Sunday Name That Cub

by Al Yellon on Dec 28, 2008 8:00 AM CST in Name That Cub

Perhaps I'll finally stump you with this one, which was sent to me by BCB reader Aaron Davis, who took it himself.

Clues: he was a Cub for two seasons -- and the uniform itself should be a clue.

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Probably Not....

I don’t remember his first name, last name Hubbard? Was a catcher???

by CubAngel on Dec 28, 2008 8:08 AM CST reply actions

Probably Not....pt. 2

I thought of this name after reading someone else’s guess….what about another former catcher that I can’t remember his first name, last name Pratt? (Mark Pratt maybe???)

by CubAngel on Dec 28, 2008 10:28 AM CST up reply actions

He was on the 1994 team that wore the uniform and played parts of 2 seasons with the Cubs. What leads me away from him are the sunglasses in the photo- a catcher wouldn’t have shades propped up on his hat like that.

"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher

by The Lip on Dec 28, 2008 10:38 AM CST up reply actions

NOPE pt. 2...

I was thinking of Todd Pratt and he only played a single season with the Cubs, ’95.

by CubAngel on Dec 28, 2008 11:44 AM CST up reply actions

I believe

you are thining of Trenidad Hubbard. He was only with the Cubs for a year – the last year of his career if I remember correct.

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by cubbieblue86 on Dec 28, 2008 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

NOPE

I was thinking of Mike Hubbard, and he played 3 seasons with the Cubs: ’95, ’96 & ’97.

by CubAngel on Dec 28, 2008 11:41 AM CST up reply actions

How about

Mark Parent.

"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07

by RynoHoF on Dec 28, 2008 8:58 AM CST reply actions

What about

Rey Sanchez?

by conrad on Dec 28, 2008 9:27 AM CST reply actions

That's what I thought

But Sanchez was a Cub for several years. Is it Jose Guzman?

by elgato on Dec 28, 2008 9:32 AM CST up reply actions

Eddie Zambrano.

CUBS WIN! CUE THE ORCHESTRA!

by Keith on Dec 28, 2008 9:50 AM CST reply actions

I'll 2nd Eduado Zambrano

"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher

by The Lip on Dec 28, 2008 10:22 AM CST up reply actions

Looks pretty close

by cubfan2201 on Dec 28, 2008 11:45 AM CST up reply actions

It would be helpful to see more than half of his face, though.

CUBS WIN! CUE THE ORCHESTRA!

by Keith on Dec 28, 2008 11:54 AM CST up reply actions

What about

Ramon Martinez …

by jselinger24 on Dec 28, 2008 9:53 AM CST reply actions

that was my guess

I think that uni is a bit early for the Dusty days though

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Dec 28, 2008 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

Miguel Cairo?

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Dec 28, 2008 10:18 AM CST reply actions

Mike Perez?

It’s either him or Eddie Zambrano, who’s mentioned above.

"Some people will look at a glass of water and say it's half-empty, while another guy will look at it and say it's half-full. A Cubs fan looks at the same glass and asks, "When's it gonna spill?" - Mike Royko

by LaddieRenfroe on Dec 28, 2008 11:38 AM CST reply actions

DINGDINGDING!!!

We have a winner. It’s Mike Perez, who I had almost forgotten even played for the Cubs.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Dec 28, 2008 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

AL YOUR RIGHT .........

Back to the Motor City Mess LIONS went 0-16 …..Maybe the Ford family will take the fan’s serious now …..Gotta have some big changes .

by cubs north on Dec 28, 2008 4:44 PM CST reply actions

The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccanears gotta put away their champagne, their elusive record of going the season defeated is no more thanks to the Lions!

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by Chanman25 on Dec 28, 2008 6:42 PM CST up reply actions

Meh, with the Bears season over, its gonna be a boring two months

BCB Works Miracles: It saved my English grade!

by Chanman25 on Dec 28, 2008 6:32 PM CST reply actions

The Bears have only themselves to blame.

If they hadn’t pissed away the Atlanta game, they’d be getting ready for a playoff game.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Dec 28, 2008 8:01 PM CST up reply actions

Or for that matter...

…the Carolina game that we led 17-0 and ended up losing 20-17. We could’ve very well ended the season 11-5, but those two games along with today’s and Green Bay’s last week proved we’d have never succeeded in the postseason whatsoever.

Ahh well, ’least the Hawks are giving me something to enjoy in the gap between football season and baseball season…

by AeroZach on Dec 29, 2008 1:38 AM CST up reply actions

As long as we're mentioning blown games ...

don’t forget the Tampa Bay game.

Amazing, how much went the Bears’ way this year, and still they didn’t make the playoffs.

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Dec 29, 2008 11:35 PM CST up reply actions

How bout

how bout frank castillo?

by daddygumption on Dec 29, 2008 10:56 AM CST reply actions

LOL

I think my favorite aspect of these posts is the people who don’t bother to read the thread and submit an answer after the puzzle has been solved.

Yes, yes ... winter is indeed a pond upon which all of us must skate, braving frostbite and runny noses in the hopes that our cars will start and we shan't embarass ourselves slipping on a patch of black ice. Spring is more a quagmire of cold mud and slush, and fall is a pile of fallen leaves that may or may not hide a pile of doggy doo-doo. But summer, ah summer is an oasis of endless green that disappears all too quickly beneath our feet as we rush through its warm, glorious bliss.

by daver on Dec 30, 2008 12:07 PM CST up reply actions