Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Tuesday Cubbie Fun & Games

It's December Cub Fans!

Last Week's Answers
The last Tuesday Fun & Games Post we had was November 17. Here's the answers:
Trivia- of these four catcher who have started for the Cubs in the playoffs, who had the most productive offensive regular season?
Answer- D, Scott Servais, 1998
Name that Cub- Casey McGehee
Cubbie Birthdays
Former Cubs that have birthdays this week...
Today- Tom Filer & Cal McLish
Tomorrow- Andre Rodgers
Thursday- Damon Berryhill & Mike Martin
Fri.- Lee Smith
Sat.- Mike Mahoney & Bobby Mattick
Sun.- Larry Bowa and Tommy Brown
Cubs Trivia
In 2007, who did the Cubs trade for Jason Kendall?
A) Henry Blanco
B) Michael Barrett
C) Rob Bowen
D) Koyie Hill
Name that Ricketts

1. What is the first name of the bald man to the far left?
2. What is the name of the taller man that is in the middle?
3. What is the women's name?
4. What is the name of the man to the far right?
Quote of the Week
"I don't know why we bought the Cubs. We already had a perfectly good company softball team."
-Robert Verdi after the Chicago Tribune Company bought the Cubs in 1981.
Random Cubs Fact
In 1942, tired of watching his slugging outfielder Lou Novikoff take so many pitches for strikes, Cubs owner PK Wrigley offered Novikoff $5 for every time he struck out swinging.
Link of the Week
Hawk 4 The Hall blog does a great job at looking at reasons why Andre Dawson should be in the Hall of Fame. Dawson is on the ballot again this year!
Site Reminders
-Remember to vote on our Cubs Polls on the right sidebar!
-Please bookmark are site in your favorites and/or click follow on the middle of the right sidebar.
-Don't forget that you can now share our site via facebook and twitter (also right sidebar).
-Follow me on Twitter, I have updates from the Cubs farm clubs and winter ball! Here's the URL: www.twitter.com/cubsfarmupdates!
-Email me with any comments, suggestions, thoughts, ideas, or questions to cubsblogmailbag@aol.com
-Comment on this post with answers to our trivia and name that Ricketts, or Cub related thoughts on any of our posts. It's easy to comment, just click the "0 comments" spot at the bottom of the post or click on the orange headings at the top of the post, then scroll to the bottom of the post. You do not have to be logged in or signed up to comment, you can comment anonymously!

2 comments:

  1. Hey Cubbiefan,

    Thanks for the mention of my blog! That's awesome, the more support we can get for Andre the better.

    Charley

    ReplyDelete
  2. Charley,
    No problem! Keep on the good work on your blog! Hopefully this is the year for the Hawk.

    Cubbiefan07

    ReplyDelete