Take the '06 WS Roster Quiz!

by zackkrunkly on Oct 7, 2009 4:52 AM EDT Comment 35 comments

Carp and the boys will crack open the NLDS against the Dodgers tonight, and I'm sure we've all got dreams a-brewin' of that spectacular playoff run from three years back.

But, just how lucid were we all that fantastic fall? How badly did those Cuervo-drenched postgame celebrations degrade our World Series memories?

If you practiced some temperance in '06 and have viewed, multiple times, each game of that installment of the Fall Classic, you might be able to name all 25 men (plus three notable omissions) on the Cardinals' last World Series roster.

If you'd like to give it a shot, here's the quiz I made on Sporcle!: http://www.sporcle.com/games/zackkrunkly/06cardsroster .

Be warned. There could be a high frustration factor in this quiz. I took the thing immediately after I created it, and I still missed two!

Feel free to let me know if I made any factual errors. And, comment to let us all know if you're proud of your score!

EDIT: A lot of answers are posted in the comments below, so don't scroll down (unless you absolutely have to get that last name).

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very cool

i got 21/28. pretty hard really. cant believe i forgot miles. haha.

"I throw him four wide ones then try to pick him off first base." - Preacher Roe on Stan Musial

by Shi on Oct 7, 2009 7:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

26 of 28

Forgot Looper, of all people, and Preston Wilson

"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller

by fourstick on Oct 7, 2009 8:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

took me forever to remember wilson's name

Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.

by prophetjohn on Oct 13, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

25

I forgot Looper, Bennett, and Thompson. Poor Thompson… he’s still on the team and I forgot him. I kept thinking for sure tha Jose Vizcaino and Julian Tavarez and Miguel Cairo should be in there, but history refused to change itself to fit my idea of how things should have happened.

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Oct 7, 2009 9:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I also tried to enter Vizcaino and Cairo.

"I think those scorers must be from Mars or Venus. Or maybe they're just from that book." --Mike Shannon, 7/09/2009
"POOL TEMPERATURES FUCK YEAH"--tgreenfield, The September 10th-11th VEB Off-Topic Explosion

by andi_k on Oct 7, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

23

Missed Reyes, Looper, Miles, Rodriguez, Hancock. All pretty easy ones to miss. I’m an idiot.

by WyoCardsFan on Oct 7, 2009 9:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

25

I forgot Looper, too, which is unbelievable to me. I also forgot Mark Mulder (which has to be some sort of subconscious way to deal with that trade for him). I also forgot J-Rod, which is unacceptable.

Is it bad that the “DH” slot made me think of Miles because I thought that maybe TLR penciled him in as the DH in a game?

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Oct 7, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

26/28

I forgot Tyler Johnson and Josh Hancock, forgetting Josh Hancock makes me feel really bad and ruined my day. Thanks.

by mynameistyler on Oct 7, 2009 10:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I forgot hancock and J-rod and ended up with 26, too.

the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus

by tom s. on Oct 7, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

22

Missed Wilson, Taguchi (un-forgiveable, I know), Isringhausen (just put him out of mind, i guess), Hancock, Thompson (poor Brad Thompson…), and J-Rod.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 7, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

25

Forgot Gary Bennett, Tyler Johnson, and John Rodriguez. Oh well. I had a fun time trying to get Scott Spiezio spelled correctly.

"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work"
-Mark Twain

by Taskmaster on Oct 7, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kept putting reggie sanders in, couldn't remember that...no that was the WS we had a good team and shouldve won.

by ADMDrayson on Oct 7, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

24 out of 28

by cardsgirl95 on Oct 7, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I forgot Looper as well.

Weird how many of us have forgotten him.

by cardsgirl95 on Oct 7, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got 21 of 28

… and a couple of my misses were of the kick-myself variety.

I missed: Tyler Johnson, Randy Flores, Belliard (kick myself), Preston Wilson (kick myself), Hancock (just makes me feel bad), Mulder, and Marquis (both of which make me kind of proud to have forgotten, in a way.)

Lou Brock loves Lamp.

by birdjam on Oct 7, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You should definitely kick yourself

for forgetting all of those guys while still remembering that John Rodriguez was on the team.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 7, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Missed Bennet, Mulder, and J-Rod.

"Of course Kolby Rasmus was going deep! That’s what Kolby Rasmus does! You don’t give Kolby Rasmus second chances!" -Kolby Rasmus

by hazel on Oct 7, 2009 12:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

26 of 28

Can’t believe I forgot about Looper and Mulder.

by andi_k on Oct 7, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Johnson always gets me

Yeah, I retook the quiz last night after posting this, and I couldn’t remember that last RP.

by zackkrunkly on Oct 7, 2009 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Also

I just checked the game stats, and some people are forgetting Pujols (guessed 98.8% of the time). He’s still the most-guessed, though, with Carp right behind at 96.8%. I’ll probably post the full stats later in the week just in case anyone wants to see.
Thanks to everyone! Over 400 people took the quiz today!

by zackkrunkly on Oct 7, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Make it 600!

I can’t believe the response. Cards fans truly are awesome.

by zackkrunkly on Oct 7, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got all of them except...

Juan Encarnacion.

D’oh.

by mojowo11 on Oct 7, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Perfect score!

"In 2035, 25 young men will be able to call themselves world champions. Some of those guys haven’t even been born yet. And some of them are Asian." -Mike Shannon

by Alxfritz on Oct 7, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs