Tuesday Name That Cub
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 8:12 AM CST
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Do you think Jim Hendry is done dealing? For now, I think he is. Perhaps he'll make another acquisition during spring training; he hints as much in today's Sun-Times:
"We're ready to go to camp and adjust after that," Hendry said. "We picked up Reed Johnson last year on [March 25]. We'll scout spring training like we always do.
"We're in good shape, but we'll always stay active in the scouting process. Lots of good players are left who haven't signed yet, and we'll continue to keep an eye on that, too."
In the meantime, have some fun and name this sun-drenched Cub. A $10 gift card from Distant Replays to the first person with the correct ID.
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So his plan is to hope he lucks into another Reed Johnson to fill out the roster?
Thats a sound plan
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 3, 2009 8:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
No, he said...
… they’re scouting throughout spring training.
Remember, you’re talking about filling the last spot on the bench here.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 8:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well Wigginton is off the table to Baltimore
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 3, 2009 9:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He was always going to get a starting job offer
So he would have had to be willing to take a backup role to settle for the Cubs.
by AceCubbie on Feb 4, 2009 6:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't mind
if the Cubs hold tight for right now and see how things shake out. They are the favorites to win the division and have some leeway. Injuries happen. The goal is not just to build a team for the opening day of the season, but also to position it for the post-season. I hope the Cubs have the option to add a top level talent at the trade deadline if necessary.
by jerry morales rules on Feb 3, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch.
This is really it?
Yikes!
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Feb 3, 2009 8:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
In the meantime, any guesses about the photo?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 8:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Recent trades summary....
What exactly did we get for DeRosa, Cedeno, Hill and Pie (all former starters, and the latter 3 supposedly the "future "of the Cubs)?
Thanks-I’m too lazy to look it up.
"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse
by ronsanto10 on Feb 3, 2009 8:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Here's the haul.
Four minor league pitchers, Heilman, and a PTBNL.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 8:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
SUMMARY......
What we got does not look good to me …Because yes these were the players of the future that were dealt away . (At least that it what the fans were led to beleive ) More fed up now that before …..
by cubs north on Feb 3, 2009 9:05 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
In addition, don't forget the loss of Kerry Wood...
"Hey-Hey! Home Run! Attaboy Ronnie!" ~ Jack Brickhouse
by ronsanto10 on Feb 3, 2009 9:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll play. Dan Plesac :-)
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 3, 2009 9:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not Plesac.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 9:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
If not for the eyebrows, I’d say Bill Hands.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Feb 3, 2009 9:18 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dan McGinn?
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 3, 2009 9:49 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Nope
This is Dan McGinn
"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 3, 2009 10:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Eyebrows are similar, though.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I had to look twice myself
From Baseball Almanac:
"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 3, 2009 10:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Neither of the above.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 10:02 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Paul Popovich?
Pretty much a longshot. I really got no idea.
by blakethesnake77 on Feb 3, 2009 10:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not Popovich.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 10:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Did Broberg a while back.
This is Broberg:
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 10:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Doogie's best friend?
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Feb 3, 2009 10:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wow, there's an obscure pitcher
Another 1st round pick who went nowhere.
Pitched a whole 4.7 innings in the Bigs.
"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 3, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey!
This is a family friendly web site.
by jerry morales rules on Feb 3, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
His next guess was Dick Pole...
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And it isn't either of those!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 12:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
TWHA
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 3, 2009 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
dave lemonds
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
by MOCubsfan on Feb 3, 2009 10:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Off Topic from the post
but check out this article concerning Selig’s salary.
by cubbot on Feb 3, 2009 10:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bob Buhl?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 10:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Jim Brewer?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 10:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
This one is closer....and more around the time of Al's pic...
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Danny Murphy?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 11:03 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
no... but he does have the eye brows
by ELcachorros on Feb 3, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He's not showing the bad teeth in Al's picture, do you know for a fact this isn't right?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
then why even comment? Jeesh.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jack Hiatt?
"Some people will look at a glass of water and say it's half-empty, while another guy will look at it and say it's half-full. A Cubs fan looks at the same glass and asks, "When's it gonna spill?" - Mike Royko
by LaddieRenfroe on Feb 3, 2009 11:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Chris Cannizzaro?
