Baseball-specific questions on ‘Jeopardy’ are not made for us. Knowledge on the popular quiz show is designed to be broad based, and only so deep. Think about the baseball-equivalent question of the capital of Montana. What would that be? Which team does Gerrit Cole play for? This team won the AL West in 2016? Something like that?
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In any case, the questions are not supposed to be as easy as basically laying out Kris Bryant’s bio and then asking for his name. And such a question DEFINITELY shouldn’t be earmarked as the toughest one in the category. AND even if such a question IS earmarked as the toughest one in the category, EVERYONE SHOULD GET THAT ONE RIGHT, DAGNABBIT.
But alas, this week on ‘Jeopardy’ …
In Corey’s defense there, the question (ok “answer” – stick it with your backwards format, ‘Jeopardy’) did mention World Series and MVP, so dropping a “Zobrist” at least has some cogent defensibility.
But, I mean, it’s Kris Bryant! How could you know Zobrist and not Bryant?
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I have no doubt that these college students are otherwise brilliant young people, but a part of me is breaking in this moment.
I’m gonna need to watch Greg Maddux pranking Kris Bryant again just to feel better. (But then I think about Maddux pulling a prank on Corey, and, at the moment of the reveal, when the fake beard comes off, Corey exclaims, “OMG! It’s Ben Zobrist!”)