Monday Name That Cub
by Al Yellon on Dec 29, 2008 3:27 PM CST
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PrintThanks to BCB reader carmen_fanzone for the picture. And this time, no clues.
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Not Howry.
But you’re right, he does resemble Home Run Howry.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
He looks like Bob Howry...
…after a two-week heroin bender.
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.
Thought the same thing...
lol…
my first instinct was, bob howry at 17 on a wrigely tour.
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
though it's not wrigley in the picture...
…i initially thought so anyway…
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
you're kidding right
it is Wrigley
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Yes, it's Wrigley.
Look again.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I know 3Xs but
I know it’s Wrigley
I know the Torco sign was out in right
I know it was the 60s
But I don’t know who this guy is?
Was he a Bum? 
Bleacher Bum?
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
LOL
Nope. Maybe a former pitcher, who knows?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Lefty or righty
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Just losing my mind
…that’s all…recognized it, then didn’t, and did…
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
agreed. Too bad he's not smiling, 'cause if he was...
…I think he’d look exactly like “Jack”, one of Elaine’s boyfriends on a Seinfeld episode.
“Nobody beats me, because I’m the Wiz! I’m the Wiz!”
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Ken Crosby 1975
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 3:43 PM CST reply actions
Nice guess, but no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Yeah, there is a similarity in the look.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Lee Harvey Oswald?
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.
Nope.
He never played for the Cubs.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
That's what the Man wants you to think.
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.
Nope.
First clue: the background.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Thought about that
I see that there’s no Torco sign, but I wasn’t sure if the guy was just blocking it.
Eamus Catuli!
The Torco sign is on the other side of the field.
Look more closely at the bleacher walls. That’ll help.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Pretty close!
But no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
"Get out."
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.
Milt Wilcox
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 4:00 PM CST reply actions
The picture I found looked more like him.
He does have that irritated look though.
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 4:34 PM CST up reply actions
Ken Rudolph?
Brian McRae's 5 o'clock shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Dec 29, 2008 4:12 PM CST reply actions
??? This might be the one that stumps us.
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 4:14 PM CST reply actions
My God.
Just looking at the background makes me want to get a Wrigleyville in Photos book, 1914-present.
Glen Hobbie?
This is from the 60's based on the uniform neck
Also it looks like there isn’t a basket on the bleachers. So without guessing every 60’s player that I don’t know, anyone else with thoughts on clues to help narrow it?
Don Cardwell
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 4:27 PM CST reply actions
A great old Cubs picture
Trying to find who this is I found this great old picture. Check it out. Since it is probably copyrighted, I decided not to paste it here. Be sure to click the large version.
http://www.nytstore.com/ProdDetail.aspx?prodId=15981
It’s worth a look.
And who can identify the 7 players/coaches on the right?
You have the year but since it is spring training, they could be tough.
I can't figure out one person above.
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
Those must be the College of Coaches.
In ‘62 that included El Tappe, Vedie Himsl, Lou Klein, Charlie Metro, Bobby Adams, Ripper Collins, Goldie Holt and Fred Martin, so that’s probably who’s pictured there.
Who’s who, I wouldn’t have any idea. Buck O’Neil was also a coach in 1962, but he’s not in the group.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
The one next to Santo looks like a coach
but a few of them look a bit younger. 3rd from the right could be Andre Rodgers but who knows on the others. Looking at who appeared for the Cubs that year, wow.
Moe Morhardt
Jim McAnany
George Gerberman
Morrie Steevens (two e’s)
Who are these guys? No wonder the team lost 101.
103, actually.
That ’62 team was awful.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
That is
a cool pic. I would love a copy of that one.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Dec 29, 2008 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
that is a coolpix
kinda costly……….NY TIMES?
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Uh, yeah
I just picked a frame and “added to cart” to see what I’d be looking at….$495 ~ not quite in the budget for today.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." ~Alvin Dark
by DamonBerryhillsMitt on Dec 29, 2008 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
Chuck Connors?
