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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.

Name this Cub!

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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 up reply actions   0 recs

Rick Reuschel

Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"

by zambranofan on Jan 10, 2009 10:30 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Not even close.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 10:52 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

Closer, 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 10:52 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Looks.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Gotta be 70s, right?

I mean, look at that Han Solo haircut.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Jan 10, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

OK, that's a very good guess.

Use that as a clue.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:06 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

It does, a little.

But no, it’s not him, either. Here’s Lou as a player:

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:06 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jan 10, 2009 11:11 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Wow, that's an eerie looking photo.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

A young

Paul Popovich?

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Jan 10, 2009 11:12 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

How about

Roger Metzger? Only played 1 game as a Cub.

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Jan 10, 2009 11:20 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Sammy Sosa?

Jim Edmonds has seriously become my favorite player. WHAT'S HAPPENING????

by Cub Style on Jan 10, 2009 11:21 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

That's what I was going to guess!

But the hair ain’t long enough…. :-)

"[I]f we get a Jumbotron, I can't pull the instant replay thing on all the rookies. Every time there's a good play, we're like, 'Oh, look at the replay,' and you get the rookies to look at the scoreboard." - Ryan Dempster, 2 January 2009

by CaughtInTheVines on Jan 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Neither are the sideburns.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

So far... all interesting guesses, but none correct!

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:47 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Larry Gura?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 11:48 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, if they ever make a movie about this guy's life, Cusack could play him.

But no, it’s not Cusack.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

When I saw the picture

my first thought was Cusack as well.

by rlpete on Jan 10, 2009 11:57 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Can't be Cusack

Cuz as we all know,he’s Buck Weaver

by oahu420 on Jan 10, 2009 10:04 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Lee Elia?

Coming out to the ballpark instead of working?

by Josh77 on Jan 10, 2009 11:51 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Not Elia.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Pat Borque?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 11:52 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

Clue: before Eck’s time.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Herb Hutson?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 11:57 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

He's right.

I’ll never tell.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:49 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Adams?

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 12:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

it's already up....

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 12:15 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

OK, then I missed it

Good thing I didn’t post it then.

by Josh77 on Jan 10, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Caudill

Is that close?

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Jan 10, 2009 12:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

It's not Larry Bowa, is it?

"Yes, dear. You're right. I'm sorry." -Bob Brenly

by ambrosiadreams on Jan 10, 2009 12:23 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I’m thinking pitcher, sometime between 1967 and 1974.

by Josh77 on Jan 10, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

And Possibly a Lefty

based on the direction he’s looking.

"Yes, dear. You're right. I'm sorry." -Bob Brenly

by ambrosiadreams on Jan 10, 2009 12:33 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

A little bit.

But it’s not him.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:27 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Garman

had a big ‘fro, didn’t he?

by Josh77 on Jan 10, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I think you're right

But I’m starting to get desperate!

by bluekoolaide on Jan 10, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Not even close to Garman.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:26 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

However, I will add that there is a clue in this photo.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:27 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Look closely at both photos.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Danny Breeden?

This is a tough one!

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Jan 10, 2009 12:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ray Newman?

He was a lefty.

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Jan 10, 2009 12:55 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Randy Newman

He wasn’t a shorty

"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 1:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Just plain Newman

on Seinfeld.

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Jan 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Herschel Krustofsky??

Hey Lou, we're long overdue.

by deadcatbounce on Jan 10, 2009 1:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

It's not Bill Hands...

But look! The Minnesota Twins playing in Wrigley! (Boy, Topps’ pre-photoshop cards were bad)

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The Twins did play in Wrigley...

… 30 years later.

But apparently, Hands pitched for them there in a HOME game (white Twins uniform). Amazing.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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/

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Jan 10, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Vail?

Pretty sure that’s wrong but he looks vaguely like Vail…

Stop looking at me, swan.

by eriod on Jan 10, 2009 1:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Here’s Vail:

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

VAIL FAIL!

Bleed Cubbie Blue: Like Drāno for your internet tubes.

by znohitter on Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I love this!

Nobody has it yet!

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Need a clue!!!

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 1:27 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

There are a couple already above.

Read the whole thread.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Sure looks like

Ryne Sandberg

Where is Mick Kelleher when we need him?

by 3744nsheffield on Jan 10, 2009 1:29 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Sure, if Ryno had really bad sideburns.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

You're right, that's way out there.

And wrong.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

There is one more clue...

… which I didn’t mention myself, but I guess I will here…

Lefthanded.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

okay, what year did Star Wars come out?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 1:36 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

1977

"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

by JohnM on Jan 10, 2009 2:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Greg Gross?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 1:40 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ken Frailing

Stop looking at me, swan.

by eriod on Jan 10, 2009 1:41 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Frailing DID pitch in the majors for the Cubs.

But it’s not him.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:50 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

What statement?

That he never pitched in the majors? He did.

Or the statement that you give up?

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Never pitched in the majors with the Cubs

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 1:52 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, Frailing DID pitch in the majors with the Cubs.

Over 100 appearances in 1974, 1975 and 1976.

But it’s not Frailing.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, DUH.

Yes, he did.

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by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Dave Lemonds

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Jan 10, 2009 1:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget

Dave Roberts

Stop looking at me, swan.

by eriod on Jan 10, 2009 1:47 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

and

Ramon and Willie Hernandez

Stop looking at me, swan.

by eriod on Jan 10, 2009 1:48 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Clue.

All of the lefties in the above list were white.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

You're having way too much fun with this....

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 10, 2009 1:52 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

What else is there to do on a snowy Saturday?

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by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, of course he would.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:52 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by flachimesa on Jan 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Mike Proly?

looks a bit like him but I don’t think I ever saw Proly without the ’stache

"Enough foreplay- let's get crackin'"- Fred Garvin

by davidalanu on Jan 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Doug Capilla

Looks like a Doug

by Clutche on Jan 10, 2009 1:56 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

None of the above.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

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).

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 1:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Paul?

"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 2:00 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

dave laroche?

"Enough foreplay- let's get crackin'"- Fred Garvin

by davidalanu on Jan 10, 2009 2:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

last try, then back to work...Darold Knowles?

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by davidalanu on Jan 10, 2009 2:08 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

I don't think she ever played in the majors, though.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 2:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

She looks like..........

………..MAJOR LEAGUE material to me!

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by tville on Jan 10, 2009 3:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Al, does this blue jersey get your approval? ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jan 11, 2009 1:03 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Why, of course it does!

:)

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

by Al on Jan 11, 2009 4:41 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

If it's not approved

Doesn’t it have to be removed?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Jan 11, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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..

by Chanman25 on Jan 10, 2009 11:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Jan 11, 2009 9:31 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by flachimesa on Jan 10, 2009 2:10 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

You did?

If so, you win. I missed it.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Right.

That doesn’t count. flachimesa wins!

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

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 reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

One guess at a time.

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

by Al on Jan 10, 2009 2:31 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Hint

John Bateman was cathching for the opponent

by Clutche on Jan 10, 2009 2:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Play-by-play

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 reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

You’re still the winner in my book.

by Clutche on Jan 10, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Here's a good one.

What other position did Ron Santo play in 1972?

by Clutche on Jan 10, 2009 2:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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 up reply actions   0 recs

Gulp...

Warning Track woman a few posts ago just melted my driveway

by CunoBarragan on Jan 10, 2009 3:43 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

That's the kind of cap they wore in the early 70s.

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

by Al on Jan 11, 2009 7:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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