Saturday Name That Cub
by Al
on Jan 10, 2009 10:05 AM CST
in Name That Cub
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This one comes courtesy of a new BCB member, Herschel Krustofsky. And no, you don't get any clues. Look closely at the photo.
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It does look a bit like TLR, doesn't it?
But no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 10:21 AM CST
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Rick Reuschel
Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"
by zambranofan on
Jan 10, 2009 10:30 AM CST
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Not even close.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 10:52 AM CST
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Bill Bonham (sans stache)?
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
by JohnM on
Jan 10, 2009 10:35 AM CST
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Closer, but no.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 10:52 AM CST
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closer as in...
looks or time period?
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
by Chanman25 on
Jan 10, 2009 10:53 AM CST
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closer as in a most awesome reliever...
11 career saves!!! including a whopping 6 in 1973, good for third on the Cubs that year…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on
Jan 10, 2009 10:57 AM CST
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Gotta be 70s, right?
I mean, look at that Han Solo haircut.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on
Jan 10, 2009 11:05 AM CST
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OK, that's a very good guess.
Use that as a clue.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 11:06 AM CST
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Was it? I was just making a funny.
Well, here’s the 77 team:
Calm yourselves, ladies.
Don’t see him…
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on
Jan 10, 2009 11:28 AM CST
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Lou Piniella
Don’t know why he would have been wearing a Cubs hat, but it sure looks like him.
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on
Jan 10, 2009 11:05 AM CST
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It does, a little.
But no, it’s not him, either. Here’s Lou as a player:
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 11:06 AM CST
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besides the hair, doesn't really look that different now
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
by Chanman25 on
Jan 10, 2009 11:26 AM CST
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hubba hubba
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
by Emelie on
Jan 10, 2009 12:30 PM CST
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a very clean cut dave laroche?
http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardImages/Cards/017/658/03F.jpg
got that same hazy stare off to the right look in their eyes
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by ballhawk on
Jan 10, 2009 11:11 AM CST
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Wow, that's an eerie looking photo.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 11:48 AM CST
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Laroche looks like
the bass player from 80s band Husker Du
http://www.kevchino.com/graffix/bandphotos/Huskerdu_bp.jpg
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
by JohnM on
Jan 10, 2009 12:33 PM CST
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A young
Paul Popovich?
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by copes006 on
Jan 10, 2009 11:12 AM CST
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He wasn't a Cub, but....
….Robert DiNiro? I know he played a Yankee in “Bang the Drum Slowly,” but I suppose he could have worn a Cubs cap while they were filming it.
Curse you, Krusty! This is a tough one!
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on
Jan 10, 2009 11:15 AM CST
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How about
Roger Metzger? Only played 1 game as a Cub.
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by copes006 on
Jan 10, 2009 11:20 AM CST
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Sammy Sosa?
Jim Edmonds has seriously become my favorite player. WHAT'S HAPPENING????
by Cub Style on
Jan 10, 2009 11:21 AM CST
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That's what I was going to guess!
But the hair ain’t long enough…. :-)
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by CaughtInTheVines on
Jan 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST
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Neither are the sideburns.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST
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and my backup guess would be... Jack Aker
of Jack Aker Baseball fame?
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on
Jan 10, 2009 11:32 AM CST
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I think he played Jango Fett.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on
Jan 10, 2009 11:38 AM CST
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Jango Fett is Bobby Abreu
For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.
by Less is Walrond on
Jan 10, 2009 11:48 AM CST
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So far... all interesting guesses, but none correct!
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 11:47 AM CST
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Larry Gura?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 11:48 AM CST
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Well, if they ever make a movie about this guy's life, Cusack could play him.
But no, it’s not Cusack.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 11:49 AM CST
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When I saw the picture
my first thought was Cusack as well.
by rlpete on
Jan 10, 2009 11:57 AM CST
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Can't be Cusack
Cuz as we all know,he’s Buck Weaver
by oahu420 on
Jan 10, 2009 10:04 PM CST
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Lee Elia?
