Five Towns Jewish Home 7.21.22

Page 56

TJH

Centerfold

What a Name!

Riddle Me This

All but one of the following individuals play or played in the MLB. Can you spot the odd man out?

Five people (Ben, David, Sarah, Mimi and Shaya) are participating in a baseball game with some other people. Each plays a different position (first base, pitcher, shortstop, catcher, right field) and gets a different number of hits (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5). From the clues given below, can you figure out who did what?

Urban Shocker Boof Bonser Chief Bender

Clues: 1) Ben, the furthest from home base, had exactly twice as many hits as the pitcher. 2) The shortstop was tired after getting her fifth hit. 3) Shaya had more hits than all the other infielders except for Sarah. 4) David wears a mask.

Pickles Dilhoeffer Rollie Fingers Wonderful Monds Tim Spooneybarger

Shaya is the first baseman and he got 3 hits. Mimi is the pitcher and she got 2 hits.

Razor Shines

Sarah is the shortstop and she got 5 hits.

Jair Jurrjens Stolmy Pimentel

So, now you know everything:

Justin De Fratus

Ben is the right fielder and he got 4 hits.

Coco Crisp

David is the catcher and he got 1 hit. base, which leaves Mimi as the pitcher.

Phil Cokes Al Alburquerque Will Rhymes

From clue 4, we know that David is the catcher.

Chorye Spoone

Since we already know that Shaya had 3 hits and the pitcher had 2,

Chone Figgin

Shaya cannot be the pitcher. The only position left for him is first means that Sarah is the shortstop (see clue 2).

Brandon Beachy James Smith

and that she got 5 hits.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia

From clue 3, we know that Shaya had 3 hits and Isabel had 5. This From clue 2, we know that the shortstop is a woman (Mimi or Sarah) he got 4 hits and the pitcher got 2 hits. Answer: From clue 1, we know that Ben is the right fielder and that

Answer: James Smith

The Jewish Home | JULY 21, 2022

1. *

Home run!

56


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.