In order to attract more viewers, I will reserve Thursdays for my Trivia Question of the Week post. Since anything more than 0 is an infinite increase, what do I have to lose?

So I will be choosing questions from a variety of subjects, so as to appeal to the broadest possible audience. Questions for young and old; sports fanatics and movie buffs – investment gurus like Kyle and technical wizards like John. History will be included as a topic, both recent and far past. I am not adverse to posting a trivia question that requires an – oh boy! – essay-type answer, which I will be the judge as to who’s is the best. That implies at least TWO readers, so everyone hold on to your hats! Let’s get with it.

Today’s trivia question will be from the Sports world, as I have recently invited Michael to visit the blog. So he’ll have an edge over all you viewers out there who don’t know a soccer ball from a basketball hoop! I got this one from the “Sports & Leisure” portion of the Genus version of Trivial Pursuit. Here goes:

What 1910s baseball player earned his nickname because his new spikes gave him blisters?

There it is! Have at it…