2010 Cubs By The Numbers/Haiti Donation Update
by Al Yellon on Feb 5, 2010 8:00 AM CST
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Thanks to everyone who ordered a copy of "Cubs By The Numbers" directly from me over the last couple of weeks.
I haven't forgotten my pledge to send a donation to Haiti earthquake relief from sales of the book. 40 books were sold through these posts; I pledged $1 per book. Several people gave me additional money to donate, and I added some additional money of my own and yesterday made a $150 donation to Doctors Without Borders, an organization now working to help in Haiti that was highly recommended to me by several people, on behalf of BCB. Just so you know, between the price I paid the publisher for the books, postage to send them to you, Paypal fees, and the money I spent on various mailing materials, this was a break-even effort for me.
Thanks again for buying "Cubs By The Numbers" and helping out the people of Haiti with your generosity. After the jump I have a couple more uniform number changes for 2010.
The Cubs have two more spring training invitees who had not had numbers assigned the last time I posted about this. Chad Tracy will wear #9 and Kevin Millar #15. Bobby Scales, who had originally been assigned #15, will switch to #19. That leaves #5 as the only unassigned number lower than #40.
Here's the updated complete numerical roster list, which is also permanently on the left sidebar.
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Mine arrived via Amazon.de yesterday - I love it already
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
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Thanks, Al, for doing this
for all of us who follow BCB. A worthy cause. And I, too, am enjoying the book a lot. I just read about Dale Long and you mentioned that he caught two games in 1958. I recall watching one on TV where I believe the starting catcher and the backup catcher were pinch hit, or hurt, or ejected, but I don’t remember which. I think Sammy Taylor was one of them. I don’t remember the other. Anway, they were out of catchers and they brought Dale Long in to catch and he had to use his first baseman’s mitt because they didn’t have a left-handed catcher’s mitt. Brickhouse made quite an entertaining little adlib about it. Maybe I’m remembering the wrong year and the wrong catchers! I was kina little.
One of Lee Elia's 15%
No, I think you have it exactly right.
Wish I’d have heard that story earlier — I would have put it in the book!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Looks like you might have been talking about...
… this game on August 20, 1958. It was the first game of a DH. There was a play at the plate after which Cal Neeman, the catcher, was taken out of the game and Long brought from 1B to catch. Neeman’s 1958 game log indicates he didn’t play again for a week after that, so he might have suffered a minor injury on the play.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
That sounds right,
either an injury or an ejection, maybe arguing the call at the plate? That somehow sticks in my mind, which is no reason to believe it accurate!! And that wouldn’t explain why Neeman sat for a week. But wasn’t he the backup catcher? Sammy Taylor was the everyday catcher IIRC. I remember thinking it kinda fun that the Cubs had two guys named Taylor in the lineup all the time. Sammy and Tony. Tony was my favorite Cub. He used to lead off and he did that quick, compact sign-of-the-cross over the top of his bat before stepping into the batter’s box. I was crestfallen when they sent him to the Phillies. But then the Cubs got Cardwell …
Whatever happened, I recall Brickhouse wondering just what the Cubs would do and someone remembered that Dale Long had some catching experience so they brought him in from first base. Then, when he caught again later that year I think I remember Brickhouse joking that between the two games they were finally able to locate a left-handed catchers mitt.
One of Lee Elia's 15%
by waiting4cubs on Feb 5, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Looking at the PBP from that game...
… Taylor had been in the game, but was pinch-hit for and Neeman came in. Thus when Neeman either got hurt or ejected, there were no other catchers.
The trade of Tony Taylor (for Ed Bouchee) was one of the worst deals of the era. Taylor wasn’t great, but he was a solid major league regular for a decade.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Agreed.
As a little kid I sure didn’t understand why they traded Tony Taylor. It was the first of many lost Cubs for me — it only seemed to get worse from then on.
One of Lee Elia's 15%
by waiting4cubs on Feb 5, 2010 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
I like this book so much I dream about it!
I had a strange dream about this book last night…..I was at ST and I was able to get a whole bunch of autographs from Cub players and I had them sign on their appropriate chapter numbers. At the end I asked Al if he would sign my inside cover, and he did. It was a great dream. :)
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
That was..
me, my wife and my daughter. We got quite a few autographs in our copies of the book. The only one that would not sign the book was Milt Pappas who said it was too hard to sign a book and just took baseball only when we saw him. My daughter, who had her book for him to sign, was really taken aback by his reaction.
Kasey
See the Cubs 2010 schedule (now with game times) at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2010.html
Also see what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Was that you or members of your family
near the front of Ryan Dempster’s line at his foundation booth, Friday night?
One of Lee Elia's 15%
sure was.
Dempster was one of the nicest person we met that weekend
See the Cubs 2010 schedule (now with game times) at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2010.html
Also see what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
jeeze..i need an edit function
or at least I should not just reply on the fly and post.
Dempster was one of the nicest people we met that weekend. He was willing to sign all the books my wife brought to get signed and was very cordial when we talked with him. He made a big impression on my wife
See the Cubs 2010 schedule (now with game times) at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2010.html
Also see what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
We met him in a rather crazy way in Pennsylvania
and had a chance to chat with him for several minutes. We were also very impressed, and thrilled by the coincidence!
One of Lee Elia's 15%
After the 2008 season
My family and his family kind of ran into each other in south central PA. He, of course, didn’t know us, but we recognized him!
One of Lee Elia's 15%
by waiting4cubs on Feb 5, 2010 10:03 AM CST up reply actions
speaking of "numbers"
anyone know how many days till spring training?
BCB - We have our own dictionary!
13 days until pitchers and catchers report.
27 days till the first game on March 4.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
will there be a game thread
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
Thanks Al, I'll have to write this down
so I can keep track going forwards.
BCB - We have our own dictionary!
seriously....are there game threads for ST games?? are there game threads for every single game?? I wasnt here last year
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
It's spring training for game threads too
All the game threaders need to practice their speed typing and spelling during this time. Also time to practice finding new pictures of Erin Andrews and other assorted inserts.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Feb 5, 2010 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
lol...thanks for the info
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
We can always DIY a gamethread in the guise of a fanshot
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
by eths on Feb 5, 2010 11:59 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm watching that on tv....so sorry...bring out the shovel
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
are you safe...at home?
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
hah yes
as the snow continues to pile up. DC may receive the largest recorded snow fall…ever!
Start Sean Marshall!!
wow....you dont want to be out in that stuff, esp driving
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
where are you anyway if you dont mind me asking
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
lol....ok :)
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 5, 2010 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
I would guess DC or thereabouts since that's where he's mentioning.
Just a hunch.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Phil: What blizzard? It's a couple of flakes.
State Trooper: Don’t you listen to the weather? We got a major storm here.
Phil: I make the weather! All of this moisture coming up out of the Gulf is gonna push off to the east and hit Altoona.
State Trooper: Pal, you got that moisture on your head.
….sorry I’m still repeating Groundhog Day over here.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
You must be closer to Punxsutawney.
Our groundhog didn’t see his. He gave us an early spring.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
I wouldn't quite call this an "early spring".
However, I’m glad the snow is all east of here.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I didn't mean we got the early spring already.
Just that it’s supposed to be coming early. Actually after that cold spell a few weeks ago, this does seem warm to me. I’m almost ready for shorts.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Fahrenheit?
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Yes.
You’re included in the 40. Your book went out yesterday. Thanks!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
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