Coming out to the ballpark instead of working?
by Josh77 on
Jan 10, 2009 11:51 AM CST
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Pat Borque?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 11:52 AM CST
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Herb Hutson?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 11:57 AM CST
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Prince Charles?
I have no clue been wracking my brain.
I think it’s actually a picture of a young Al.
Al by the way what is Al short for? My family has zillions of Als where the full name is different so was curious. It’s just my boring offseason snowcovered Saturday musing.
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)
by cubstoseriesby100 on
Jan 10, 2009 11:59 AM CST
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He's right.
I’ll never tell.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:49 PM CST
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Wild guess
Manny Trillo.
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)
by cubstoseriesby100 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:01 PM CST
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Swisher
Remember when the Cubs were so bad he was our all star rep?
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)
by cubstoseriesby100 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:07 PM CST
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Mike Adams?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 12:06 PM CST
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It's not Dave Roberts
but the Cub pitcher from 1977 and 1978 died this week. I’d put it up as a fanshot, but every time I post an obituary, someone criticizes me for saying he “died” rather than “he is no longer with us” or some other vague euphemism that makes it sound like he was just traded.
Roberts had lung cancer. He was 64. May he rest in peace.
by Josh77 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:14 PM CST
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it's already up....
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 12:15 PM CST
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OK, then I missed it
Good thing I didn’t post it then.
by Josh77 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:16 PM CST
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Wow. I completely missed that
From what I remember, he was a pretty good pitcher for the Padres and Astros in the early 70’s. Not so much by the time he got to the Cubs though.
Sorry to hear it. 64 is too young.
by bluekoolaide on
Jan 10, 2009 12:33 PM CST
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Bill Caudill
Is that close?
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by Grockcubs on
Jan 10, 2009 12:18 PM CST
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It's not Larry Bowa, is it?
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by ambrosiadreams on
Jan 10, 2009 12:23 PM CST
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Scratch Dave Rader
something about the way he’s posing tells me he was a pitcher.
by bluekoolaide on
Jan 10, 2009 12:30 PM CST
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Yeah
I’m thinking pitcher, sometime between 1967 and 1974.
by Josh77 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:31 PM CST
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And Possibly a Lefty
based on the direction he’s looking.
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by ambrosiadreams on
Jan 10, 2009 12:33 PM CST
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I need the Bill Caudill
answer. I gots the Photo with the mustache, can’t seem to paste it here
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
by Grockcubs on
Jan 10, 2009 12:32 PM CST
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Fred Norman?
I think that’s probably wrong though. Kind of looks like him though.
by Josh77 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:33 PM CST
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A little bit.
But it’s not him.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:27 PM CST
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Yeah, I think you're right
But I’m starting to get desperate!
by bluekoolaide on
Jan 10, 2009 12:58 PM CST
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Not even close to Garman.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:26 PM CST
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However, I will add that there is a clue in this photo.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:27 PM CST
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Let me guess...they wore the same uniform?
Your killing us!
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST
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Danny Breeden?
This is a tough one!
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by copes006 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:45 PM CST
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Ray Newman?
He was a lefty.
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by copes006 on
Jan 10, 2009 12:55 PM CST
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Randy Newman
He wasn’t a shorty
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by Emelie on
Jan 10, 2009 1:59 PM CST
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Just plain Newman
on Seinfeld.
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by copes006 on
Jan 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST
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Herschel Krustofsky??
Hey Lou, we're long overdue.
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Jan 10, 2009 1:01 PM CST
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I know...
I was smiling about that one.
His nickname must be “Krusty”?
Its Bill Hands
by The E-Man on
Jan 10, 2009 1:07 PM CST
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It's not Bill Hands...
But look! The Minnesota Twins playing in Wrigley! (Boy, Topps’ pre-photoshop cards were bad)
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Jan 10, 2009 1:15 PM CST
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The Twins did play in Wrigley...
… 30 years later.