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Feb 3, 2009 11:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Danny Murphy
I’ll betcha Danny’s nickname was “Sad Puppy” because when he was born he had to have been the saddest puppy in the litter.
by eamus-catuli on Feb 3, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thomas Harold Phoebus
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 12:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Since Al has not responded recently
I will tell you that none of the above are correct.
"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 3, 2009 12:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Correct.
flachimesa sent me this photo. I have been away for almost 2 hours and no one has gotten it — this is a good one! Keep trying!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, now you show up!
j/k
"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 3, 2009 12:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jack Aker
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 12:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Julius Caesar (JC) Martin
"We gotta circle the bandwagons." - Devin Hester
by Jose's Eyelid on Feb 3, 2009 12:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dave LaRoche
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 12:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ken Rudolph
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 12:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Joe Pepitone
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 12:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
DINGDINGDING!!!!
Winner! Sorry, was away from the computer for a while.
Didn’t you win the other day, too?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 1:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It must be the blue Koolaide
Hitting 4-for-4 with the picks.
And not throwing out names from baseball-reference, either.
Great job, BKA.
"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 3, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
That’s two in three days-btw; Breeden was a total wild guess!
by bluekoolaide on Feb 3, 2009 8:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bluekoolaide
has some kind of crazy photo recognition software paired with a massive baseball player database!
by AceCubbie on Feb 4, 2009 6:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have an extensive database of pictures
Go ahead, throw a name at me, I may have a picture.
On the other hand, the photo recognition software is a 50-year-old brain recalling many years of baseball reading and research.
"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 4, 2009 8:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jim Hickman
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 1:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
jack warner
"This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings." -- Bill Veeck
by MOCubsfan on Feb 3, 2009 1:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bob Raudman
And yes, I’m just picking names off of Baseball-Reference.com.
by Josh77 on Feb 3, 2009 1:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ha, I've tried that a couple times, too.
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 3, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is it Bill Stoneman?
Kind of looks like him
by Josh77 on Feb 3, 2009 1:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think you're right....
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks well tanned in this one...
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
one more...
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 1:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Garry Jestadt
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 3, 2009 1:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It's Danny Breeden.
Breeden and his brother Hal both played for the Cubs in 1971. Danny was a catcher, Hal a first baseman. Neither was very good.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 1:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
There it is again....
Before 1973 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the San Diego Padres in an unknown transaction
For a guy with only 28 career games, he sure was traded a lot. Talk about a career minor leaguer!
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
it might have been funny
when Breeden went to a restaurant with a pretty woman on his arm and the host/hostess would announce, “Breeden party of two, your table is ready.”
At least that would get his night off to a good start! :-)
Of course in Wisconsin, that might get him paired up with some local cattle.
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 3, 2009 3:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Danny Breeden caught Ken Holtzman’s no-hitter on June 3, 1971
against his old team, the Cincinnati Reds.
Cubs won the game 1-0, no thanks to Breeden’s offense. He went 0-for-3 from the 8 hole.
Holtzman scored the lone run after reaching on E5, advancing to second on Kessinger’s groundout to the right side and touching home on Beckert’s single to RF.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197106030.shtml
"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 3, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Can we make a rule
that you only get one or two (serious) guesses? I think it gets pretty stupid when people just start going down a list of Cubs players from baseball-reference.
by JimboJet on Feb 3, 2009 3:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree
Some people toss out the same obscure names knowing that one may stick.
"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 3, 2009 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not everyone does that....
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 3, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Even so, it took more than four hours.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 3, 2009 4:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hendry is not done dealing
He’s going to shock the world when he trades Larry Rotschild and a rum-and-coke for a reanimated Babe Ruth.
Team Speed Kills. All SEC, all the time.
by cocknfire on Feb 3, 2009 3:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
brothers
Breeden Bros. a tradition of brother acts on the Cubs including the Rueschels & the immortals: Solly & Sammy Drake. Erine’s brother Ben was signed by P.K. but never got to the big show…..
"It's a funny old world. Man's lucky if he gets out of it alive." W.C. Fields
by KedzieKid on Feb 3, 2009 4:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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