ChiCargo Cubs - AKA that bad man can't hurt you anymore

[Clem Fandango]

"I saw Carlos Gomez using it and I liked it a lot so I took it and now we're in an eternal struggle for title supremacy and one day when we meet in the heavens we will have the ultimate showdown for God's favor"

[GaryWoods]

Leo Gomez goes into that large, faceless pile of "people who played 3b at some point for the Cubs" with no differentiating traits.

 

Honestly you could take any Hispanic-sounding male name and tell me they played 3b for the Cubs in the 80s or early 90s and my brain would say "oh yeah, that guy."

 

I typically associate that era of Cub third basemen with milquetoast white dudes: Vance Law, Steve Buechele, Todd Zeile, Kevin Orie. Although Gomez and Luis Salazar did play enough games there to be listed as the starter for a couple of seasons each.

Edited June 6, 2019 by GaryWoods

[Sammy Sofa]

Leo Gomez goes into that large, faceless pile of "people who played 3b at some point for the Cubs" with no differentiating traits.

 

Honestly you could take any Hispanic-sounding male name and tell me they played 3b for the Cubs in the 80s or early 90s and my brain would say "oh yeah, that guy."

 

I typically associate that era of Cub third basemen with milquetoast white dudes: Vance Law, Steve Buechele, Todd Zeile, Kevin Orie.

 

Same. If someone told me Steve Buechele played 3B for the Cubs for a decade, I probably wouldn't even blink.

[biittner77]

Leo Gomez goes into that large, faceless pile of "people who played 3b at some point for the Cubs" with no differentiating traits.

 

Honestly you could take any Hispanic-sounding male name and tell me they played 3b for the Cubs in the 80s or early 90s and my brain would say "oh yeah, that guy."

 

I typically associate that era of Cub third basemen with milquetoast white dudes: Vance Law, Steve Buechele, Todd Zeile, Kevin Orie.

 

Same. If someone told me Steve Buechele played 3B for the Cubs for a decade, I probably wouldn't even blink.

 

I know what you mean but if it really was Buechele for 10 years that doesn't check out with the Cubs trying literally everyone they could think of at 3rd. For example, Delino DeShields and somebody named Shane.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

I typically associate that era of Cub third basemen with milquetoast white dudes: Vance Law, Steve Buechele, Todd Zeile, Kevin Orie.

 

Same. If someone told me Steve Buechele played 3B for the Cubs for a decade, I probably wouldn't even blink.

 

I know what you mean but if it really was Buechele for 10 years that doesn't check out with the Cubs trying literally everyone they could think of at 3rd. For example, Delino DeShields and somebody named Shane.

 

Right; I just remember it as a parade of nondescript white dudes for whatever reason. You could tell me any one of them was there for years.

[biittner77]

 

Same. If someone told me Steve Buechele played 3B for the Cubs for a decade, I probably wouldn't even blink.

 

I know what you mean but if it really was Buechele for 10 years that doesn't check out with the Cubs trying literally everyone they could think of at 3rd. For example, Delino DeShields and somebody named Shane.

 

Right; I just remember it as a parade of nondescript white dudes for whatever reason. You could tell me any one of them was there for years.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/history/players.jsp

 

Shane Andrews. Also Howard Johnson. Was Bote really up during 2012?

[GaryWoods]

Shane Andrews. Also Howard Johnson. Was Bote really up during 2012?

 

No, must be a typo. He was with the Arizona rookie team all year.

 

I remember wishing the Cubs would trade Dunston for Johnson back in the '80s when HoJo was a beast. Unfortunately we ended up with the "What the hell ever happened to that guy?" version instead, about three years too late. Not the first time or the last, of course.

 

At least in CarGo's case if he doesn't pan out we're only out the league minimum and a roster spot that would probably be filled by someone else just as bad anyway.

[OleMissCub]

Ron Coomer, Tyler Houston, Bill Mueller.

 

It all changed with that wonderful man named Aramis

[ConstableRabbit]

Ron Coomer, Tyler Houston, Bill Mueller.

 

It all changed with that wonderful man named Aramis

I’m pretty sure Houston was mainly a catcher though, right? Mueller was good but had that nasty knee injury.

