Thursday Name That Cub
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 12:55 PM CST
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While we wait for the 2009 Cubs to report tomorrow (at least, the pitchers & catchers), name this Cub from the past. Clue: this one's about as obscure as it gets.
One change in this game: previous winners are ineligible to win again until 30 days have passed... this is to give a chance to others. Thanks!
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Beldar Conehead?
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)
by Zeke on Feb 12, 2009 1:03 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
That head isn't THAT big!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 1:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty close Al, pretty close!
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (Now #12,966 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list- UP from 13,031...WHOO HOO!)
by Zeke on Feb 12, 2009 1:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I had to look him up.
But no, it’s not him.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe I have two pictures of Winceniak
"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 Feb 12, 2009 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good heavens, WHY?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 1:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I ask myself the same question
"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 Feb 12, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
I’ll take solace in that I had the “obscure” part right!
by bison on Feb 12, 2009 1:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you did.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 1:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Personally, I think he looks a little like a young Paul McCartney...
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 1:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Jay Leno
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 12, 2009 1:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ray Liotta
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 1:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If they ever make a movie about this guy's life, Liotta could play him.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well his wife does have a thing for old Cub players
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Feb 12, 2009 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And he is a distant relative of...
… a minor leaguer by the same name who spent last year in the Royals organization.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 5:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Lee Elia?
Let me ask for a small hint. When we find out who this is, is it going to be a collective “Who?”, or is it someone that knowledgeable fans will at least have heard of?
"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004
by ctcoff99 on Feb 12, 2009 1:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It'll likely be a collective "Who?"
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Nope.
Not THAT old.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ha first name that popped in my head with the old picture
WOW WHAT A SEASON!
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Feb 12, 2009 2:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sparky Adams
WOW WHAT A SEASON!
by SouthsideCUBSfan on Feb 12, 2009 2:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I' ll say
Dick Ellsworth, according to my trusty Baseball Reference guide.
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
by copes006 on Feb 12, 2009 2:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Under rule
of BCB # a-002 using the baseball reference is akin to using steroids and not tolerated. Copes you are going down a slippery slope and risk being banned for 60 seconds or less.
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
by wild bill on Feb 12, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If i don't look it up
It’ll take me 30 days to come up with something. This guy must be6’ 7" with that hat!
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
by copes006 on Feb 12, 2009 2:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And by that time
you lose out. I hear you man.
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
by wild bill on Feb 12, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No, only the hat is that tall.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I am thinking
he has got an outrageous ’doo under there.
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
by copes006 on Feb 12, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No, the haircut should be another clue.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
oh, then this guy must be the first endorser...
…for Tom Emanski’s baseball school until Fred McGriff took over.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
6'5", 6'9" with the afro
Oh…sorry, getting my movies mixed with reality again.
by chitownhawkeye on Feb 12, 2009 7:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ken O'Dea
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 12, 2009 2:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"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 Feb 12, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like Matt Lauer.
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 12, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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 on Feb 12, 2009 2:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The cap should be a clue.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bill Hands
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
by wild bill on Feb 12, 2009 2:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bill Hands?????
Come on, Wild bill!!
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
by copes006 on Feb 12, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey what can I say
I figured with a head that big, he hand big hands. UH?
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
by wild bill on Feb 13, 2009 1:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Joaquin Phoenix ?
Without glasses and beard
by Employee22 on Feb 12, 2009 2:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
He never played for the Cubs.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Schaffernoth
…you want obscure, I give you obscure.
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 12, 2009 2:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We did Schaffernoth already.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that makes me obscure, it seems. :-/
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 12, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the cap is a clue huh?
ive got it—-Cap Anson
by CunoBarragan on Feb 12, 2009 2:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think your right,
It must be Adrian Constantine Anson
by cubbiefan07 on Feb 12, 2009 2:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
John Goetz was born...
in Goetzville, MI…kinda wierd.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have no clue...
