Another Mystery Motion! This one is by far the hardest...and no you don't get ANY hints.

Another Mystery Motion!

This one is by far the hardest...and no you don't get ANY hints.

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Led Tilly

Played for the Cubs in the 20’s.

What to do, with Larry Hughe?

by Rudey on Jan 20, 2009 6:40 PM CST reply actions

Any relation to Jennifer Tilly?

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 21, 2009 8:34 AM CST up reply actions

nope

he didn’t throw “submarine” style….this guy is about to be dragging his knuckles on the dirt….

by cozmotaylor123 on Jan 20, 2009 9:41 PM CST reply actions

nope, not going to happen unless he throws with his gloved hand...

oh wait a second – in this particular instance, I think he does. ;-)

btw – I don’t think that mound has recovered yet. Not too many do after a staredown/throwdown from a certain steely-eyed cold-blooded cerebral assassin…

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

by ballhawk on Jan 20, 2009 9:53 PM CST up reply actions

Sammy Sosa, corking his bat?

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Jan 20, 2009 10:50 PM CST reply actions

hard i think its

Roosevelt Brown

by 1908 on Jan 21, 2009 1:13 AM CST reply actions

Good one, SWL, you never disappoint me

with your posts. I always get a good chuckle out of your warped sense of humor.

by billybuck on Jan 21, 2009 8:20 AM CST reply actions

That has to be

John Rocker after his loss of control, and as we can see, even being photo shopped as a Cub, he still cannot find the strike zone

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 21, 2009 8:25 AM CST reply actions

I forget the name of the pitcher, but it must be the

2003 post season where that Marlin almost hit Ozzie in the dugout.

by N Oakley on Jan 21, 2009 8:43 AM CST reply actions

Michael Tejera.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 21, 2009 10:20 AM CST up reply actions

He pitched out of the bullpen for the Cubs in the early 80s. As you can see, he was born with a deformity of his right arm that made that limb appear like the cloven-hoofed leg of an elk.To compensate, he would “scoop” up the ball with his glove and fling it submarine-style toward home plate. Scoop’s odd mechanics absolutely baffled hitters in his first five appearances, in which he had a .009 WHIP and .001 ERA.

Unfortunately, the widespread usage of VHS tapes in the 1980s allowed opposing batters to study his motion in their hotel rooms, and they eventually figured him out – leading to a ghastly 20:1 BB/K ratio and 23.87 ERA in his final five appearances. He left the Cubs clubhouse penniless, humiliated and hopelessly addicted to cocaine (hey, it was the 80s). Tragic story, really.

Fortunately, he resurrected his athletic career on the Mexican jai alai circuit and now lives quite comfortably in an adobe shack just outside of Tijuana.

RIP Ron Asheton (1948-2009)

by daver on Jan 21, 2009 10:13 AM CST reply actions