Name This Old-Time Cub
by Al Yellon on Nov 21, 2009 3:10 PM CST
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Hmmm...
Well it’s not Cap Anson (because he’s wearing a Cubs’ logo) and it’s not Mordecai Brown (because he’s got all his fingers)…
that is defintely
CY BLOCK!
CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN
by GarlicFryCubFan on Nov 21, 2009 3:40 PM CST reply actions
DINGDINGDING!
We have a winner. Photo was taken in 1909. Hofman was part of perhaps the most famous play in Cubs history. Details here.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Dang you beat me!
Al, that’s the 1909 uniform you were talking about liking the other day, isn’t it?
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Yep, that's the one.
Only I’d use that one for the road uniform, and the other one (the pinstripe one) at home.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
No...
… it was a discussion katie casey and I had in one of the other threads, something where I said that this:
would be the uniform I’d put on the Cubs now, in the current colors, except I’d make the home uni the pinstripe and the road uni the one shown on Solly Hofman above.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
well, that's obviously not going to work - too right-handed...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
That can be fixed in the firmware...
IF righthanded THEN
player.system.configuration.hands.invert()
END IF
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
Would you keep the vertical Chicago?
Eamus Ursuli!
Yes.
I like that. It’s different — no team does that today — and it’s a nod to history.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
As long as they don't use the same supplier Washington did...
…otherwise the shirts might say “Chicgo”
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
♪Chicgo, things will get better♫
♫Yes, they will for Chicgo and the Man♪
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 24, 2009 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
These unis are just too old.
Wear them once for A Turn Back The Clock Day. The novelty would wear off quickly. Those pictured farther down this thread are much better for a substitute throwback.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Nov 22, 2009 6:51 PM CST up reply actions
No, they're not doing anything I know of.
I haven't seen the Twins' new unis.
I’d actually like to see us wear the ’40s through mid- ’50s design. No pinstripe, and not a complete circle around the logo. We wore it (with an incorrect navy cap) in that throwback game a couple years ago. I say keep the cap we have now, but switch the rest of the iniform:
here's the
That’s a cool looking uniform too. I’m a fan of the stirrups. I think I’d miss pinstripes at home though.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Thanks for the link
The Twins’ new unis look great! I noticed the inaugural season patch uses the Obama font (Gotham). Looks nice all around.
I’m fond of our pinstripes, but I’d like to try this one out. Very few teams have that much white space without any piping or patches— I think the Cardinals and the Dodgers are the only ones, and both of those teams have large script designs that cover the entire chest (not to mention the Dodgers’ red number on the front). I think this uniform would really stand out. At least as an alternate. I’d even take a cream version.
+1
I love seeing the stirrups. I wish MLB would ban the uniform pants dragging the ground look. It looks so sloppy and unprofessional.
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by BigJohnAZ on Nov 22, 2009 8:58 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
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yep-they look like pajamas
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Nov 22, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
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The uni! I like the pinstripes but for some reason I always think we need to drop the pinstripes because all the pinstripe luck is used up by that team in NY. Also the road unis always make me think of the Dodgers so going back to a unique Cub Uniform works for me.
Oy!
I think the Cubs could summon some of that pinstripe-luck if they spent another $60million as NY does.
Yes'm
Uniforms from this era are much sharper
and have a clean look. The uniforms from the turn of the 20th Century are just too old. These would be very nice alternate uniforms
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Nov 22, 2009 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
Why are they too old....
… if you update them with the current team colors and shirt/pants style?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I had no idea
But that has got to be the biggest block of wood (so to speak) posing as a bat that I have ever seen. How do you hold something like that, let alone swing it. All right kids, have at it :)
"There is no tomorrow for you, and that makes you very dangerous people."--Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) The Replacements
Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.
TWIS
That table leg lumber has to be the most awesome bat I’ve ever seen. It makes Soriano’s bat look like a twig. I stand in awe.
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
That bat looks like it has both size and quality.
Bet they didn’t have the broken bat problem that we have now.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
What do I win?
A Slurpee™ from the 7-11 next time I make it to Wrigley?
Looking at his state now from 1908. Played center, first and second. I really need to hit the books on the 1908 club.
How'd you do that ™ mark?
I just copied/pasted it.
If you want to know more about the 1908 team, I highly recommend Crazy ‘08. Here’s the review I wrote about it at the time it came out.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
That is an awesome book.
Until I read it I had no idea it was such a dramatic close season neck and neck between three teams. It really paints a vivid picture of what it was like back then. It’s about more than just the games-the politics, the gambling, etc. that was going on. I rarely recommend a book, but this one was really good.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
How’d you do that ™ mark?
alt key + 0153
1 Aaron down, 1 to go
by jesus christos on Nov 21, 2009 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
On a Mac
it’s Option—2.
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things." ~Winston Churchill
With Firefox, select Edit, Special Characters from the command menu
and you’ll have a veritable plethora of doohickeys to choose from. The ™ is under Symbols, Letterlike Symbols.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
On a Mac
You click the little American flag up at the top right and choose “show character palette.” All sorts of handy things in there.
I read that review at the time, and added it to my Amazon list so I wouldn’t forget about it. I actually have two large Cubs books (Golenbock’s “Wrigleyville” and Glenn Stout’s “The Cubs”) as well as a few others (Glory of Their Times, a Satchel Paige biography) that I need to read before I go about acquiring new ones.
My MAC doesn't have a small US and/or German flag.
I’d use the Edit → Special Characters ( alt+apple+T) dialogue.
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
Don’t let Sori see that bat.
Numbers may not lie, but they don’t tell the whole truth (and nothing but the truth), either. -- Doug Glanville
Me. Bat. Like.
I always felt most comfortable with a big, heavy bat when I played – which not to say I was very good.
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
Actually....
This picture is Jamie Moyer during his rookie season with the Cubs.
Eamus Catuli! AC0164101
I could go for that. Here's the 1938 (pennant-winning year) uni's.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I actually own one of these from Mitchell & Ness
(From about ten years ago). So I can recommend. I still favor the ‘50s design, though. Something about that version of the Cubs logo that I like— it’s fully enclosed, but not in such a fat circle.
I say we start a BCB campaign for a historical alternate uniform! Whaddaya say? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
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