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The Wednesday Quiz

The Yankees close out their season with three games against the Red Sox this weekend. Here's a quiz about the greatest rivalry in baseball. The answers will be posted tomorrow.

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1. Name the three players on last year's World Series-winning Yankees who had previously played for the Red Sox.

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2. The first year the Yankee franchise moved to New York was also the year of the first World Series, which was won by Boston. What were the nicknames of those two organizations in 1903?

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3. Babe Ruth of course started out as a pitcher for the Red Sox, compiling an 89-46 record in 158 games. Did he ever pitch for the Yankees?

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4. Before the 1986 season, Don Baylor was traded from the Yankees to the Red Sox for which player?

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5. Besides 1978, when the Yankees and Red Sox had to play a one-game tiebreaker, what other season did the two teams finish in a tie for first place?

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For more Yankees news and discussion, check out SB Nation's Pinstripe Alley.

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