Hello, everyone and welcome the newest installment of FireBrand trivia sponsored by Greatest Game CD. Currently, six different people are tied for first place! (Check out the trivia leaderboard here.) Who will pull out the victory? We will continue this round in sudden death format — the first person to break the tie will win this round of trivia.
Today’s trivia question:
Who was the most recent Red Sox player to be born on January 1, and what year was he born? (Half a point for each answer.)
HONOR CODE: No search engines.
After the jump: The answer to the previous question, plus information on the grand prize.
Previous question answer: The Red Sox regular with at least 100 games played with the highest BABIP was Adrian Gonzalez. His BABIP is .380.
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