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davep

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #870 on: June 23, 2017, 12:39:22 pm »
No.  Dunston's arm WAS amazing.  He would have made an amazing center fielder.

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« Reply #871 on: June 23, 2017, 03:12:09 pm »
No.  Dunston's arm WAS amazing.  He would have made an amazing center fielder.
Or late inning reliever, if he could find the plate.

davep

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« Reply #872 on: June 23, 2017, 05:40:20 pm »
I always thought that he would be the perfect two way player.  Play SS or CF until the ninth, and then come in and close if appropriate.  As Robb says, that assumes he had enough control.

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« Reply #873 on: June 24, 2017, 11:05:50 am »
Anyone remember Dick Drott?

Jes Beard

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« Reply #874 on: June 24, 2017, 11:29:54 am »
Anyone remember Dick Drott?

Yes.   And.....?

davep

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« Reply #875 on: June 24, 2017, 09:19:32 pm »
Drott and Drabowski were among the first cub pitchers to become my heroes.  But Drott blew out his arm, and Drabowski, as was normal, went on to excel with the White Sox.

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« Reply #876 on: June 24, 2017, 10:06:47 pm »
Think you mean Orioles. Only pitched a few innings with WSox at last stop of his career.

Jes Beard

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« Reply #877 on: June 24, 2017, 10:31:27 pm »
Drabowsky -- best pitcher that Ozanna, Poland, ever produced.

davep

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« Reply #878 on: June 25, 2017, 05:41:49 pm »
Think you mean Orioles. Only pitched a few innings with WSox at last stop of his career.

Yes, his good years were with Baltimore.  The fact that he ended up with the Sox, merely stuck in my craw.
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Bennett

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« Reply #879 on: June 29, 2017, 03:11:21 pm »

The 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs exhibit in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opens July 1



Artifacts in the exhibit include:
•   The bat used by World Series Most Valuable Player Ben Zobrist to drive in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning of Game 7
•   The home jersey worn by Kyle Schwarber – who played in only two regular season games prior to hitting .412 in the World Series – throughout the Fall Classic
•   The first-pitch ball from Game 7 at Cleveland’s Progressive Field
•   The home jersey worn by Anthony Rizzo during Game 4
•   The mitt used by Cubs catcher David Ross throughout the World Series
•   The second base bag used in the 10th inning of Game 7 when the Cubs clinched the title

Bennett

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« Reply #880 on: July 03, 2017, 03:01:37 pm »
Carrie Muskat's all-time Cubs team

She must be limiting it to players she has covered which is since 1987.

Soriano LF
Ryno 2B
Riz 1B
Dawson RF
Sosa CF
Bryant 3B
Dunston SS
'08 Soto C
Maddux P
'08 K. Wood CL


I might go with the season Rick Wilkins had in 1993 over Geo Soto's 2008.
My closer would be Randy Myers and his 53 saves in 1993 or maybe Rod Beck's 51 saves in 1998 as Kerry Wood was a starter in 1998.   

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #881 on: July 03, 2017, 03:08:15 pm »
Yeah, that Williams and Banks guys were bums.

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« Reply #882 on: July 03, 2017, 03:10:43 pm »
Yeah, that Williams and Banks guys were bums.

Also curious about your impression of Cap Anson?

CurtOne

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« Reply #883 on: July 03, 2017, 03:15:25 pm »
A real loser.  Took his name from a uniform part.  Cap.  Puleeze.

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« Reply #884 on: July 03, 2017, 03:46:22 pm »
Yeah, and in today's game, Anson would be a clubhouse problem.

Of course, maybe Cubs players would be deferential to a guy at age 165 still in the big leagues.