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Monday Name That Cub

I was going to blur out the face and make this a "mystery motion", but I think this Cub is obscure enough that I don't have to. The uniform should give a clue.

Who is this righthander?

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He kinda looks like Ted Abernathy...but Abernathy threw side-arm IIRC.
So far, no right answer.
Dick Ruthven?

1986 maybe?

Rick Monday

His face looks like Rick Monday. (I know its not)

Rawly Eastwick?
the uniform is from 1990-96

It’s not a pullover and it lacks the blue trim around the neck, so that rules out the ‘80s. The pre-pullover uniforms, from the 70s, didn’t have the cub-face logo on the sleeves. The “walking cub” sleeve logo replaces the face in 1997. So the photo between 1990 and 1996.

That helps...

Les Lancaster!!!

Laddie Renfroe
Too over-the-top delivery
yep

see my profile pic. no glasses, no facial hair.

Wow!

That’s a lot of pitchers mentioned.

However, no one has gotten it yet.

Larry Sorenson?
there's a sad story

Sorensen has had some problems since leaving the game

That is sad

At least the laws in Michigan seem tougher on DUI than Wisconsin . . . I know someone with 5. That’s right, 5. He’s been waiting for sentencing for about 6 months. Probably won’t get longer than 1 year.

Jeff Hartsock
I didn't think anyone remembered Jeff Hartsock.

But no, it’s not him. Nor is it Sorensen or Bullinger.

Donn Pall?
Oooh....I think that might be right
Tim Stoddard?
Stoddard was much taller and had a beard.
Last guess...

My brain hurts…
Frank Castillo?

Yeah, Im sticking with Donn Pall.
al said he's not a local product

so that would rule out pall.

Steve Wilson?
Wilson was lefthanded.

So it can’t be him, and it’s not.

STILL no correct answer!
Shawn Boskie

Just came to me…

Another semi-obscure name.

But it’s not him.

I went to a game in 1990 that he started...

I’m totally out of answers.

has this guy already been the subject of a "name that cub"?

cause i’d like to rule out Mike Perez, who had a similar hairdo.

It's not Perez.
Something tells me that the entire 1989-1996 Cubs staff...

sported a hockey mullett.

As I was travelling through Nevada

last summer, I stopped at an Applebee’s in Sparks, NV for lunch. (No slot machines.) Near the bathroom, they had a little window display on Shawn Boskie’s career, including a uniform and hat from his Angels days.

Near a bathroom in Sparks, Nevada.

Somehow, that seems appropriate.

FWIW, Boskie has had a good post-baseball career — he works for a venture capital firm in the Phoenix area.

Danny Jackson
Jackson was lefthanded.
Here's a "long shot"

Bill Long?

DINGDINGDING!!!

We, at last, have a winner. Bill Long pitched part of one season for the Cubs. But someone took his picture.

He had a mustache with the White Sox...

Just the coolest fact I can think to say about him.

Jeff Robinson

WHO?

Al Yellon?
I never pitched for the Cubs.
that you will admit to
If I had, I'd admit to it!
Are you sure about that?

Al you and I are close to the same age and saw a lot of the same pitchers in the 70s. Are you sure if you were one of them you’d admit it?

Turk Wendell
not enough teeth aroung the neck
is he a pitcher

Or is this like the DD one a few days ago, where it was an OF pitching

No, this is an actual pitcher.
Henry Rowengartner?

Or maybe Chet Steadman, giving someone the high stinky cheese?

Can’t be him. He’s throwing a deuce in that picture.

See above.

It’s Bill Long.

Good one Al...

any of those in my formative years as a Cubs fan (87-98) and I can usually do ok… but Bill Long? Sheesh.

I'm new here...

Do I win the respect of some of you for getting it right? HA!

13 BCB points...

redeemable for a small sip of Al’s big gulp.

The BCB Store

should be ready for opening day. Save your points, there’s gonna be a big opening weekend sale.

Thanks!

That is more than I could ever ask for.

don't be too greatful...

it’s the last sip, so it’s mostly backwash.

Noted...

Still sounds good. There are too many smart people here not to want to drink form the same Big Gulp. I’ve been reading comments on this website for a while now and totally have respect for you guys. Talking Cubs year round is the greatest thing ever!

Glad you like it here...

please use the “reply” feature so the threads are more readable.

Dick Ruthven
Ronald Reagan in his broadcasting days..
These things are hard

And they make me feel stupid. But I still enjoy them.

TW... nope, not gonna do it...
Wow

Never would have guessed him.

Bill Long

Maybe I’m getting him mixed up with someone else but didn’t he actually not pitch too horribly with us and then got hurt?

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