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This one is courtesy of BCB reader flachimesa. There's a clue in the photo itself.

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He must be from '57

That’s the only year they had those stripes on the hat.

Old Style is the nectar of life.

by Mordecai on Jan 3, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Maybe...

… or maybe it’s a clue to throw you off.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 3:01 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Moose Moryn?

"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield

by DrGalazkiewicz on Jan 3, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Could be

Old Style is the nectar of life.

by Mordecai on Jan 3, 2009 3:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Close, but no.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 3:03 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Close meaning... an outfielder?

"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield

by DrGalazkiewicz on Jan 3, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Close meaning....

… in looks.

But then again, most Cubs in that era (save Ernie Banks and a couple others) looked a lot like that.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 3:08 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Dale Long?

Old Style is the nectar of life.

by Mordecai on Jan 3, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Chuck Tanner?

"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher

by The Lip on Jan 3, 2009 3:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

No to both of the above.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 3:08 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Bob Speake?

"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield

by DrGalazkiewicz on Jan 3, 2009 3:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

Interesting guesses, though.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 3:13 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Could be Bob Rush.

But, Al’s right- these guys all look a lot alike!

"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher

by The Lip on Jan 3, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I'd have to second this....

"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck

by MOCubsfan on Jan 3, 2009 3:58 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

You'd be wrong, though.

So far, no correct guesses.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Mark Grace? LOL

"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield

by DrGalazkiewicz on Jan 3, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Bob Will?

Old Style is the nectar of life.

by Mordecai on Jan 3, 2009 3:16 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Lee Walls?

"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield

by DrGalazkiewicz on Jan 3, 2009 3:17 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Micky Mantle wishing he were a Cub

"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 3, 2009 3:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ryne Sandberg in 10 years?

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by Chanman25 on Jan 3, 2009 3:29 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Jim Brosnan?

"That’s what I love about my skip, man. He’ll tell you that you suck...I know I suck. We know we suck...Yeah, we suck. But we’ll see who sucks at the end."
- Gary Sheffield

by DrGalazkiewicz on Jan 3, 2009 3:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Curt Gowdy?

by muffman on Jan 3, 2009 4:20 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Clyde McCullough?

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Jan 3, 2009 4:41 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

McCullough’s last year was 1956.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Perhaps the clue is the water tower in the background?

…. from a former spring training location?

New sig currently under construction

by JB 23 on Jan 3, 2009 4:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Not sayin' yes.

Not sayin’ no.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 4:46 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting guess, but no.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 4:55 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

He does look a little like Moe.

But no.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 5:01 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Sammy Taylor?

"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

by JohnM on Jan 3, 2009 5:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nope.

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

by Al on Jan 3, 2009 5:01 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Moe Thacker?

"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

by JohnM on Jan 3, 2009 5:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Possibly Morgan

"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano

by JohnM on Jan 3, 2009 5:24 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

he's got the same eyes

"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 3, 2009 5:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Lol!

You are such a girl!

"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher

by The Lip on Jan 4, 2009 9:45 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

thank goodness for that :D

"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 7, 2009 9:54 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

This is the longest one yet.

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Jan 3, 2009 6:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

TWSS!

I couldn’t resist.

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Jan 3, 2009 6:36 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Best use of this in a while!!!

"Booze, broads, and bullshit. If you got all that, what else do you need?" Harry Caray

by CubbieintheSouth on Jan 3, 2009 8:42 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

nah

that very first one carried on for days I believe. I love these post so much I hate them. I get myself caught up in trying to figure it out and spend hours. One of the best offseason subjects of BCB ever.

Dear Santa:: All I want for X-mas this year is an official 2009 Jake Peavy Cubs Jersey. Oh and a Beimel one too. I've been a real good guy for the most part!!!

by cubsluver22 on Jan 3, 2009 6:58 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Bob Anderson??

I’m afraid to use 57 players, but he seems to fit the bill.
Of course, they do all tend to look the same after a few pictures.

by chrisw95 on Jan 3, 2009 9:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

could it be?

Elvin Tappe?

"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields

by KedzieKid on Jan 3, 2009 9:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I'll take this one, Al

DINGDINGDING!!! We have a winner.

This is an AP photo of Chicago Cubs catcher Elvin Tappe, taken at the team’s spring training camp at Rendezvous Park in Mesa, Ariz. on 3/11/1958.

El Tappe is probably better known as one of the “College of Coaches” in 1961-62.

Fun fact: Elvin Tappe was named to the 1960 National League All-Star Game…as a coach!

The Cubs’ Spring Training home field in 1958 was Rendezvous Park. It was run by a local group of businessmen—led by Dwight Patterson, a Mesa rancher and builder—who formed the HoHoKams, a local charitable organization, and were instrumental in luring the Cubs to Mesa’s Rendezvous Park in 1952.

To this day the HoHoKams exist as a charity. The current ST facility is up Center Street at Dwight W.Patterson Field aka HoHoKam Park.

Note the water tower in the picture below:

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Jan 3, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for answering...

… and for all the details, and for the photo of Rendezvous Park.

You sent a really good one!

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

by Al on Jan 4, 2009 3:44 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Could be

Charlie Silvera too, looks less like Anderson now that I look more into it.

by chrisw95 on Jan 3, 2009 9:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Elvin Tappe

He was a backup catcher in the late 50’s . He was also one of the College of Coaches in 1961-62. Brother Ted Tappe played with the Cubs in the early 50s.

by cub512 on Jan 6, 2009 8:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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