"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse
At this rate we are going to need an overflow thread.
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 4:50 PM CST reply actions
LOL
Maybe. I’ll check later to see if you guys have guessed right.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
It almost got there.
Is there a required number for an overflow thread?
"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray
by CubbieintheSouth on Dec 29, 2008 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
Not specifically...
… usually, I just post one when the original starts running slow.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Nice guess, but no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
That's a name right out of The Simpsons
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
Ken Hubbs?
"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse
Rich Nye?
"I still don't know what happened"- Fergie Jenkins on '69
I have no idea who it is
Way before my time. But if death has a face, it’s not far from that man’s.
I'll reveal the answer tomorrow if no one has guessed by then.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Darcy Fast?
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
Phil Regan
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
Dick Selma?
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
Ted Abernathy?
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
I think you guys need another hint.
Not a pitcher.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Going Sherlock here ...
The resolution isn’t the greatest and I can’t tell if this shot includes straightaway center, but assuming it does, I don’t see the 8 foot crap screen that was there for 1963-1964, nor is there a green Astroturf tarp, which wipes out 1967-1969. It almost looks as if there are bleachers available for seating, which would suggest 1960-1962.
Now, really thinking outside the box for a moment, this guy is looks small with unmuscular (not a word, I know) shoulders, which would suggest middle infielder or pitcher. Al just said he’s not a pitcher, so let’s say he’s a middle infielder from 1960-1962.
It’s very possible I’ve wondered far astray here, but the people who played second or short from 1960-1962 are
Ernie Banks – not him.
Don Zimmer – not him
Jerry Kindall – this is who i am guessing
Tony Taylor – not him, hispanic
Grady Hatton – found pic, don’t think so
Sammy Drake – nope – black
Jim McKnight – found pic, don’t think so
Andy Rodgers – couldn’t find picture
Ken Hubbs – not him – ruled out
Mel Roach – don’t think so
Alex Grammas – found pic, don’t think so
Elder White – couldn’t find pic
Daryl Robertson – another possibility
In conclusion, my first guess is Jerry Kindall and my second guess is Daryl Robertson
I'll save you the suspense of when Al comes back....
No and No.
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
But you had fun, right?
You didn’t get it.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Nice summary
I was trying the same approach. He also doesn’t look like a kid so I was ruling out rookies.
Pretty good one after all, huh, Al?
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
Yes, it sure is!
Still no one’s got it.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
No
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 6:25 PM CST up reply actions
Chuck Hartenstein AKA Twiggy?
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
alright let us try Jimmy Stewart
him
not him
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
cubs photo
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
Wow, two ugly dudes.
But not as ugly as this:
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Al,
This is a family blog…
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007
Sweet merciful God.
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.
Geez, talk about putting the "U" in ugly!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Dec 30, 2008 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
Not Hartenstein.
Nor any of the other players in that photo.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
My second and last guess
Jim Hegan who briefly played for the Cubs in 1960. Otherwise I can’t find someone who looks like him. El Tappe was close but not right.
Nope
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:26 PM CST up reply actions
Jimmy Qualls
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
Nope
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:26 PM CST up reply actions
I haven't read all of this
Don Landrum or Dick Drott or Glen Hobbie.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 29, 2008 7:23 PM CST reply actions
Nope, nope, nope
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
Plus, we already did Drott.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
or
(I know realize it’s not a pitcher) Nelson Mathews?
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 29, 2008 7:27 PM CST reply actions
Nope
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
Bill Plummer
last guess…………….
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
No, not him.
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:30 PM CST up reply actions
sigh...........
nice job! I’ve scoured the rosters and I haven’t a clue.
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
While going over this
just noticed Ron Santo wore #15 to start his Cubs career. Never knew that…
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 29, 2008 7:37 PM CST reply actions
Nope.
