Cubs ST Pics thread! (Photo Day! 2/22)

[Northside Blues]

wtf? The 1998 offense was really that good?

 

I'm speechless.

 

 

off the top of my head... we had lance johnson, mickey morandini, sosa, grace, henry rodriguez, jose hernandez, servais, and some crap at 3b (leo gomez or dave madigan or something??) that was replaced by a month or two of lightning in a bottle with gary gaetti

 

 

i guess it wasn't that bad

 

Hernandez was at third about half the year. Kevin Orie was there about a third. The last month it was Gary Gaetti who was a world beater down the stretch (.320/.397/.594/.991) after being acquired in late August. Jeff Blauser was our SS most of the season. He did not even slug 300 after having an 880 OPS the year before for the damned Braves.

 

We were third in the league in runs scored that year (behind San Francisco and Houston). Since World War II we have led the league in runs scored four times (1967, 1984, 1989 and 2008). The '67 team scored 702. For comparison, we have not led the league in ERA since World War II. We have finished 2nd in ERA twice (1963 and 2007).

[Guest]

That's right... totally forgot about Blauser (even though he did have a decent OBP IIRC). I was thinking of the 96 mess at 3B.

 

Vividly remember Orie hitting a bunch of deep warning track flies in April of 98 and thinking that the wind blowing in that month is what stunted/ended his development into our 3B of the future.

[Northside Blues]

Oh, the last four times that the Cubs were first in the league in ERA, they went to the World Series ('45, '38, '35 and '32). In fact, the Cubs have gone to the WS ten times. 8 of those 10 they led the league in ERA. The other two (1908 and 1929) they finished 3rd and 2nd, respectively.

[XZero771679666304]

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Get that [expletive] the [expletive] out of here. You just made me a sad panda.

[Schwarber Fan]

David, thanks for de-railing this great thread.

 

Hopefully more recent and relevant pictures come today.

[Guest]

You're all such friggin drama queens :lol:

[Old Style]

YOU IDIOTS ARE RUINING THE SPRING TRAINING PICTURE THREAD!!!!!

[Bull]

This is supposed to be a happy pics thread. Doesn't someone have a ban hammer for this kind of stunt?

 

We do, but that picture doesn't piss me off. It just makes me sigh wistfully.

 

 

It just reminds me that the Giants and Phillies could turn into, well, us, within four months.

 

Not without Dusty they can't.

[imb]

[expletive] david

[Schwarber Fan]

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

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[Keyris]

So glad to see Kerry in a Cub uniform :D =D>

[Brian]

:D

 

beautiful sight.

[Brian]

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[Garwilly]

Fitting that the first time I see both Wood, and The Santo patch, is in the same photo.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

I swear DeWitt is Todd Walker's long lost younger brother. Hopefully he produces like Todd Walker this year.

[Guest]

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Baseball. Yes.

[BCVM22]

Digging the new BP jerseys.

 

I swear DeWitt is Todd Walker's long lost younger brother. Hopefully he produces like Todd Walker this year.

 

I was seriously about to ask if Todd was in camp as an instructor or something this year. You put a little salt in his beard and DeWitt would be the spitting image.

[Guest]

Digging the new BP jerseys.

 

 

 

Am I missing something or aren't those pretty much identical to last year's?

[BCVM22]

Am I missing something or aren't those pretty much identical to last year's?

 

Old vs. New

 

The template has gone from single-button pullover back to full button-down and the side panels have gone from two-color to single color, a positive for many teams including the Cubs, as it no longer appears that they have off-color pitstains. The lack of white particularly helps the Cubs design look cleaner.

 

The new template also allows for contrasting shoulder yokes, but fortunately, the Cubs opted not to go that route.

 

League-wide:

National League

American League

Edited February 15, 2011 by BCVM22

[Northside Blues]

Someone needs to get Angel Guzman on a 10,000 calorie diet. Geez.

[Guest]

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[Sammy Sofa]

Marmol's got Neifi Perez-butt bad.

[cubweiser03]

Marmol. Wood. Guzman. Marshall. Eff off NL.

[Northside Blues]

Marmol. Wood. Guzman. Marshall. Eff off DL.

 

Fixed.

[Little Slide Rooter]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-02/35449669.jpg

 

 

Get that [expletive] the [expletive] out of here. You just made me a sad panda.

 

With that rotation and an offense featuring the likes of Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou, Nomar Garciaparra, Aramis Ramirez, Derrek Lee, and up and comers Corey Patterson and Micheal Barrett, the future was nice and bright. It was hard to imagine not winning at least 2 World Series with that bunch.