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I was going to blur out the face and make this a "mystery motion", but I think this Cub is obscure enough that I don't have to. The uniform should give a clue.

Who is this righthander?

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He kinda looks like Ted Abernathy...but Abernathy threw side-arm IIRC.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Jan 26, 2009 1:59 PM CST reply actions  

Scott Sanderson

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:01 PM CST reply actions  

So far, no right answer.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:06 PM CST reply actions  

Mike Krukow?

"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

by EJThunder on Jan 26, 2009 2:09 PM CST reply actions  

Dick Ruthven?

1986 maybe?

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:10 PM CST reply actions  

Rick Monday

His face looks like Rick Monday. (I know its not)

by Jasely on Jan 26, 2009 2:14 PM CST reply actions  

Rawly Eastwick?

"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

by EJThunder on Jan 26, 2009 2:17 PM CST reply actions  

the uniform is from 1990-96

It’s not a pullover and it lacks the blue trim around the neck, so that rules out the ‘80s. The pre-pullover uniforms, from the 70s, didn’t have the cub-face logo on the sleeves. The “walking cub” sleeve logo replaces the face in 1997. So the photo between 1990 and 1996.

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by LaddieRenfroe on Jan 26, 2009 2:17 PM CST reply actions  

That helps...

Les Lancaster!!!

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:20 PM CST up reply actions  

Mike Krukow

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:18 PM CST reply actions  

Too short

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Too right-handed

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Too caucasian

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions  

:)

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:24 PM CST up reply actions  

Chuck Crimm?

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM CST reply actions  

Heathcliffe Slocomb

totally.

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:21 PM CST reply actions  

See above....

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:22 PM CST up reply actions  

So Close!

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions  

:)

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions  

Too over-the-top delivery

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:24 PM CST up reply actions  

yep

see my profile pic. no glasses, no facial hair.

"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 26, 2009 2:26 PM CST up reply actions  

Nope.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:26 PM CST up reply actions  

Wow!

That’s a lot of pitchers mentioned.

However, no one has gotten it yet.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:26 PM CST reply actions  

Larry Sorenson?

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:26 PM CST reply actions  

there's a sad story

Sorensen has had some problems since leaving the game

"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 26, 2009 2:45 PM CST up reply actions  

That is sad

At least the laws in Michigan seem tougher on DUI than Wisconsin . . . I know someone with 5. That’s right, 5. He’s been waiting for sentencing for about 6 months. Probably won’t get longer than 1 year.

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions  

Jeff Hartsock

"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 26, 2009 2:27 PM CST reply actions  

I didn't think anyone remembered Jeff Hartsock.

But no, it’s not him. Nor is it Sorensen or Bullinger.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:30 PM CST up reply actions  

Mike Morgan?

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:30 PM CST reply actions  

Nope.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:30 PM CST up reply actions  

uncle... i call uncle

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:31 PM CST up reply actions  

Oooh....I think that might be right

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:32 PM CST up reply actions  

Ron Paul?

"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 26, 2009 4:54 PM CST up reply actions  

Stoddard was much taller and had a beard.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions  

Last guess...

My brain hurts…
Frank Castillo?

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:32 PM CST reply actions  

al said he's not a local product

so that would rule out pall.

"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 26, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions  

D'oh!

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by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 2:36 PM CST up reply actions  

Steve Wilson?

"When you are in a hole, stop digging." - anon.

by LAcarl519 on Jan 26, 2009 2:34 PM CST reply actions  

Wilson was lefthanded.

So it can’t be him, and it’s not.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions  

STILL no correct answer!

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:37 PM CST reply actions  

This was a good one Al

If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

by Clutche on Jan 26, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions  

TWSS

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. - Dave Barry

by zm1217 on Jan 26, 2009 5:02 PM CST up reply actions  

Shawn Boskie

Just came to me…

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:39 PM CST reply actions  

Another semi-obscure name.

But it’s not him.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:40 PM CST up reply actions  

I went to a game in 1990 that he started...

I’m totally out of answers.

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:41 PM CST up reply actions  

has this guy already been the subject of a "name that cub"?

cause i’d like to rule out Mike Perez, who had a similar hairdo.

"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 26, 2009 2:41 PM CST up reply actions  

It's not Perez.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:42 PM CST up reply actions  

Something tells me that the entire 1989-1996 Cubs staff...

sported a hockey mullett.

