D "We're talkin' softball..."

	TannerNation:	Jan 24th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT	2 points
	I think Mr Burns suggested a bunch of old-timey, long-dead players. Also, these guys weren't chosen as a joke or because they had scandals, they were the best players of the era. Since then - Steroids, WS-winning manager, HOF, successful coach, steroids, injury problems but still a first-ballot HOFer, quiet retirement, HOF, and drug problems. Altho Strawberry (w/ Doc Gooden) did have a successful mini-comeback with the Yanks in the mid-90s.

	Philip Fink:	Feb 9th, 2009 at 01:25 GMT	2 points
	When I moved to Palmerston North (New Zealand) I was so glad that I had seen this episode, otherwise I would have had no idea who Lord Palmerston was. I still have the urge to yell "Pitt the Elder" though.

	Dunk:	Feb 22nd, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	2 points
	I would say that looking spelling up isn't cheating either. Just because of the amount of time it takes to open a new widow, go to google, type in the spelling you think it is, then find the correct spelling. Especially in these short quizzes, that can eat up 30 seconds or more by itself.

	mosfunky:	Sep 11th, 2009 at 02:01 GMT	1 point
	i love this quiz

	evrbody:	Sep 24th, 2009 at 16:39 GMT	1 point
	I never would have thought of Mr. Burns' suggestions as hidden answers. Were there three or four of them?

	dannyfc4:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 05:05 GMT	3 points
	it's like there's a party in my mouth, and everyone's invited

	ThisGuyFTW:	Dec 4th, 2009 at 06:28 GMT	6 points
	Well Mr.Burns had done it. The Power Plant had won it. With Roger Clemens clucking all the while, Mike Socia's tragic illness made us smile, While Wade Boggs laid unconscious on the bar-room tile. Chorus: We're talking softball. From Maine to San Diego. Talking softball, Mattingly and Conseco, Ken Griffy's grotesquely swollen jaw Steve Sax and his run-in with the law, We're talking Homer.....Ozzy and the Straw. We're talking softball. From Maine to San Diego. Talking softball, Mattingly and Conseco, Ken Griffy's grotesquely swollen jaw Steve Sax and his run-in with the law, We're talking Homer.....Ozzy and the Straw.

	willy1273:	Dec 26th, 2009 at 02:53 GMT	1 point
	could not spell scioscia to save my life

	AndyII:	May 9th, 2010 at 03:34 GMT	1 point
	Wikipedia lists Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, Mordecai Brown, Gabby Street, Pie Traynor, Harry Hooper, Nap Lajoie, Joe Jackson, and Jim Creighton as the players Mr. Burns wants to recruit. Could all of them be bonuses? Pretty please?

	idledandy:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 04:24 GMT	2 points
	The funniest thing, in retrospect, is that this episode was produced BEFORE Mattingly's real-life haircut benching.

	electricbassguy:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 05:35 GMT	2 points
	Well, mr burns had done it, the power plant had won it

	WeirFan:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 12:16 GMT	1 point
	If you watch the Mattingly scene closely, Mr. Burns actually has sideburns himself.

Can you name the ringers hired by Mr. Burns in the Homer at the Bat episode (1992)?

Homer at the Bat Quiz

Can you name the ringers hired by Mr. Burns
in the Homer at the Bat episode (1992)?