Mystery Motion
by Al Yellon on Jan 15, 2009 2:40 PM CST
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PrintBCB reader digitalbenjamin emailed me with this suggestion for "Name That Cub". He's sent me a number of photos of pitchers with their faces and uniform numbers blurred. Can you identify this Cub pitcher just from his pitching motion?
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Interesting thought, but no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
It'd have had to be Photoshopped, not just blurred, to be Hawkins.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
None of the above.
And it’s not reversed. This is a righthander.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
It does, yes.
But it’s not Harden.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Already been
rejected.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
Chad Gaudin??
"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 Jan 15, 2009 2:53 PM CST reply actions
I think that's it.
The author of this post is not a certified scout, doctor, agent, statistician, manager, or journalist, nor was he ever a very good player, though he tried very hard to be like Ryne Sandberg and was about as scrappy as it gets (in T-ball). Any opinion expressed above should in no way be confused with fact, truth, or reality and is hereby qualified in the following ways: 1) The author does not know as much about baseball as Lou Piniella. 2) The author does not know as much about baseball as Jim Hendry. 3) The author does not know as much about baseball as either Dusty or Darren Baker.
The question is, could we have guessed it
from a picture of him yelling at the ground?
The author of this post is not a certified scout, doctor, agent, statistician, manager, or journalist, nor was he ever a very good player, though he tried very hard to be like Ryne Sandberg and was about as scrappy as it gets (in T-ball). Any opinion expressed above should in no way be confused with fact, truth, or reality and is hereby qualified in the following ways: 1) The author does not know as much about baseball as Lou Piniella. 2) The author does not know as much about baseball as Jim Hendry. 3) The author does not know as much about baseball as either Dusty or Darren Baker.
DINGDINGDING!!!
We have a winner. It’s Borowski. And look who guessed it, one of his former teammates!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
so that pitch mustve gone a mile
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.
It looks like he's
bearded. Who are recent bearded right-handed Cubs pitchers? Dempster’s been rejected already.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 3:00 PM CST reply actions
Wade Miller
Brian McRae's 5 o'clock shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jan 15, 2009 3:01 PM CST reply actions
Really like
the Wade Miller call.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 3:01 PM CST up reply actions
Already been
rejected.
"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 Jan 15, 2009 3:01 PM CST up reply actions
Or Michael Wuertz
Brian McRae's 5 o'clock shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jan 15, 2009 3:04 PM CST reply actions
Kyle Farnsworth
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 15, 2009 3:04 PM CST reply actions
As noted above...
… it’s Joe Borowski. I’ve asked digitalbenjamin to send me the original photo so I can post it.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
That was fun!
"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 Jan 15, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
That was awesome haha
Brian McRae's 5 o'clock shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jan 15, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions
I'll do more of these.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
TWSS
ZING!
Brian McRae's 5 o'clock shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jan 15, 2009 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
Here's the unobscured Borowski photo.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
HULK SMASH!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Jan 15, 2009 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
sweaty joe
Cubs Karma: Don't take anything for granted.....
by Andre Fonseca on Jan 15, 2009 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
would you mind blurring it again
the man always had a face for radio…when he was “focusing”
"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.
Heh
I would have bet money it was Kerry Wood.
Guess it’s a good thing I’m not rich enough to bet.
by cublessinmilwaukee on Jan 15, 2009 5:56 PM CST reply actions
If you've got any pix that I could use for that, send 'em along.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
This was one of those where I knew the answer right when I saw it...
but failed to answer it first….
So much for looking COOL. haha
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
I thought Kerry too
because of the way the shoulder and elbow are tearing
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