Perhaps when next week begins, there will be some actual Cubs trades or signings to discuss. The winter meetings are just a week away.

Until then, let's have another go at naming a Cub. There are clues here, but I won't give them away.

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It's a slow weekend for baseball news... so let's play Name That Cub today.

I especially like the expression on this lefthander's face.

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It's been a pretty slow weekend for Cubs news, so let's play "Name That Cub." No clues here; even the uniform won't really give it away, since it's the same uniform the Cubs still wear as we enter 2011. This Cubs pitcher -- OK, so it's obvious he's a pitcher -- is pretty obscure.

No prizes for this -- just for fun.

No, this isn't about Ron Santo.

Last year, we did an occasional series of "Name That Cub", where you had to identify a Cubs player from the past from an old photo. It was fun, but in general, too easy -- because most of the photos I used were from the last three or four decades.

I'm upping the ante. Since it's a non-newsy baseball weekend, let's try Cubs from the black-and-white era.

No prizes for this; just for fun. And no clues, either.