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:42 PM CST up reply actions  

As I was travelling through Nevada

last summer, I stopped at an Applebee’s in Sparks, NV for lunch. (No slot machines.) Near the bathroom, they had a little window display on Shawn Boskie’s career, including a uniform and hat from his Angels days.

by Josh Timmers on Jan 26, 2009 11:06 PM CST up reply actions  

Near a bathroom in Sparks, Nevada.

Somehow, that seems appropriate.

FWIW, Boskie has had a good post-baseball career — he works for a venture capital firm in the Phoenix area.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 27, 2009 8:20 AM CST up reply actions  

Danny Jackson

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:41 PM CST reply actions  

Jackson was lefthanded.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:42 PM CST up reply actions  

Les Lancaster

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:43 PM CST reply actions  

DINGDINGDING!!!

We, at last, have a winner. Bill Long pitched part of one season for the Cubs. But someone took his picture.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions  

He had a mustache with the White Sox...

Just the coolest fact I can think to say about him.

by sloathcheck78 on Jan 26, 2009 3:01 PM CST up reply actions  

Randy Veres

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

Calvin Schiraldi??

"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 26, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

Jeff Robinson

WHO?

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by wild bill on Jan 26, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

I never pitched for the Cubs.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions  

that you will admit to

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions  

If I had, I'd admit to it!

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:48 PM CST up reply actions  

Are you sure about that?

Al you and I are close to the same age and saw a lot of the same pitchers in the 70s. Are you sure if you were one of them you’d admit it?

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 puckishcubsfan on Jan 27, 2009 5:41 AM CST up reply actions  

Turk Wendell

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

not enough teeth aroung the neck

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions  

is he a pitcher

Or is this like the DD one a few days ago, where it was an OF pitching

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

No, this is an actual pitcher.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions  

Henry Rowengartner?

Or maybe Chet Steadman, giving someone the high stinky cheese?

"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 26, 2009 2:48 PM CST reply actions  

LMAO

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 26, 2009 2:48 PM CST up reply actions  

Can’t be him. He’s throwing a deuce in that picture.

by VFTB Matt on Jan 26, 2009 3:16 PM CST up reply actions  

See above.

It’s Bill Long.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 26, 2009 2:48 PM CST reply actions  

Good one Al...

any of those in my formative years as a Cubs fan (87-98) and I can usually do ok… but Bill Long? Sheesh.

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:50 PM CST up reply actions  

I'm new here...

Do I win the respect of some of you for getting it right? HA!

by sloathcheck78 on Jan 26, 2009 2:51 PM CST reply actions  

13 BCB points...

redeemable for a small sip of Al’s big gulp.

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by IowaCubs- on Jan 26, 2009 2:54 PM CST up reply actions  

The BCB Store

should be ready for opening day. Save your points, there’s gonna be a big opening weekend sale.

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by dtpollitt on Jan 26, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions  

Thanks!

That is more than I could ever ask for.

by sloathcheck78 on Jan 26, 2009 2:56 PM CST reply actions  

don't be too greatful...

it’s the last sip, so it’s mostly backwash.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 26, 2009 3:14 PM CST up reply actions  

Noted...

Still sounds good. There are too many smart people here not to want to drink form the same Big Gulp. I’ve been reading comments on this website for a while now and totally have respect for you guys. Talking Cubs year round is the greatest thing ever!

by sloathcheck78 on Jan 26, 2009 3:31 PM CST reply actions  

Glad you like it here...

please use the “reply” feature so the threads are more readable.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 26, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions  

Ronald Reagan in his broadcasting days..

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 26, 2009 8:10 PM CST reply actions  

These things are hard

And they make me feel stupid. But I still enjoy them.

by Brett Taylor on Jan 26, 2009 8:15 PM CST reply actions  

TW... nope, not gonna do it...

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

by ballhawk on Jan 26, 2009 8:21 PM CST up reply actions  

Wow

Never would have guessed him.

That's shitastic!

by CUBSfaninYANKEEcountry on Jan 26, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions  

Bill Long

Maybe I’m getting him mixed up with someone else but didn’t he actually not pitch too horribly with us and then got hurt?

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 puckishcubsfan on Jan 27, 2009 5:43 AM CST reply actions  

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