…but, if he’s a pitcher, I would assume the umps pulled him off the mound regularly to see what he’s got under his cap.
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 12, 2009 2:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dick Burwell?
…and this time I’m really quitting.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 2:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dick Drott?
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 12, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Gabe Gabler?
barely played in ’58
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 12, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not him, but there's a clue there somewhere
"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 Feb 12, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Still no correct guesses.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You...
Must have never seen a picture of Elmer, he is about 100 years old in the early 60’s.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Here is Singleton.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Guilty..
The only card I can pull up on-line is not very clear. I thought we were looking between 57-59
by HawaiiCubFan on Feb 12, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Footer Johnson.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wow, had to look that one up, too.
But it’s not him.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But he looks like a Footer.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
You are right about him looking like a Footer…what a nickname though.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wonder how he got that.
His baseball-reference page says he’s also nicknamed “Treads”.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, his given name was Richard Johnson.
So maybe he asked to be called Footer. He must have been fast to get the name “Treads”
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I think "Treads" would be derisive, meaning he was slow.
But if I was named Richard Johnson, I’d take any nickname I could get.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed...
although there are a few I may turn down.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Of course. Interesting that he took Footer.
I wonder if something was wrong with a foot, given his two feet-related nicknames.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he was into kickboxing or something of the sort?
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He was ahead of the curve in bringing martial arts mainstream.
Meditating in the cramped clubhouse probably didn’t go over too well, which is why he was gone after 8 games.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Still no winners.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
Must be Tom Baker then. Or perhaps Phil Murdock, or perhaps I need to get back to work.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Phil "Murdock" is actually "Mudrock".
But the photo isn’t him.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
John Buzhardt?
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 12, 2009 3:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hersh Freeman, by chance?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Still no correct answer.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Gordon Massa
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 12, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
his nickname was Moose (or Duke).
kind of fits that picture
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 12, 2009 3:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We did Massa already.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
so I guess you are telling me that I am away from BCB too often. :-(
…twice today!
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 12, 2009 5:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jake Jaeckel?
Okay I’ve reached my quota of guesses.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bob Hill
hopefully no relation to Rich…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
ehhh - where's my glasses... I meant Bob Will
hopefully no relation to George
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I better give a clue.
This man played in the 1960’s.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Moe Morhardt
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Feb 12, 2009 3:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
DINGDINGDING!!!
Winner.
Guess that clue was too good.
Joe Campbell played one game for the 1967 Cubs. They don’t come much more obscure than that.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
3 AB's...3 SO's
and that’s all she wrote.
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 3:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And no fielding chances.
It’s weird that a major league player would have a game like that, in May (not as a September callup) as his only ML experience.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait,...
did I win anything?…or is that over with?
by jbertram on Feb 12, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you won.
You’ll get a gift code emailed to you.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 13, 2009 9:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The day he got called up, he faced the Braves' Dick Kelley three times
Kelley wasn’t that good of a pitcher.
Kelley comes out of nowhere and pitches a three-hit shutout, striking out Campbell 3 times in 3 AB.
"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 Feb 12, 2009 3:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Irv Noren
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Feb 12, 2009 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Winner as noted above.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 12, 2009 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It was some guy who went 0-3 in his MLB career!
Are you kidding me? That was a hard one! I’ll try again tomorrow!
by cubbiefan07 on Feb 12, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Gabe Gapler did the same thing, striking out
in three PH appearances
"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 Feb 12, 2009 3:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
* Gabler
"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 Feb 12, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I was going to guess Gabler earlier...
But couldn’t find a picture of him to compare.
by HawaiiCubFan on Feb 12, 2009 3:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Campbell owns a Chevrolet dealership in Bowling Green, KY
He purchased the dealership in 1981.
Joe Campbell (right) and son, Troy.
"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 Feb 13, 2009 10:37 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
"What do we need to do to put you in a new Chevy today, my friend?"
Happy PCR Day, everyone!
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 13, 2009 10:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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