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Baseball June 4, 2016

June 1, 1932: John McGraw’s Final MLB Game as New York Giants Manager

From 1902 to 1932, the New York Giants had one manager: John McGraw. Under his leadership, the Giants won the National League pennant 10 times (tied with Casey Stengel for the record) and the World…

Baseball March 13, 2016

April 18, 1950: Vin Scully’s First Game

My second book, “The Games That Changed Baseball: Milestones In Major League History”, is now available for pre-order from McFarland! As part of this, I’m releasing the 18 unpublished chapters over the course of this…

Jeopardy! Masters Semi-Final Standings:
(through May 23)
1st: James Holzhauer (9 points, 3 wins, 72 correct, 51,400 Coryat, 70,000 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Matt Amodio (3 points, 1 win, 44 correct, 36,200 Coryat, 46,200 Pre-FJ)
3rd: Mattea Roach (2 points, 0 wins, 50 correct, 35,000 Coryat, 44,400 Pre-FJ)
4th: Andrew He (2 points, 0 wins, 45 correct, 33,400 Coryat, 37,600 Pre-FJ)

Jeopardy! Masters Quarter-Final Standings:
(through May 17)
1st: James Holzhauer (18 points, 6 wins, 193 correct, 152,600 Coryat, 247,805 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Andrew He (13 points, 3 wins, 131 correct, 107,000 Coryat, 121,800 Pre-FJ)
3rd: Matt Amodio (9 points, 3 wins, 115 correct, 88,800 Coryat, 112,800 Pre-FJ)
4th: Mattea Roach (8 points, 2 wins, 112 correct, 75,800 Coryat, 86,400 Pre-FJ)
5th: Amy Schneider (5 points, 0 wins, 95 correct, 66,800 Coryat, 70,800 Pre-FJ)
6th: Sam Buttrey (3 points, 0 wins, 115 correct, 70,000 Coryat, 80,600 Pre-FJ)

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Cris Pannullo $748,286
6. Mattea Roach $560,983
7. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
8. David Madden $430,400
9. Julia Collins $428,100
10. Matt Jackson $411,612
11. Austin Rogers $411,000
12. Ray Lalonde $386,400
13. Ryan Long $299,400
14. Arthur Chu $297,200
15. Seth Wilson $265,002
16. Ben Chan $252,600
17. Jonathan Fisher $246,100
18. Tom Nissley $235,405
19. Roger Craig $230,200
20. Hannah Wilson $229,801

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,953,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,464,216
4. Amy Schneider $1,709,800
5. Matt Amodio $1,679,601
6. Mattea Roach $822,983
7. David Madden $775,733
8. Cris Pannullo $749,286
9. Larissa Kelly $661,930
10. Matt Jackson $613,612
11. Roger Craig $556,200
12. Jason Zuffranieri $544,496
13. Jerome Vered $499,102
14. Julia Collins $495,767
15. Austin Rogers $488,000
16. Ben Ingram $444,201
17. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
18. Dan Pawson $431,902
19. Alex Jacob $426,802
20. Colby Burnett $408,333
21. Sam Kavanaugh $407,202
22. Arthur Chu $398,200
23. Ray Lalonde $388,400
24. Andrew He $359,365
25. Russ Schumacher $345,800