Name This Old Cub
by Al Yellon on Nov 14, 2009 11:14 AM CST
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Last year, we did an occasional series of "Name That Cub", where you had to identify a Cubs player from the past from an old photo. It was fun, but in general, too easy -- because most of the photos I used were from the last three or four decades.
I'm upping the ante. Since it's a non-newsy baseball weekend, let's try Cubs from the black-and-white era.
No prizes for this; just for fun. And no clues, either.
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Boy, he sure LOOKS like him katie...
Hope you are right…
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
You two are correct.
Let’s see if anyone else gets it. The answer is in katie casey’s link, if you want to keep guessing before you click on it.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Yeah! I wasn't sure.
This was even more fun than the picture puzzles. It got me digging through a bunch of my husband’s old baseball books and I’ve uncovered a few that I’d enjoy reading during the long cold winter.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Nice going katie. First guess. First post. A slam dunk.
Can you tell I’ve moved from baseball past football to NCAA basketball? ;)
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
Me too
His depression apparently cost him his baseball career AND his life. Pretty sad stuff!
"I always tell the truth -- Even when I lie"
He was a former Cub living in St. Louis
I’m not surprised he killed himself.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Nov 14, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I didn't know much about him.
I found this article which had quite a bit.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Nov 15, 2009 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
dunno but...
he looks like a charter member of the Smurf Aging Journeyman Former Non-Prospect Society
I think it's either one of the following.
My first guess would be Charlie Root. If not him, then I would guess Rogers Hornsby.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Nov 14, 2009 12:58 PM CST reply actions
He reminds me of someone else
and I can’t quite place who. He looks eerily familiar to me-especially in the eyes. Rich Harden maybe? hmmmm
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
A cross
between Rich Harden and Michael Wuertz.
That person cannot possibly exist
They would be too hot for words. :P
Believe or Leave ~Cubswynn 9/9/2008
Here's my thinking.
Rich Harden’s mouth and jaw and Reed Johnson’s nose. Not sure anymore on the eyes.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Nov 16, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
Joe Tinker
AlaskaFan
"Year after year after year after year . . . . . after year after year after year . . ." - Steve Goodman, "Dying Cub Fan's Last Request"
Billy Jurges and Woody English would like to have a word with you.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Ted Lilly?
Randy Wells. A product of the Roy Halladay School of Pitching, located in Toronto, Canada. Possible relocation.
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