Sunday Afternoon Name That Cub
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 11:44 AM CST
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This one came from BCB reader rlpete. It's a good one. I had never heard of this guy before, and I'll bet you haven't either. Once again, the photo itself gives a clue.
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Robert DeNiro – during his GodFather II years
by aug19-1969 on Jan 11, 2009 11:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
DeNiro could have played him in a movie.
If they had ever made one about this guy.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good guess.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't know that
This guy was a player.
by rlpete on Jan 11, 2009 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
haha I like the caption
“Hey look, I’m in black and white!”
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 11, 2009 12:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hack Miller?
That photo dates from from the early 1920s.
"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 Jan 11, 2009 1:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Virgil Cheeves
My first answer is a winner!
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jan 11, 2009 2:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
How did you guess that one?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 2:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I did a little research to get it.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jan 11, 2009 3:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What kind of research?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well I didn't want to give away my secret, but...
The bleached white uni with the block “CUBS” was worn in 1922 only. (And I appreciated the hint in the original post.)
So after narrowing it down to one roster, I google image searched the starting fielders first, then I moved to the SP’s.
I shoulda known it was Virgil since 1922 was his only decent year.
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
by Reddevil on Jan 11, 2009 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, that's pretty good research.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 3:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely Virgil Cheeves
Red Devil is right, I distinctly remember nicknaming him “The Giant Killer” back in 1922 or so….
Right Al?
When I hit a home run over the fence at Wrigley Field, I hit it over a Tru Link Fence. -Andre Dawson-
by wangchung on Jan 11, 2009 2:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Looks like
maybe Reddevil has it. Darn, and just when I was going to guess George “Chippy” Gaw or Sweetbreads Bailey. They don’t name ’em like they used to.
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
by copes006 on Jan 11, 2009 2:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Please give hint before I have an aneurysm
by Clutche on Jan 11, 2009 2:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The right answer is above.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jan 11, 2009 2:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
awkward...
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 11, 2009 3:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
reply is your friend
when responding to comments. It makes it easier on us all.
"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 11, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Orville Sparklemonkeys IQ is 19
What’s yours?
by Employee22 on Jan 11, 2009 2:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Name that Cub Haiku
I never know
Who all these guys are
Ah, screw it
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
by TXCub on Jan 11, 2009 3:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dummy Taylor
Reserve outfielder who played in the twenties. He was deaf – the reason for the first name. Not a very enlightened time to live with a disability.
by cub512 on Jan 11, 2009 6:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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