Cubs Hometown Bums
ESPN had an article today that's sort of the antithesis to MLB's Hometown Heros promotion: the Hometown Bums. They also have a full ballot with all 30 MLB teams as well.
I'll save you the click and let you know that the Cubs five were Ernie Broglio, Steve Bartman, Leon Durham, Corey Patterson and Todd Hundley.
I disagree with several of these choices, and add a few choices of my own at my blog. Yes, a blatant plug. Check it out:
http://chicagosportsblogs.com/mikej/archive/2006/09/13/7492.aspx
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Agreed
by VS on Sep 14, 2006 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
ESPN
And the incessant pizza references in the cut-away
by Santos Sorrow @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on Sep 14, 2006 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
And Leon Durham.
Durham hit the most impressive home run...
Durham hit a ball skyward and we all lost sight of it (behind the upper deck), but watched the opposing team's right-fielder back up to the wall. That ball was out of sight for an eternity! Finally it came down in the basket in right field, to the chagrin of the waiting outfielder. But Durham must have hit that ball a mile high based on how long it took to reach the wall. I wished I had seen the whole flight of the ball, but it was probably more memorable this way.
by SiValleyCubFan on Sep 15, 2006 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Your suggestions from your website....
by ontheuptick on Sep 14, 2006 10:06 AM CDT reply actions
Oh yes he should
by cubbiejulie on Sep 14, 2006 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I second that
Correction
Yes
He's a jerk.
Ok LaTroy was not the contrite type
was my all time favorite by an ex-Cub
He told the media that despite what people
may think, he loved playing for the Cubs, Loved
Dusty, the team and the City
Then someone asked him about the fans
and he replied
"There is only so much love to go around"
DEAD ON given what he was put through and
a bit better than Freddy giving someone the finger
Not all players are warm and fuzzy. LaTroy's mistake
was EVER letting Dusty talk him into closing
by jessica on Sep 14, 2006 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmmm...
DmL
Ah, the endless moralism of sports
Really, celebrity watching (TomKat did what?!) and sports (Barry Bonds is a big meanie!) is all about personality.
Weird how worked up people get over who is a nice guy and not. Shrug.
by NLBallClub on Sep 14, 2006 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Um, yeah, but that's part of the job.
Every rose has its thorn...plus other, great '80's hair-band songs.
by jcub on Sep 14, 2006 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Hey, I do it too, sometimes it just strikes me as "Hmmm, we really arent talking about 'manly' sports anymore, are we?", if that makes sense.
by NLBallClub on Sep 15, 2006 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Well...
Hawkins SUCKED as a Cub. That may have been because Dusty misused him. It may have been because he left the safety of Minnesota. But he sucked as a Cub. Then he comes out and lashes out against the media and fans, showing no insight into why fans were frustrated with him. I don't care about Latroy's personality, I care that he played like crap as a Cub. However, if someone is going to rewrite history and not acknowledge the major role that Latroy played in his downfall here, I will argue with that. Latroy Hawkins has only himself to blame for the PR he recieved, something that he, Bob Nightengale and Dusty Baker seemed to have forgotten. Perhaps you don't care...thats your right.
Bonds. You think it's about him being a big meanie? Wow are you out to lunch.
DmL
Whoa Whoa
I was making a more generalized observation about how quick sports fans, myself included, are to pass judgment on moral issues that really go beyond the realm of baseball (or football, whatever, performance). Ok, Bonds took roids... and... and... DRUGS IS BAD... pfft. How many of my buddies have drunk driven at one point or another in their lives? How many have drank before age 21 (back then)? How many have not declared perhaps every cash gift on their 1040's? How many have maybe had a puff from the wacky tabacky at a party?
Bonds might have been the best player to take steroids, but we'll never know how many were; I suspect based on who has been busted officially thus far it was vastly beyond the poster-children everyone loves to beat up on (Sosa, McGwire, Palmerio, etc).
Maybe I am wrong about Bonds and am out to lunch, but look how many threads here, "Bynum swears!!!" etc, how much of sports radio, and how many columnists have nothing much to say other than "so and so is a bad person".
