Friday Name That Cub
by Al on Feb 13, 2009 1:16 PM CST
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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.
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Name that Cub
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
darn TC got it before me
Angel Echavarria
by jeff_pico 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
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
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
I was surprised to see
that he is only 26
by TC Cubby on Feb 13, 2009 1:53 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
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
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
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
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