Who was/is your all time favorite Cub player?

[Guest]

Mark Grace

 

i knew you'd have some lame ass answer like grace or sandberg smh

[OleMissCub]

Mark Grace

 

i knew you'd have some lame ass answer like grace or sandberg smh

 

Yeah what a dumb little kid I was... :roll:

[Clem Fandango]

Wen I was a little kid it was Dawson. Always tried to emulate his stance in little league or whiffle ball or whatever. When I got a little older it was Sammy Sosa, but I became a big fan before he became a thing. The year he only hit 8 homers with the Cubs I saw him and thought his stance was awesome and he immediately became my favorite player. Then after Sosa Aramis was my favorite Cub. Now it's Rizzo.

[NewUserName]

the original Steve Ontiveros

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Dawson will probably always be my fav, but some lesser-remembered guys would include:

 

Michael Barrett (because he punched zynski in the face, best part of that season by a lot)

Rick Wilkins (because of that one year)

Geovany Soto (basically every catcher that could muster an OPS over .650 was a fav)

Matt Murton (because of stats and stuff)

Chuck McElroy (no idea)

[Soul]

Going to really date myself here. Not going to go with my all-time favorites. Going to list some of my kid favorites. Guys like Sandberg and Grace were actually teenager players for me, so I'm not even going to include '80s playoff Cubbies. I'm going to include guys who played on the bad Cub teams before that. As a young kid, as in grade-school, I liked these guys:

 

Bruce Sutter -- I didn't even realize a baseball could be thrown like that. When he came in for a save, I dropped whatever kid stuff I was doing and watched to see the ridiculous flailing of opposing hitters (or at least, what I thought was ridiculous flailing at the time). Unloaded him to the Cards -- betrayer!

 

Jerry Morales -- don't have a "why" for this one. I guess I just liked his name and his look. Great mustache before great mustaches were cool, man.

 

Dave Kingman -- because you just watched him. It seemed like he either looked ridiculous, or he hit the ball a mile. There was nothing else. I'm not even sure he was a baseball player. Now that I look back, I can't believe how short a tenure he had with the Cubs, and that he was an all-star twice in 3 years with the Cubs. WTF? He played 15 years in the majors?

 

Steve Swisher -- why? Because every time he made an appearance, my Dad would say something about how he was a bum. And I kept rooting for him to prove him wrong.

[NOLA]

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[MSG T]

My favorites from childhood through now...

 

Bill Madlock

Dave Kingman

Andre Dawson

Sammy Sosa

Aramis Ramirez

 

Out of those, Sosa is easily my favorite.

[dcvalpo]

And why?

 

Mine is pretty obvious. I remembered Dawson as an Expo and was excited when the Cubs signed him. That 1987 season made follow him until he retired. Just think of the player he might have been had his knees held up throughout his career.

 

Mine is just as obvious - Mr. Cub. Ernie came along when I was the age to start getting into baseball and was basically the only reason to follow the Cubs for quite a few years.

 

Wait, you're in your 60s?

[Soul]

And why?

 

Mine is pretty obvious. I remembered Dawson as an Expo and was excited when the Cubs signed him. That 1987 season made follow him until he retired. Just think of the player he might have been had his knees held up throughout his career.

 

Mine is just as obvious - Mr. Cub. Ernie came along when I was the age to start getting into baseball and was basically the only reason to follow the Cubs for quite a few years.

 

Wait, you're in your 60s?

 

He's Backtobanks. As in, he goes all the way back to Banks.

[dcvalpo]

And why?

 

Mine is pretty obvious. I remembered Dawson as an Expo and was excited when the Cubs signed him. That 1987 season made follow him until he retired. Just think of the player he might have been had his knees held up throughout his career.

 

Mine is just as obvious - Mr. Cub. Ernie came along when I was the age to start getting into baseball and was basically the only reason to follow the Cubs for quite a few years.

 

Wait, you're in your 60s?

 

He's Backtobanks. As in, he goes all the way back to Banks.

 

I guess I was picturing douchebag, 20-something meatball, not old, curmudgeon meatball...but really, either works.

[Guest]

wtf you are not remotely qualified to write a book on nsbb if you had no idea b2b was an old dude

[ConstableRabbit]

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[jersey cubs fan]

wtf you are not remotely qualified to write a book on nsbb if you had no idea b2b was an old dude

 

At the very least it was pretty clear he wasn't a 20-something douchebag.

[d_money]

Doug Dascenzo

[NewUserName]

Going to really date myself here. Not going to go with my all-time favorites. Going to list some of my kid favorites. Guys like Sandberg and Grace were actually teenager players for me, so I'm not even going to include '80s playoff Cubbies. I'm going to include guys who played on the bad Cub teams before that. As a young kid, as in grade-school, I liked these guys:

 

Bruce Sutter -- I didn't even realize a baseball could be thrown like that. When he came in for a save, I dropped whatever kid stuff I was doing and watched to see the ridiculous flailing of opposing hitters (or at least, what I thought was ridiculous flailing at the time). Unloaded him to the Cards -- betrayer!