But apparently, Hands pitched for them there in a HOME game (white Twins uniform). Amazing.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:25 PM CST
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Looks like Mark Shera
The actor from 70s TV show S.W.A.T. I don’t know how to post pictures yet but here is a link to a photo galleryhttp://www.zelmak.net/peggy/markshera/
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by Doggie Stalker on
Jan 10, 2009 1:02 PM CST
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I see the similarities
Then again, I’m seeing similarities between the picture and Gene Clines at this point.
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:35 PM CST
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Mike Vail?
Pretty sure that’s wrong but he looks vaguely like Vail…
Stop looking at me, swan.
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Jan 10, 2009 1:12 PM CST
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He looks nothing like Mike Vail
And mom always like him best!
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on
Jan 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST
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LOL
Here’s Vail:
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST
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VAIL FAIL!
Bleed Cubbie Blue: Like Drāno for your internet tubes.
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Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST
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I love this!
Nobody has it yet!
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:25 PM CST
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Need a clue!!!
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:27 PM CST
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There are a couple already above.
Read the whole thread.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST
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Sure looks like
Ryne Sandberg
Where is Mick Kelleher when we need him?
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Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST
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Sure, if Ryno had really bad sideburns.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:30 PM CST
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This is way out there, but...
…a young Pat Hughes?
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on
Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST
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You're right, that's way out there.
And wrong.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:30 PM CST
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I figured as much,
but I’m getting desperate. He looks so familiar it’s driving me up the wall.
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on
Jan 10, 2009 1:34 PM CST
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The only clues are:
1. Pitched w/ Bill Bonham in the 70’s
2. Han Solo
3. Some spring training picture
Correct?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:33 PM CST
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There is one more clue...
… which I didn’t mention myself, but I guess I will here…
Lefthanded.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:34 PM CST
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okay, what year did Star Wars come out?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:36 PM CST
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Greg Gross?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:40 PM CST
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I'm guessing he never appeared in a ML game for the Cubs...
…and if that is true, I give up. :)
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:49 PM CST
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Frailing DID pitch in the majors for the Cubs.
But it’s not him.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:50 PM CST
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Bad reply button on my part...
….is my statement true or false?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:50 PM CST
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What statement?
That he never pitched in the majors? He did.
Or the statement that you give up?
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:51 PM CST
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Never pitched in the majors with the Cubs
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:52 PM CST
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Yes, Frailing DID pitch in the majors with the Cubs.
Over 100 appearances in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
But it’s not Frailing.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST
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LOL. I don't mean Frailing, I mean the mystery guy...
….Did the mystery guy pitch in the majors for the Cubs?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST
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Dave Lemonds
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Jan 10, 2009 1:45 PM CST
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Lefties that pitched with Bonham
Ken Frailing
Dave LaRoche
Jim Kremmel
Mike Paul
Steve Hamilton
Dan McGinn
Clint Compton
Ray Newman
Earl Stephenson
Darold Knowles
Buddy Schultz
Geoff Zahn
by Clutche on
Jan 10, 2009 1:46 PM CST
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Don't forget
Dave Roberts
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by eriod on
Jan 10, 2009 1:47 PM CST
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and
Ramon and Willie Hernandez
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by eriod on
Jan 10, 2009 1:48 PM CST
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Clue.
All of the lefties in the above list were white.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:51 PM CST
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You're having way too much fun with this....
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:52 PM CST
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What else is there to do on a snowy Saturday?
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST
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Well, of course he would.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:52 PM CST
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In fact Yosh's nickname for him was...
….“that caucasion lefty”
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST
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Willie Prall?
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
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Jan 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST
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Mike Proly?
looks a bit like him but I don’t think I ever saw Proly without the ’stache
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Jan 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST
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None of the above.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST
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I'll ask down here...
Did the mystery guy ever pitch in the majors with the Cubs?
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by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 1:57 PM CST
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Answered above.
Yes, he did.
I won’t put any photo in this series unless the player actually appeared in a major league game (we did the one exception with Mark Leonette).
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 1:59 PM CST
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Mike Paul?
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by flachimesa on
Jan 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST
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dave laroche?
