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Of the players selected in MLB draft history, 22 have jumped straight to the majors without ever playing in the minors. In the past 40 years, it’s happened eight times, and three of those eight were position players. Name any one of those position players.

(Hint: One of them was an outfielder drafted out of Oklahoma State who still holds the career and single-season Division I home run records, and hit 20-plus home runs and struck out more than 100 times in each of his first five Major League seasons, all with the Rangers. Another was a two-way player out of Washington State who currently has the two-way college player of the year award named after him and won an American League batting title. And the most recent was drafted by San Diego from Cal in 2000, and played 12 seasons primarily as an outfielder with the Padres, Mets, Pirates, Yankees, Cubs, Diamondbacks and Nationals.)

Pete Incaviglia, John Olerud, Xavier Nady

Hockey

This goon gained prominence in January of 2016 when, after an online campaign, he was named captain of the Pacific Division team for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game, despite only having scored five goals in his entire 10-year career. He subsequently won the tournament MVP and his All-Star Game helmet was sent to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

John Scott

Olympics

Give the two-word alliterative nickname of the swimmer Alexander Popov, the only man to ever win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle—a nickname that was more famously used for a hockey hall of famer.

Russian Rocket