Another Sunday Name That Cub
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I dunno if I can take it…
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
Maybe this one will last longer than the others.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
TWSS
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
good effort though
you’ve learned well haha
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
there is no such thing as too much TWSS :D
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
TWSS
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 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
that is what she said...
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
I didn't want to waste a FanShot slot for this but...
those of you who get the MLB Network will be able to see a April 21, 1991 Cubs @ Pirates game. My DirecTV says it will air at 8:00 ET. Not sure how to link the date with baseball reference so I’ll just put the link.
It will be funny seeing the “slimmed down,” younger version of Bonds.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT199104210.shtml
Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.
Harkey, McElroy
Dave Smith, Heathcliff Slocum, and Mike Bielecki… How could we lose with that kind of pitching!?
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
Actually, there is a FanShot about this.
That’s at 7 pm CST for those of us in Chicago.
And I don’t think I really want to see that game again. Or maybe just shut it off after the top of the 11th.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
sorry, should have looked first
Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.
by Bricks and Ivy on Jan 11, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions
Easy
"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott
There IS a clue in the photo.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
I noticed the the zipper
It looks like he’s wearing a uniform over a warm-up jacket.
Old Style is the nectar of life.
damn I am good!
100 vocab words for english put onto flashcards in 45 minutes
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
I'm gonna say he's from '68 based on the jersey
It was the only one from that era that had a red collar.

Old Style is the nectar of life.
Actually, the 1969 road jerseys were different.

"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
Lee Elia?
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
Then again
It also looks like John Boccabella
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
Boccabella...
… looks like this:

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Merritt Ranew...
or Boccabella…or Sterling Slaughter
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 11, 2009 5:27 PM CST reply actions
None of the above.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
This uni goes many years before 1968.
1968 was the last year this road uni was worn. I still think it’s the best one of the 50’s and 60s….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 11, 2009 5:29 PM CST reply actions
And if you young'uns
wonder wnat that patch on the right sleeve means….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 11, 2009 5:32 PM CST reply actions
Never mind the teeth, look at the unibrow!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Maybe, but...
… there are literally THOUSANDS of obscure Cubs to go through…
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Billy Hoeft
or Bob Buhl’s son….
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 11, 2009 5:49 PM CST reply actions
Interesting guess.
But no.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
DINGDINGDING!!!
We have a winner. Here’s the ful version of that photo:

Here’s what Connors looked like in spring training 2008:

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Hmmm.
Not sure what happened to that other photo, there should have been another photo linked there.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
And now it's there... but in case it vanishes again...

This is Connors watching Kei Igawa in ST 2008.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
is that delivery as awkward as it looks?
Or is it just the camera angle? Looks like he’s doing the chicken dance!
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
Maybe it is as awkward as it looks.
And maybe that’s why Igawa failed.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Is that true?
Billy Connors dated Seka? Sources, please.
"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." ~ George Burns
Estrada did pitch for the Cubs
But he sucked.
Just weeks into the 1966 season, he was returned by the Angels to the Orioles.1 A day later, he was sent packing again, this time to the Chicago Cubs.7 The Cubs gave Estrada a shot as a starting pitcher on June 14, 1966, but he pitched less than an inning, giving up three hits and four earned runs and also hitting a batter.8 The Cubs then sent him to the bullpen and used him in relief for the remainder of the 1966 season. His stats only worsened, as he pitched a career-worst 7.30 ERA in only 12.3 innings of work. The 28-year-old Estrada was released by the Cubs on November 30, 1966.
thanks to Wikipedia
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 11, 2009 6:00 PM CST reply actions
See the answer above.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
SEKA
IN THE EARLY 1990s, the Cubs pitching coach at the time, Billy Connors, dated adult film star Seka, a
relationship that caused no small embarrassment to the Cubs, who forbade Connors from leaving tickets
for her at the box office and told him not to be seen in public with her.
I like the weather conditions in that link
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 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
Never heard that
You’d think Dick Pole would have been more her type if she was going to date a pitching coach….
But seriously, I’ve heard that she “went yard” with a lot of Cubs players over the years.
by Mike Vails Evil Twin on Jan 12, 2009 9:35 AM CST up reply actions
I have evidence to base this on, nor sources
But there is a 100% chance Mark Grace was one of those players.
whoops
comment foul on myself..that needed to be reply to Mike Vails Evil Twin’s message from above about players Seka ‘went yard’ with.
that's ok - living in shame is much better than having all of us believe you to have 'evidence' of such an event...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
All your evidence is belong to us.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

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