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Jan 10, 2009 2:03 PM CST
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last try, then back to work...Darold Knowles?
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by davidalanu on
Jan 10, 2009 2:08 PM CST
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Wouldn't we all rather
try and figure out who this Cub is?
Stop looking at me, swan.
by eriod on
Jan 10, 2009 2:10 PM CST
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I don't think she ever played in the majors, though.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 2:11 PM CST
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She looks like..........
………..MAJOR LEAGUE material to me!
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by tville on
Jan 10, 2009 3:38 PM CST
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Hey Al, does this blue jersey get your approval? ;-)
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by ballhawk on
Jan 11, 2009 1:03 AM CST
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Why, of course it does!
:)
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by Al on
Jan 11, 2009 4:41 AM CST
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If it's not approved
Doesn’t it have to be removed?
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by Shanghai Badger on
Jan 11, 2009 12:05 PM CST
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does she know how to handle a bat?
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
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Jan 10, 2009 11:02 PM CST
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I have that exact same jersey top ....
I’ll bet if I posted a picture of myself here, wearing that jersey, I wouldn’t get near the attention.
In order to forgo the humiliation, I won’t post it.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
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Jan 11, 2009 9:31 PM CST
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It's Clint Compton
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
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Jan 10, 2009 2:10 PM CST
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DINGDINGDING!!!
At last, a winner.
Clint Compton pitched two innings in relief on the last day of the season, October 3, 1972. He gave up 2 runs in an 11-1 loss, and never pitched again in the majors. Odd, because he was only 21 years old and lefthanded, you’d have thought they would have given him another shot.
The photo was from spring training 1971 or 1972.
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by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 2:13 PM CST
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The photo is an original color negative for 1972 Topps
This was a good one.
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
by flachimesa on
Jan 10, 2009 2:19 PM CST
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Too bad he didn't have a longer stint in the majors.
With that brief of a history, it’s going to be really difficult to make a movie about him starring John Cusack. Then again, maybe he had a really interesting personal life.
by daubs on
Jan 10, 2009 4:51 PM CST
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You mentioned Clint Compton in a list
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
by flachimesa on
Jan 10, 2009 2:13 PM CST
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What does that have to do with Han Solo? LOL.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on
Jan 10, 2009 2:21 PM CST
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So lists are against the rules?
I’m playing under protest lol. Has anyone ever won a protest?
by Clutche on
Jan 10, 2009 2:24 PM CST
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Hint
John Bateman was cathching for the opponent
by Clutche on
Jan 10, 2009 2:47 PM CST
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Clint Compton pitched in one game, October 3, 1972 against the ??. He came in in the top of the 6th inning, replacing Glenn Beckert. He retired the side in that inning. In his second inning, he gave up singles to ?? and ??, walked ?? and walked ?? with the bases loaded. ?? then hit into a double play, scoring ??. He retired ?? on a fly to third base to end the inning. His career pitching totals: 2 innings pitch, 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, 0 strikeouts.
by Clutche on
Jan 10, 2009 2:50 PM CST
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See the link I posted above.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on
Jan 10, 2009 2:55 PM CST
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PIT?
NYM?
STL?
MON?
PHI?
CIN?
LAD?
HOU?
ATL?
SFG?
SDP?
Just kidding. It’s the list thang.
He pitched against the Phillies.
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
by flachimesa on
Jan 10, 2009 2:56 PM CST
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Here's a good one.
What other position did Ron Santo play in 1972?
by Clutche on
Jan 10, 2009 2:59 PM CST
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2B, LF, SS in 1972
"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."
by flachimesa on
Jan 10, 2009 5:17 PM CST
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Gulp...
Warning Track woman a few posts ago just melted my driveway
by CunoBarragan on
Jan 10, 2009 3:43 PM CST
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What a crappy cap
this guy is wearing…
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on
Jan 11, 2009 5:44 PM CST
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That's the kind of cap they wore in the early 70s.
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by Al on
Jan 11, 2009 7:25 PM CST
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