Wednesday Name That Cub
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 8:19 AM CST
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Rather than just pick random names off baseball-reference.com, try to think about who this might be. There's more than one clue in the photo.
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It's NOT Chuck Conners...
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 4, 2009 8:20 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
You're right, it's not!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 8:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
From the George Brace collection:
"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 8:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Brace collection.
Tons of cool photos.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 8:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
His photos are awesome
I didn’t have time to reduce it to 72 dpi for the web.
Sorry for the hugeness.
Please, no TWSS.
"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 8:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have a list of $800 worth of photos
That I want to buy from his collection. Every time I get some extra cash I pick up a few more.
by gocubsgo22 on Feb 4, 2009 9:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i can't even think of names
that weird patch of clavicle hair above the top button has me distracted
by TC Cubby on Feb 4, 2009 8:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Based on the uniform
It looks like he’s from ‘69-’71. And with the palm tree in the background, it’s a spring training photo. Also look at the huge chew he has in his mouth.
Old Style is the nectar of life.
by Mordecai on Feb 4, 2009 8:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
To me
It looks a bit like a very young and very svelte Rick Reuschel.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Feb 4, 2009 8:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
To Me
To me it looks more like a young Randy Hundly.
by Jasely on Feb 4, 2009 8:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting.
But not true.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 8:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
Sorry, Hundley. I spelled it wrong.
by Jasely on Feb 4, 2009 8:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Spelled right or wrong, it's still not him.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 9:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that a young Joe Biden?
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 4, 2009 9:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Nope.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 9:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea then, I dont think Ive gotten a single one of these
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 4, 2009 9:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy Qualls
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 4, 2009 9:13 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dave LaRoche?
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 4, 2009 9:14 AM CST 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 4, 2009 9:16 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Chris Ward?
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 4, 2009 9:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Jim Colborn?
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Feb 4, 2009 9:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Interesting guesses.
But no.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 9:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
based on the chew
I go George Mitterwald
by gocubsgo22 on Feb 4, 2009 9:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
By the way
Who poses for their team photo and does not have time to remove their chew?
by gocubsgo22 on Feb 4, 2009 9:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Good question.
No, it’s not Mitterwald or Beckert.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 9:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Paul Reuschel?
Hey Lou, we're long overdue.
by deadcatbounce on Feb 4, 2009 9:50 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Paul Reuschel...
… had a very distinctive look:
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow!...Honesty compels me to say,
you take away the glasses and mustache, and the similarity to Jim Cosman is uncanny.
Hey Lou, we're long overdue.
by deadcatbounce on Feb 4, 2009 5:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rick Monday?
"Who's Bob Brenly? The guy that used to be the manager for Arizona?" ~ Alfonso Guilleard Soriano
by JohnM on Feb 4, 2009 9:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Joe Decker?
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 4, 2009 9:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Joe Decker's birth name is George Henry Decker Jr.
He died of head injuries suffered in a fall at his home in March 2003 at the age of 55.
"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 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
ahahahahahaahahaaaaaaa....
yea, ugliest dude ever…not sure why women find him attractive…his dance moves are corny as hell too…that’s hilarious!
by Lows05 on Feb 4, 2009 11:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
by the way...
He has his own line of processed chicken. I bought some at a grocery store awhile back when I was visiting a friend. I thought it would be hilarious to bring some Dwight Yoakum’s Chicken Lickin’s Chicken Rings. They were the worst thing I had ever ate…until I tried the Dwight Yoakum’s Chicken Lickin’s Buffalo Style Bites…they were in the shape of a boot…………………..Not quite sure how the guys in that marketing department still have jobs.
by Lows05 on Feb 4, 2009 12:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, in Dwight's defense...
…it’s really hard to slaughter, pluck and process a chicken with that hat in your eyes.
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 4, 2009 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Frank Thomas (the cubs version)?
"Just win tonight" - derv
by derv on Feb 4, 2009 10:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Roe Skidmore?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:05 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Roe Skidmore!
The last Cub to retire with a 1.000 BA (1-for-1).
Nope, it’s not him. Nor is it anyone else mentioned so far.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 10:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Jim Cosman?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
DINGDINGDING!
Winner.
In 1966, Cosman, recalled to the Cardinals, threw a 2-hit shutout vs. the Cubs on the last day of the season, the Cubs’ 103rd loss of the year, tying the team record.
Cubs management must have remembered this. Three years later they picked him from the Mets in the Rule 5 draft. But he pitched in only one Cubs game, on April 30, 1970.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 10:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
awesome! My system finally worked! Haha.
1. Guess the year of the uniform
2. Look up roster and see who didn’t play much
3. Look up name w/ cubs on ebay or just the name itself
4. see if person looks remotely like picture above.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, item #4 won't work after today.
Nice guess, though.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Feb 4, 2009 10:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Why is that?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Because if the player looks like the picture above
chances are it’s Jim Cosman and not the new player featured.
"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 10:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ha. Yeah, good point.
Of course, I meant “current mystery Cub”.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Great job!
I’m enjoying this feature.
It beats reading the rants and raves about Peavy, Pie, and Roberts every day.
I’m learning a lot about players I vaguely knew even played for the Cubs.
"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 10:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Totally agree
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Totally agree
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
by Clutche on Feb 4, 2009 10:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
what, are the cubs
thinking about getting peavy?
or roberts?
hadn’t seen any rumors here.
by tim815 on Feb 4, 2009 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I heard that Pie may be the PTBNL in the Hill deal
from an very unreliable source
"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 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thats almost f'd up enough
to be true. :-P
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Feb 4, 2009 4:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Archie Reynolds?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:14 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Think about who we are guessing?
Come on, this is the internet! I’m just upset someone got it before i had a chance to guess Milton Bradley.
by dbaltman on Feb 4, 2009 10:37 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I like this autograph on ebay....
“Keep smiling”…haha…what a happy guy Jim was.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 10:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
He was on a Cardinals Rookie Card, too
I wondered who is pictured the most times on different Rookie Cards from the same company (e.g., Topps)?
"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 10:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He like the smiley thing
"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 10:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cosman is in the Hall of Fame......
…the Waste Management Hall of Fame, but nonetheless…..
Jim Cosman started his career as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs before becoming a garbage truck driver for Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) in 1972. Within three years, he was a district manager. He oversaw BFI as it became the first publicly held company to enter New York City, and helped implement a strict environmental compliance program. In 1997, he became the president and chief operating offi cer for Republic Services, helping to grow the company from $611 million to $2.1 billion. Cosman retired in 2000 to open a consulting fi rm, Doing Things Better, and helped revamp Pittsburgh’s waste management program.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 11:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh, oh...you may have just started a "Where are They Now" segment
"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 11:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd love to somehow email these guys....
…and ask them what they remember about their very limited time with the Cubs. Interesting to me, at least.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Feb 4, 2009 11:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that would be cool
I bet you’d get some responses maybe even one of these from Jim :)
by StevenABQ on Feb 4, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So he went from throwing garbage in Chicago...
…to picking it up off the streets of New York.
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 4, 2009 11:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
he just got a lifetime contract to play at "the cell"...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Feb 4, 2009 12:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
well played, my dear
"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.
by Emelie on Feb 4, 2009 1:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I hear he's got quite a heater.
We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.
by dat cubfan daver on Feb 4, 2009 2:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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