Thursday trivia: How many stitches on a baseball?

We’ll have a blog post up in a few minutes about last night’s World Series game.

In the meantime, do you know the answer to our Thursday Trivia question?

It’s the old trivia favorite.

How many stitches are on a regulation Major League baseball?

Pro Tip: Don’t try counting them. There are some hidden ones.

If you know the answer, post it here, give us a tweet @BB_Express or find us on Facebook.

Last week we asked you to name the current holder of the MLB single-season home run record. Many of you got that one right.

It is Barry Bonds.

Related: Speaking of baseballs, we’ve got tons of them.

Twitter Trivia: Sabathia puts the Yanks on the brink

New York dropped the hammer on the L.A. Angels on Tuesday, and now the Yankees are one game away from their first World Series since 2003.

On just three days rest, CC Sabathia struck out five batters and gave up a run and two walks, and the Yankees’ big bats powered them to a 10-1 victory.

New York, which leads the series 3-1, can capture the AL pennant tonight at 7 p.m. on Fox.

The media has hailed Tuesday’s win as another positive step for Sabathia. The 6-foot-7, 290-pound lefty has struggled at times for the Yankees this season, his first in the Bronx. He has hit his stride late in the season, however, and will certainly be in contention for the AL Cy Young Award.

This week’s Twitter trivia question is about Sabathia’s roots. We know he started his career with a seven-year stint in Cleveland and a year in Milwaukee, but what did he do before that?

Where did CC Sabathia go to high school?

If you know the answer, give us a tweet @BB_Express. You’ll get extra credit if you can name any of the colleges that offered him football scholarships.

Last week, we asked when was the last time the L.A. Dodgers have won the World Series. The answer is 1988.

Congrats to @MikeLong30 and Facebooker Brian H. for answering it correctly.

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Twitter trivia: Dodgers and Phillies meet in NL Championship Series

The battle for the National League pennant begins tonight in California as Los Angeles and Philadelphia meet for the first game of the NLCS.

The game is slated for a 7 p.m. Central start on TBS.

As we all already know, the Phillies are the defending champions.

Philly defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 last season to win the second World Series in franchise history, cementing its return to prominence after so long as one of the MLB’s sad sack teams.

This week’s Twitter trivia question has to do with the Dodgers.

The Dodgers have six World Series titles, 21 National League pennants and have won the NL West in three of the past five seasons. It has been a while since the Dodgers have won it all, though, and that’s our question of the week.

When is the last time the L.A. Dodgers have won the World Series?

If you know the answer, feel free to post in this thread or give us a tweet @BB_Express.

Last week, we asked about the 2007 World Series. The Boston Red Sox thumped the Colorado Rockies in the matchup, and @cb_harrison correctly said that the Sox swept the series in four games.

Related: Gear up for the World Series with our selection of MLB team hats.

Twitter trivia: Mark Reynolds whiffs into the history books

For last week’s Twitter trivia question, we talked about Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki and his consistency at the plate.

Ichiro set a Major League record this month as he reached the 200 hit mark for the ninth-consecutive season. Ichiro, who also holds the league record for hits in a season (262), is also closing in on Pete Rose’s record of 10 total 200-hit seasons.

As Ichiro was cementing his place as one of the most consistent players in professional baseball history this past month, Arizona’s Mark Reynolds was setting a consistency mark of his own.

Reynolds struck out three times in the D-Backs’ 10-8 victory over San Francisco on Tuesday to re-set the MLB record for strikeouts in a season. Reynolds has 205 strikeouts so far this season, bettering the mark of 204 whiffs he set last year.

The strikeouts are a byproduct of Reynolds’ heavy hitting. He has 43 home runs — second in the Majors to Albert Pujols — and 100 RBIs, the hundredth coming in the win over the Giants.

That leads us to the Twitter trivia question for the week: When Reynolds set the strikeout record last year, whose record did he break?

We all know for sure that, no matter who it is, he’ll be sending Reynolds a Christmas card this year.

Last week, we asked: Whose record did Ichiro break when he surpassed the 200 hit mark this season?

The answer is Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Keeler, who set the record with eight consecutive 200-hit seasons from 1894 to 1901.

Congratulations for coojuu for giving us the correct answer!

Related: Make strikeouts a thing of the past with our selection of baseball batting aids.