1 Hit : Bloody Nose :: 0 Hits : ???, and other analogies
This is the analogies section of this week’s NotGraphs SAT. Please choose the correct response from the choices below.
1. 1 Hit : Bloody Nose :: O Hits : _______
(a) Bloody Sock
(b) Bloody Fingers
(c) Bloody Brothers
(d) Bloody Screwball
2. Pitcher : Rick Ankiel :: Hitter : _______
(a) Brooks Kieschnick
(b) Micah Owings
(c) Rick Ankiel
(d) Steve Blass
3. Matt Harvey : Fernando Martinez :: Tom Seaver : _______
(a) Zack Wheeler
(b) Bill Pulsipher
(c) Shawn Abner
(d) Dwight Gooden
4. Joel Hanrahan : Andrew Bailey :: Andrew Bailey : _________
(a) Koji Uehara
(b) Junichi Tazawa
(c) Takashi Saito
(d) Daniel Bard
Answers: (?), (c), (c), (b for now)
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1 = b. On May 1, 1991, Nolan Ryan threw his seventh no-hitter with a bloody middle finger.