Rev_Beezer wrote:Hold on- the Cubs trained on an island. I'm guessing they didn't have exhibition games at that point? Not that you wouldn't be able to get a team there by boat, but in the 20's that would have been a logistical nightmare especially if other teams had Spring Training sites that were a distance.

phatj wrote:

Rev_Beezer wrote:Hold on- the Cubs trained on an island. I'm guessing they didn't have exhibition games at that point? Not that you wouldn't be able to get a team there by boat, but in the 20's that would have been a logistical nightmare especially if other teams had Spring Training sites that were a distance.

Catalina Island, right? It's not that far offshore. People ferry to and from there every day.

Spring training by major league teams in sites other than their regular season game sites began in the 1920s. They include the St. Louis Cardinals in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma; the New York Yankees in New Orleans and later Phoenix, Arizona, when the team was owned by Del Webb; the Chicago Cubs in Los Angeles when owned by William Wrigley Jr.; the St. Louis Browns and later the Kansas City Athletics in San Diego as well the A's were in West Palm Beach, Florida; the Pittsburgh Pirates in Honolulu and other teams joined in by the early 1940s.

JUburton wrote:On a more meta note, there's a lot of poor strategy on that show. People don't typically go for the daily doubles and they don't bet big enough when it's in their wheel house. If it's something science/sports related I'd basically double every goddamn time. It's basically your own personal final jeopardy question and if it's not a 1600/2000 one it's probably going to be pretty 'easy', especially in single.

Swiggers wrote:

JUburton wrote:On a more meta note, there's a lot of poor strategy on that show. People don't typically go for the daily doubles and they don't bet big enough when it's in their wheel house. If it's something science/sports related I'd basically double every goddamn time. It's basically your own personal final jeopardy question and if it's not a 1600/2000 one it's probably going to be pretty 'easy', especially in single.

More than anything else, there were two things that made Ken Jennings the powerhouse that he was:

1. He was REALLY fast on the buzzer.
2. He almost always found the Daily Doubles, and when he did, he almost always bet big on them.

Warszawa wrote:So the answers get more difficult as the dollar amounts increase in the column....but i always wondered if you find a daily double under $200 is the question easier than if you find it under $2000

Swiggers wrote:Last night, something happened that I've never seen before:

All three contestants bid everything in Final Jeopardy, and all got it wrong, so all ended with $0.

This being the teen tournament, the rule is that if one contest produces no winner, then the highest score among non-winners gets that slot in the next round. So, essentially, all three of them are out.

jerseyhoya wrote:

Swiggers wrote:Last night, something happened that I've never seen before:

All three contestants bid everything in Final Jeopardy, and all got it wrong, so all ended with $0.

This being the teen tournament, the rule is that if one contest produces no winner, then the highest score among non-winners gets that slot in the next round. So, essentially, all three of them are out.

Were two of them tied for the lead heading into Final Jeopardy or was the person in the lead just not so good at math?