 

Jerry Morales -- don't have a "why" for this one. I guess I just liked his name and his look. Great mustache before great mustaches were cool, man.

 

Dave Kingman -- because you just watched him. It seemed like he either looked ridiculous, or he hit the ball a mile. There was nothing else. I'm not even sure he was a baseball player. Now that I look back, I can't believe how short a tenure he had with the Cubs, and that he was an all-star twice in 3 years with the Cubs. WTF? He played 15 years in the majors?

 

Steve Swisher -- why? Because every time he made an appearance, my Dad would say something about how he was a bum. And I kept rooting for him to prove him wrong.

 

I think we are similar in age. I was too young to understand why Kingman was a bad player. Jerry Morales was waaaaaaay cool as a CFer. Made basket catches all the time, plus he had the hands above his head batting stance

[Soul]

Going to really date myself here. Not going to go with my all-time favorites. Going to list some of my kid favorites. Guys like Sandberg and Grace were actually teenager players for me, so I'm not even going to include '80s playoff Cubbies. I'm going to include guys who played on the bad Cub teams before that. As a young kid, as in grade-school, I liked these guys:

 

Bruce Sutter -- I didn't even realize a baseball could be thrown like that. When he came in for a save, I dropped whatever kid stuff I was doing and watched to see the ridiculous flailing of opposing hitters (or at least, what I thought was ridiculous flailing at the time). Unloaded him to the Cards -- betrayer!

 

Jerry Morales -- don't have a "why" for this one. I guess I just liked his name and his look. Great mustache before great mustaches were cool, man.

 

Dave Kingman -- because you just watched him. It seemed like he either looked ridiculous, or he hit the ball a mile. There was nothing else. I'm not even sure he was a baseball player. Now that I look back, I can't believe how short a tenure he had with the Cubs, and that he was an all-star twice in 3 years with the Cubs. WTF? He played 15 years in the majors?

 

Steve Swisher -- why? Because every time he made an appearance, my Dad would say something about how he was a bum. And I kept rooting for him to prove him wrong.

 

I think we are similar in age. I was too young to understand why Kingman was a bad player. Jerry Morales was waaaaaaay cool as a CFer. Made basket catches all the time, plus he had the hands above his head batting stance

 

It's kind of fun to go back on baseball reference and look at who these guys actually were as players, versus who I perceived them to be as a kid.

[Coach.]

Don Kessinger (same birthday as me along with Lou Boudreau -- heard it growing up every July 17th on Wally Phillips)

[Guest]

Marvell Wynn and it's not close.

[Backtobanks]

And why?

 

Mine is pretty obvious. I remembered Dawson as an Expo and was excited when the Cubs signed him. That 1987 season made follow him until he retired. Just think of the player he might have been had his knees held up throughout his career.

 

Mine is just as obvious - Mr. Cub. Ernie came along when I was the age to start getting into baseball and was basically the only reason to follow the Cubs for quite a few years.

 

Wait, you're in your 60s?

 

He's Backtobanks. As in, he goes all the way back to Banks.

 

I guess I was picturing douchebag, 20-something meatball, not old, curmudgeon meatball...but really, either works.

 

Yeah, I'm an old curmudgeon meatball that doesn't mind posting with a bunch of douchebag, 20-something meatballs.

[Sammy Sofa]

Mark Grace

 

i knew you'd have some lame ass answer like grace or sandberg smh

 

Yeah what a dumb little kid I was... :roll:

 

Well, yeah...Shawon Dunston was my favorite player when I was a little kid and I thought there wasn't anyone better, but he's not going to still be my pick at [expletive] 35.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, I'm an old curmudgeon meatball that doesn't mind posting with a bunch of douchebag, 20-something meatballs.

 

I think most active people here are 30-50.

[Derwood]

Yeah, I'm an old curmudgeon meatball that doesn't mind posting with a bunch of douchebag, 20-something meatballs.

 

I think most active people here are 30-50.

 

the longtime posters all joined when they were in high school/college about 12ish years ago, so that's about right

[Backtobanks]

Yeah, I'm an old curmudgeon meatball that doesn't mind posting with a bunch of douchebag, 20-something meatballs.

 

I think most active people here are 30-50.

 

I'll bet the one I responded to isn't in that age range.

[NOLA]

Mark Grace

 

i knew you'd have some lame ass answer like grace or sandberg smh

 

Yeah what a dumb little kid I was... :roll:

 

Well, yeah...Shawon Dunston was my favorite player when I was a little kid and I thought there wasn't anyone better, but he's not going to still be my pick at [expletive] 35.

I'm 42 and he STILL is my favorite player. If I were drafting a team of former Cubs in their prime, of course not.

In 2nd place, Hawk. Damn he was such a badass.