Month: November 2025

Why is Jackie Bradley Jr. in the news? Here’s your choices.

He became the first former MLB player to qualify for the U.S. World Cup soccer team.

He became the first former MLB player to travel to space on a Space X rocket.

He became the first former MLB player to appear in a lead role on a major Broadway play in NYC.

He became the first former MLB player to commit to playing full time in Banana Ball.

And the answer is…

Sports fans love knowing the latest rookies, especially those making a huge impact on the games we watch – so we came up with Mookie Rookie Cookie – a fun quiz about rookies – click here to watch our first video installment of Mookie Rookie Cookie. We named the quiz after players who were rookies awhile ago – Mookie Wilson, Mookie Betts, Cookie Gilchrist, Cookie Rojas and Cookie Lavagetto. All the questions are based on the latest & greatest rookies. Enjoy!!!

At 22 yeas, 88 days, Trey Yesavage became the second youngest pitcher to start Game 1 of a World Series – and that leads us to the question, who is the youngest pitcher to start Game 1 of a World Series?

Ralph Terry

Ralph Branca

Ralph Houk

Ralph Garr

Ralph Kramden