Los Angeles Dodgers - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

In March 2024, news of a “massive theft” targeting a player on this team broke during an investigation into a betting scandal involving that player’s translator. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this MLB team that signed Shohei Ohtani from the cross-town Angels in the largest contract in pro sports history in December 2023.

ANSWER: Los Angeles Dodgers [prompt on Los Angeles or LA] (Los Angeles is not outright acceptable since the Angels are sometimes referred to as LA despite being in Anaheim.)

[10m] Ohtani played this position for the Dodgers in 2024 while recovering from an elbow surgery. In 2022, the NL adopted this position after the MLB made it “universal” among both its leagues.

ANSWER: designated hitter [or DH; accept universal designated hitter or universal DH]

[10h] During the 2024 offseason, the Dodgers also signed this Japanese pitcher from the NPB’s Orix Buffaloes. This player pitched three consecutive Triple Crown seasons prior to playing in the MLB.

ANSWER: Yoshinobu Yamamoto [or Yamamoto Yoshinobu]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	8	18.75	88%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	12.50	88%	38%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	25.00	100%	83%	67%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	23.00	90%	80%	60%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	20.00	89%	78%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	75%	75%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	89%	56%	44%

Data


Michigan State B	CWRU A (UG)	10	0	0	10
CWRU C (UG)	Michigan B (UG)	10	0	0	10
Michigan D (UG)	Miami A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Miami B (UG)	Miami C (DII)	0	0	0	0
Michigan A (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	0	0	10
Michigan State A	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
UNC B	Appalachian State B	10	0	10	20
Ohio State C (DII)	Ohio State A (UG)	10	0	0	10
West Virginia A (UG)	Ohio State B (DII)	10	10	0	20
UW Chastity	UW Greed	10	10	0	20
UW Envy	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Furman	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Tennessee B	Belmont	0	0	0	0
Clemson A	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
Emory A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
VCU	Duke A	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	UNC C	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
NC State	Duke B	10	0	0	10
UNC A	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State A	UNC D	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Virginia	10	10	0	20
UCSD	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	UCLA C	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Penn A (DII)	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Rowan A (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A (UG)	NYU B	0	0	0	0
Bard A (UG)	Princeton A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Cornell A	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Binghamton B	0	0	0	0
Cornell D	ESF	10	0	10	20
RIT B	Cornell F	10	10	10	30
Cornell G	RIT C	10	10	10	30
Penn State	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
Cornell E	Syracuse	10	0	0	10
U of Rochester B	Cornell C	10	10	10	30
Alberta	UBC A	10	0	0	10
UW Lust	UBC B	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
UW Pride	UW Sloth	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Emory Oxford	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Southern	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	USC	10	0	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Fordham A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A (DII)	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	WashU B	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Illinois A	0	0	0	0
Illinois C	Notre Dame B	10	0	0	10
Purdue C	Iowa A	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
SIUE	Illinois D	10	0	0	10
WashU A	Purdue A	10	10	10	30