Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Sports Legends) for Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (Season 38, Game 23):
When Johnny Bench broke his record, this man wrote, “I always thought the record would stand until it was broken”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Mary Garvey, a pastor from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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Bilal Ali, a product manager from Seattle, Washington
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Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (2-day total: $51,700)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: A lot of fans are missing Matt Amodio’s run as champion, but after yesterday’s game, I think we can safely say that he was dethroned by a very worthy champion in Jonathan, who picked up a very strong total before Final Jeopardy. Moreover, this proves just how strong of a player Jessica was on Monday, who very nearly beat both Matt and Jonathan herself! Jonathan will be looking to extend his streak to 3 today against Mary and Bilal.
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Correct response: Who is Yogi Berra?
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When Yogi Berra retired, he held MLB records for hits, runs, and home runs by a catcher; Cincinnati Reds catcher passed Berra’s home run mark in the summer of 1980, leading to a telegram and the aforementioned quote from Berra.
In 2015, Johnny Bench tweeted out the telegram that Berra sent him: “Congratulations on breaking my home run record last night. I always thought the record would stand until it was broken. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Best of luck the rest of the season, but take it easy on Dale and the Pirates. Maybe we’ll see you in October. Yogi” (Dale was Yogi’s son who was an infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jonathan $15,800
Mary $12,600
Bilal $5,400
Tonight’s results:
Bilal $5,400 + $5,395 = $10,795 (Who is Berra?)
Mary $12,600 + $3,300 = $15,900 (Who is Yogi Berra?)
Jonathan $15,800 + $2,500 = $18,300 (Who is Yogi Berra?) (3-day total: $70,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mary $2,800
Bilal $2,200
Jonathan $1,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE SABBATH $600 (clue #18)
Mary 2800 -2000 (Jonathan 1400 Bilal 800)
2) SHAKESPEARE’S INSULTS $800 (clue #4)
Jonathan 6000 +3000 (Bilal 2200 Mary 2800)
3) DOUBLE-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800 (clue #17, $16000 left on board)
Mary 7600 +3000 (Jonathan 11800 Bilal 4200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 18
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: NAMES IN FASHION $600 LINCOLN, BLINKEN $200
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.13 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jonathan $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 6 incorrect, 38.18% in first on buzzer (21/55), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Mary $12,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 4 incorrect, 23.64% in first on buzzer (13/55), 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
Bilal $5,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 7 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,400
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,200
Jonathan Fisher, career statistics:
68 correct, 9 incorrect
8/8 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
36.31% in first on buzzer (61/168)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,333
Bilal Ali, career statistics:
14 correct, 7 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,400
Mary Garvey, career statistics:
17 correct, 4 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
23.64% in first on buzzer (13/55)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Jonathan Fisher, to win:
4 games: 65.696%
5: 43.160%
6: 28.354%
7: 18.628%
8: 12.238%
Avg. streak: 4.915 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Contestants should always wager in Final Jeopardy based on the game situation and not on the category, as even in a category that looks intimidating, you could always see a clue as straightforward as this one. It always amuses me greatly to see contestants run scared from a sports category, only to see the clue go 3/3 in Final.
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How can you put yourself in a situation where you could have the correct answer in FJ…and still lose?
I must confess, I have no idea what the FJ wagers was about. Everyone should try to win????????
What the heck was Jonathan thinking when he wagered that??????? For my cup of tea, Mary’s wager was totally correct because in theory her only hope is that the Jonathan gets it wrong. But as Al Davis used to say…..”just win baby”.
I agree. I thought Mary might bet zero. Bilal couldn’t catch her, and from her position, you have to figure the leader has to miss for you to win. Jonathan took a chance, but he got lucky and it worked out.
When they mentioned Johnny Bench’s home run record, I was wondering if it was the single season catchers’ one that Salvador Perez broke a few weeks ago. Turns out it was not.
Interezting FJ wagers. Mary should have bet even less to guarantee beating Balal and would have no chance if Jonathan got it right – assuming he covered. Big surprise Jonathan didn’t cover. Maybe he guessed Mary’s (near) strategy. But probably not -more likely he just didn’t like the category.
Considering that Dale Berra wasn’t a catcher, and wasn’t as famous like his dad, glad that the judges didn’t ask for a first name in the response.
Unlikely but as others have said, I’d also like to see Jessica again. She and Jonathan were trading the lead back and forth near the end of DJ and either could have ended up leading going into FJ.
And Matt played a bad game including his wager in FJ which should have been less since his only hope was for both his opponents to miss. And with history and geography two of his best subjects really a surprise he got it wrong. I guess it’s possible he went for a “longshot” answer as his best hope figuring his opponents would pick the “obvious” answer.
Now I’m curious about when this episode was taped. When Salvador Perez broke Bench’s single season record for home runs by a primary catcher (about a month ago), Bench tweeted his congratulations using that quote from Yogi. I wonder if that was the inspiration for this clue.
Definitely the first taping since Mike Richards’ firing.
Commenting from St. Louis, Yogi’s
hometown:
If Yogi had been brought up on
charges by the Language Police, and
I had been his defense attorney, I
would have argued that his message
was not idiosyncratic, incoherent,
or ungrammatical in any way: to wit,
Yogi’s sentence “I always thought
the record would stand until it was
broken” is exactly synonymous with
“Until it was broken (the previous
night, by Johnny Bench), I had
always thought the record would
stand.”
The word order is different, but
both versions are coherent and mean
the same thing. Yogi churned out a
lot of funny Yogiisms during his
lifetime, and who among us doesn’t
want to have our spirits lifted by
America’s late, great folk-philosopher–but it’s not at all
clear to me that the Johnny Bench
message was in fact a Yogiism.
Congratulations, Yogi, on your
commemorative stamp! What’s next?
A U.S. coin? Currency?
My favorite Yogiism. “ No one goes there anymore. Its too crowded.”
Yogi Berra is supposed to have said “I really didn’t say everything I said.”