[cl smooth]

Ron Coomer, Tyler Houston, Bill Mueller.

 

It all changed with that wonderful man named Aramis

I’m pretty sure Houston was mainly a catcher though, right? Mueller was good but had that nasty knee injury.

 

iirc, the cubs used Tyler Houston as a quasi super-utility player during his time with the team.

[WrigleyField 22]

Ron Coomer, Tyler Houston, Bill Mueller.

 

It all changed with that wonderful man named Aramis

I’m pretty sure Houston was mainly a catcher though, right? Mueller was good but had that nasty knee injury.

 

iirc, the cubs used Tyler Houston as a quasi super-utility player during his time with the team.

Quasi-super-utility is really something.

[biittner77]

Ron Coomer, Tyler Houston, Bill Mueller.

 

It all changed with that wonderful man named Aramis

I’m pretty sure Houston was mainly a catcher though, right? Mueller was good but had that nasty knee injury.

 

Tyler Houston came up as a catcher but the Cubs played him at 3rd as part of their "Let's try everybody at third" program. As far as catchers playing third, Houston was better than Jake Fox or LLoyd McClendon.

[OleMissCub]

David Kelton. I remember him being a candidate for our “third baseman of the future”. By the time he had his cup of coffee he was an outfielder IIRC.

[David]

I was sure Kelton would be awesome because his name sounded like Helton.

[jersey cubs fan]

I was sure he'd be awful when the man in charge told coaches not to coach him because his swing was already perfect.

[GaryWoods]

Ron Coomer, Tyler Houston, Bill Mueller.

 

I don't know that Mueller really fits into the discussion because he was actually good. Which is probably why the Cubs traded him (with cash) for an injured minor league relief pitcher who never took the field in the Cubs system.

[Post Count Padder]

David Kelton and Brendan Harris were guys I was really looking forward to panning out. Oops.

 

Nic Jackson too.

[GaryWoods]

David Kelton and Brendan Harris were guys I was really looking forward to panning out. Oops.

 

Along with Bobby Hill, Hee Seop Choi, Augie Ojeda, etc., etc.

 

Okay, maybe not Augie Ojeda.

 

Nic Jackson too.

 

I learned recently that he just retired a couple of years ago.

[OleMissCub]

David Kelton and Brendan Harris were guys I was really looking forward to panning out. Oops.

 

Along with Bobby Hill, Hee Seop Choi, Augie Ojeda, etc., etc.

 

Okay, maybe not Augie Ojeda.

 

Nic Jackson too.

 

I learned recently that he just retired a couple of years ago.

 

Roosevelt Brown was also a minor league stud who I had high hopes for

[Post Count Padder]

David Kelton and Brendan Harris were guys I was really looking forward to panning out. Oops.

 

Along with Bobby Hill, Hee Seop Choi, Augie Ojeda, etc., etc.

 

Okay, maybe not Augie Ojeda.

 

Nic Jackson too.

 

I learned recently that he just retired a couple of years ago.

Yeah he played in Indy ball forever. Not a Cub but Lew Ford is still playing baseball, outfielder/hitting coach for the Long Island Ducks.

[UMFan83]

I remember getting excited about Jason Dubois even thought he wasnt really a prospect.

[biittner77]

I was sure he'd be awful when the man in charge told coaches not to coach him because his swing was already perfect.

 

I believed until they moved him off third base.

 

I don't know that Mueller really fits into the discussion because he was actually good. Which is probably why the Cubs traded him (with cash) for an injured minor league relief pitcher who never took the field in the Cubs system.

 

Remember the ceaseless threads about moving Mueller to second base? That was at Cubs.com

[GaryWoods]

I don't know that Mueller really fits into the discussion because he was actually good. Which is probably why the Cubs traded him (with cash) for an injured minor league relief pitcher who never took the field in the Cubs system.

 

Remember the ceaseless threads about moving Mueller to second base? That was at Cubs.com

 

Now that you mention it, I do. Although I can't recall what the logic was, given that franchise savior of the moment Bobby Hill was expected to take over second base for the next decade and I don't remember anyone of value in the system at third.

[Banedon]

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One can only hope this means they're done shopping at the Dollar Tree for positional help.