Saturday Name That Cub

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 10:22 AM CST in Name That Cub

Today is the birthday of three Hall of Famers: Ernie Banks (78), Nolan Ryan (62), and Jackie Robinson, who would have turned 90 today.

The man depicted here is NOT in the Hall of Fame. Once again, a $10 gift card from Distant Replays will go to the first person who correctly identifies him.

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Andre Rogers?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 31, 2009 10:29 AM CST reply actions

ellis burton

"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 31, 2009 10:30 AM CST reply actions

Dick LeMay?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Jan 31, 2009 10:30 AM CST reply actions

George Altman?

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 31, 2009 10:32 AM CST reply actions

Lou Brock?

I think they traded him to the Cardinals.

by Bruce Miles on Jan 31, 2009 10:36 AM CST reply actions

They did, but this photo isn't Brock.

Nor is it any of the others mentioned above.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 10:36 AM CST up reply actions

Cleo James?

OK, that’s all I got for today.

by Bruce Miles on Jan 31, 2009 10:38 AM CST reply actions

Jake Peavy? Brian Roberts?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Jan 31, 2009 10:38 AM CST up reply actions

Nope, not James.

Nor is it Peavy or Roberts. Never heard of either of those guys.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 10:40 AM CST up reply actions

Blue Mike?

"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 31, 2009 10:41 AM CST reply actions

LOL

But no.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 10:43 AM CST up reply actions

wes covington

"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 31, 2009 10:43 AM CST reply actions

DINGDINGDING!!

Winner. Email me so I can have the gift card sent to you.

Covington was picked up by the Cubs in the 1965-66 offseason. This photo was taken at spring training 1966.

He played only nine games for the Cubs before being released.

Something must have been weird with him — he had two good years as a part-time player for the 1957 and 1958 Braves, who were pennant winners. Then he played for four different teams in 1961, before winding up with the Phillies where he also was decent. But they didn’t hesitate to trade him after 1965.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

Interesting stuff....

Covington is one of a handful of players to have played for four different teams in one season when he accomplished this feat in 1961. His best season came in 1958 with the Braves when he hit 24 home runs, had 74 Runs Batted In and hit for a .330 batting average. He played his last game of his career with the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series.

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 31, 2009 10:50 AM CST up reply actions

Hre's a cool photo of Covington from 1958.

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by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 10:51 AM CST up reply actions

That. Is. Awesome.

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 31, 2009 10:52 AM CST up reply actions

I bet they superglued that ball

"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 31, 2009 12:19 PM CST up reply actions

They didn't have super glue in 1958.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions

if you look closely

you see something holding the ball to the bat….unless his left shoulder is dislocated

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

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 31, 2009 3:23 PM CST up reply actions

The patent for the Super Glue formula

was filed in 1956. According to their website, the product was first sold commercially in 1958.

"They say we live and learn. Often what we learn is what damn fools we have been." ~Thomas Sowell

by Goodie1969 on Jan 31, 2009 4:07 PM CST up reply actions

I did not know that.

Still, if something is holding the ball to the bat (and it does look like there is), it’s probably tape.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 4:19 PM CST up reply actions

Sounds like injuries got to Wes.....

From a “scouting report” from the SI vault in 1958:

43 WES COVINGTON, LF
Bats L, .333, 24 HR, 75 RBI
Ailing legs kept him on the bench almost half the time this season, but Covington nonetheless has almost as many home runs and runs batted in as does Aaron, who has played in nearly every game. Wes likes to crouch at plate, waving bat menacingly. Loves the dramatics of it all and is occasionally accused of “showboating.” But he hits, and hard, not so much down line to right as to right center, center, left center. Slow because of injured leg, and not a topflight fielder. But what a hitter!

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1002896/index.htm

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 31, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions

Sounds like he would have been an ideal DH.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 31, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

As

a young kid I remember Wes would “cock” his bat with the barrel pointing down. And as a kid we would try to impersonate the swing, what a lot of fun.

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by Grockcubs on Jan 31, 2009 12:41 PM CST up reply actions

Clarence Jones

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by carmen_fanzone on Jan 31, 2009 10:43 AM CST reply actions

Elrod Hendricks

A Paul Bako of yesteryore.

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.

by DGU on Jan 31, 2009 10:44 AM CST reply actions