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Friday Name That Cub

Here's a little different twist on the Name That Cub idea.

The Little Leaguer in the second row, second from the right (of the four players pictured, not including the coaches in that row) is someone who would wear a Cub uniform many years after this photo was taken.

But who is it? Thanks to BCB reader bison for the photo.

Another $10 gift card from Distant Replays to the first to identify this future Cub.

Who is this future Cub?

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I would have to go with Cliff Floyd.

by ottawacubbie on Feb 13, 2009 1:20 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Doug Glanville

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Feb 13, 2009 1:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Milton Bradley

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson

by MikeOxbyg on Feb 13, 2009 1:24 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 Feb 13, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

No right answer, yet.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Joe Niekro

was from Bridgeport, OH … I always imagined him looking different as a child, however

by TC Cubby on Feb 13, 2009 1:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

LOL

He probably DID look different as a child. It’s not him. Or Lofton.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:28 PM CST up 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 Feb 13, 2009 1:32 PM CST up 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 Feb 13, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Dusty?

Dusty Baker, I know that smile! LOL

by ottawacubbie on Feb 13, 2009 1:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

If you look close the kid is chewing on a toothpick

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on Feb 13, 2009 1:37 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

DINGDINGDING!!!

Winner.

Here’s the original page the photo came from.

Nice work. I’ll get you your gift card.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

wow..

look at all those horses he has with him… must have been a killer team

by lswaidz on Feb 13, 2009 1:43 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

puny kid on the lower left

looks like he clogged some bases back in the day

by TC Cubby on Feb 13, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Dude.

Now I have the urge to find my old Little League pictures.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Feb 13, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

In other news from googling bridgeport and the cubs

Adam Greenberg is playing for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic league this year

by TC Cubby on Feb 13, 2009 1:38 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Good for him.

Glad to see he’s still playing.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Greenberg

I saw him playing at Dickey-Stephens in North Little Rock for the Travelers last season.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Feb 13, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know who it is...

…but those are some sweet uniforms!

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Feb 13, 2009 1:40 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Is it

Angel Echevarria?

by 10 14 23 26 on Feb 13, 2009 1:42 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Mel Hall?

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Feb 13, 2009 1:42 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Andre Rodgers

Andre Rodgers from the Bahamas.

by ottawacubbie on Feb 13, 2009 1:42 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Strange.

You gave a different answer even after you won.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:44 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

See answer above.

It’s Dusty Baker.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:43 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Haha,

I tend to talk myself out of a lot of prizes, I was sure it was Dusty, but then I remembered seeing a giant Cubs poster in Nassau when I got married in the Bahamas and just threw that name up there.

by ottawacubbie on Feb 13, 2009 1:51 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

You still win.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

but not for lack of using the "reply" button

"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 2:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Strange

Didn’t recognize him without a toothpick or sunglasses.

by blakethesnake77 on Feb 13, 2009 2:44 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Wow, I'm an idiot.

I skimmed the description and was looking at the wrong kid the whole time.

Happy PCR Day, everyone!

by dat cubfan daver on Feb 13, 2009 2:49 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

What's a Brass Rocket?

If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

by Clutche on Feb 13, 2009 3:00 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I believe Bridgeport Brass is a company

They may have sponsored the team.

The “R” on their caps may represent Rockets or Riverside.

"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 3:15 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Probably Riverside, where Dusty grew up.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 3:25 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd have guessed it stood for Rockets...

as I’d think that all of the teams in that league were from Riverside.

by SouthernCub on Feb 13, 2009 4:32 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

True.

But, maybe all the teams in that league had “R” on their caps for “Riverside”.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 4:55 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

According to...

this, in 1960 — which is probably about when that photo was taken, Dusty would have been 11 in 1960 — Bridgeport Brass was a Fortune 500 company.

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

by Al on Feb 13, 2009 3:28 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

by any chance

couldnt dusty have played against Bobby Bonds? both played little league in Riverside and were only a few years apart.

by truthaddict11 on Feb 13, 2009 11:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Unlikely.

In Little League, you generally play against kids your age or maybe 1 year younger or older. Bobby Bonds was born in 1946, Dusty Baker in 1949.

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

by Al on Feb 14, 2009 4:30 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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