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:40 PM CST up reply actions
Nope....interesting story though
Started with the Cubs as an OF, ended his career as a pitcher…
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 7:52 PM CST up reply actions
Check this picture
He played for the Cubs in ‘69. Here is a picture of him in 77 – does it resemble the guy we’re looking for?
http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-Venezuelan-Sticker-103-RICK-BLADT-Lions_W0QQitemZ220236826952QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_SM_Sports_Cards?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
Since Al's not around, I'll save all the future guesses by saying....
DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!
Rich Bladt played all of 10 games for the 1969 Cubs in June. The first appearance in the big leagues was pinch running for Billy Williams.
He was traded to the Yankees and didn’t make it back to the majors until 1975, appearing in 52 games for New York before being involved in the Paul Blair-Elliot Maddox trade to the Orioles, but he never made it back to the bigs.
That is a pretty sweet card find, 08Cubs
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 8:05 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks...
You’d be suprised how many pictures you can find on ebay that don’t show up in a google image search.
Well, if you want his autographed picture for only 12.99...
That’s where I got the picture…
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 8:08 PM CST up reply actions
Everyones already guessed my ideas
I’ll throw out the name George Hoad. He never played for the Cubs but he was my grandfather and today would have been his 100th birthday.
Barbara V. October 14, 1941 - December 19, 2008. A great lady who was a friend to all and like a second mom to her children's friends (she was my best friend's mom)
He looks young, real young
so I’m checking the youngest ages on the rosters
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 29, 2008 7:50 PM CST reply actions
Krug would be mid to late 60s
I think this has to be pre-66
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 29, 2008 7:52 PM CST reply actions
Randy Bobb
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
The only reason I say that
is that I could (probably) name most Cubs from 65 on by sight….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 29, 2008 7:54 PM CST reply actions
Billy Ott
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
Moose Moryn?
"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield
Scroll Up...
Game’s over. Hahaha.
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
Why spoil the fun
that was awesome!
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Hahaha....okay, you can keep guessing.....
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
OK - but can anyone identify any of the four guys in my pic?
That was taken at Phil Shmit’s – all four of the guys were apparently Cubs at the time. My grandma is on the right – she was a waitress there for 30 some years.
"Just win tonight" - derv
Jay Johnstone, Rick Reuschel, Dick Tidrow and another guy....
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
Not the Beatles
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Sorry, this pic is way to large
if the Cubs were Beatles songs what would they sing?
Example: 1969, 2003, 2007, 2008 “Let it Be”
Jake Peavy: “Got to get you into my life”
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Beatles' song by A Rod
Lady Madonna
Gotta love those Red Sox Fans!
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Perhaps "Why Don't We Do It In the Road"...
…as an oblique reference to Aramis/Soriano/Geo putting one onto Waveland Ave.?
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.
Nice.
Maybe the organist could play “Get Back” every time Ted throws a brushback pitch.
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.
And "Hello Goodbye" when he fans a guy on three straight.
Bleed Cubbie Blue: Like Drāno for your internet tubes.
Your Grandma is being hugged by Rick Reuschel....
I’m not sure of the guy in the middle top row….but he looks familiar. I think that’s Jay Johnstone on the left, but not sure the time frame works out for him.
But I am sure of Reuschel and Tidrow is the one in the front row.
Whoever said you can't mix business with pleasure never owned a PuttPutt course---Andy Bernard
by carmen_fanzone on Dec 29, 2008 8:57 PM CST up reply actions
Near the buffett
That’s where you would find Rick Reuschel
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
I think that fourth guy might be Scot Thompson.
That’s the right era — that picture must have been taken in 1980.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I'd like to use a lifeline.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
is that your final answer
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy."
- Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, A's & Angels pitcher Don Sutton
Enough.
identify the guy, already.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 30, 2008 10:41 PM CST reply actions
It was Rich Bladt.
About two-thirds of the way down.
Bleed Cubbie Blue: Like Drāno for your internet tubes.
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