Glass houses, that's all.
by NLBallClub on Sep 15, 2006 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Too bad they had...
by DudeVf1 on Sep 14, 2006 10:21 AM CDT reply actions
Brock for Broglio
Broglio does NOT belong on that list
could have forseen you blame the PLAYER?
Three guesses who I am putting at the top
LARRY HIMES. I don't think I need to say why
by jessica on Sep 14, 2006 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
It would be interesting
Instead of Bartman it should be...
And Broglio?
Please.
There should be a spot for Larry Himes over Broglio.
by theprognosticator on Sep 14, 2006 1:03 PM CDT reply actions
I don't think...
by thekansasian on Sep 14, 2006 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Or how about
if we gonna play that, howzabout
or Larry Bowa and the Penguin?
Any other suggestions?
the dishonorable mentions: Mel Rojas, Wendell Kim, Neifi Perez, Don Baylor, Antonio Alfonseca, Larry Himes, Glendon Rusch, Lenny F. Harris, Shawn Estes, Jose Macias, Freddie Bynum...though none of these guys met the "bum" quotient as they simply were untalented, overused, or both. They all tried their hardest and were mostly cordial with the fans (except for Bynum it seems!)
I'm satisfied with the choices of Hawkins, The Farns, and Baker; though I could be convinced otherwise.
I seriously thought of Himes over Hawkins, but time has seemed to heal some of those wounds. Well, no it hasn't but the Hawkins wounds are too fresh to ignore.
I would remove The Farns
by jcub on Sep 14, 2006 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Himes
Hundley
In fact, if trading him hadn't netted us Eric Karros and Mark Grudzielanek in perhaps the second most one-sided favorable trade in Cubs history (Lofton and A-Ram for Bobby Hill and other such nonsense being perhaps #1) I'd say his career in Chicago was a disaster. As it is, his career was a disaster with the Cubs, but his impact in 2003 (god I loved Karros and Grudzy!) was awesome.
Rojas
Rojas
Plus, Hawkins' "I can do your job but you can't do mine" remark really bugged me.
I don't remember
You, me, and everyone
All-time busts
I think this is the one consolation we can take from this train wreck of a season: At least some young arms are developing and looking (somewhat) promising, including a slew of lefties--something the organization has not had in a long time if ever.
by writerinwrigley on Sep 14, 2006 5:38 PM CDT reply actions
recent players
Think of this year, it's almost possible to name a Least Valuable Player, whereas in 2003 and 2004 it was easy to pinpoint one or two weaknesses.
Jim Frey the GM..
Frey should be on there for trades
by TR on Sep 14, 2006 7:12 PM CDT reply actions
I don't know if he destroyed it....
This is off-topic
by gbs on Sep 14, 2006 8:00 PM CDT reply actions
Try this one...
This weekend
by gbs on Sep 14, 2006 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
My list
- Todd Hundley (the $24 million man who could no longer catch, no longer hit and had a bad attitude and a drinking problem to boot)
- Bobby Murcer (arghhhh)
- Mark Prior (the biggest pussy in baseball I have ever seen in 30 years of passionately following baseball)
- Scott Sanderson (the 80's version of Prior, only he worked slower and drove Harry bonkers)
- Fred McGriff ("Fred slept here" is carved into the Cub dugout seats I'm pretty sure)
by BlueBooHoo on Sep 14, 2006 11:01 PM CDT reply actions
Steve Bartman
by BlueBooHoo on Sep 14, 2006 11:04 PM CDT reply actions
agree
by Johnny Callison was a Cub on Sep 14, 2006 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Larry Himes, and Larry Himes
Hundley and Hawkins.
by Johnny Callison was a Cub on Sep 14, 2006 11:05 PM CDT reply actions
Ryno retired
by BlueBooHoo on Sep 14, 2006 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Not going there
is enough to qualify the man as biggest Cub bum
of all time.
by jessica on Sep 15, 2006 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't forget Burt Hooton ..
I remember watching him win what I believe was his first start as a rookey in a decisive fashion that had the whole town buzzing and how aw-shucksy he was - only to watch him become a whiny, overweight bullpen-bound baby. His knuckleball went too far south to help anymore and he cried so much over it they finally dumped him.

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