Neil:

I did see "Hello again" it was excelent.

I would watch it again, I will not watch an encore presentation of the HBO documentary "wait till next year" it was painfull to watch and it made me weep. **** that!

Gramps...good call on Moe Drabowsky and the Mayor of Wrigley.

Agustin....Aaron beat me to your question, the other guy was Dwayne Staats and Ryan, I remember Harry's speech changing as the game went on as well.

Has anyone seen "Hello Again Everybody" or listened to Pat Hughes' Harry Caray tribute....both very good and Hughes is just plain AWESOME!!!!

I hope you guys are watching the Boston-Seattle game. Felix Hernandez is pitching an absolute gem again.

Oh how could I forget the best name of all:

Moe Drabowsky

Now that sounds like a Cub!!!!!!!!! lol

How about some of the Cubs from the 50's that I grew up watching: Dee Fondy, Handsome Ransom Jackson, Hank Sauer, Frankie Baumhaultz, Bob Rush, Paul Minner, Roy Smalley, Eddie Miksis and the venerable Bob Ramozotti. (Damn, surprised I still remember these guys!) lol But then again, any Cub fan remembers the ballplayers he watched when just growing up. Thanks for a great column.

Chad...GREAT idea.

Aaron, you beat me to the punch but you forgot Dwayne Staats.

Jeff in AZ and Aaron...great list. How about Oscar Gamble, Dale Berra, Kurt Bevaqua, Tim Foli, Manny Sanguillen, Steve Yeager, Barry Foote, Candy Maldanado, Dan Quisenberry, Dick Tidrow, Steve Balboni, Ted Sizemore, Steve "Bedrock" Bedrosian...remember I could not look up the spellings.

Also, Jeff you are looking for Keith Moreland.

Tks Aaron!

Dale Murphy and those terrible Atlanta years! I hated games against the braves because they were so damn gray! Remember? That guy worked his tail off and his team would loose all the time...Justa like the Cubs now.

Leon Durham wooooooohuuuuuu! Lee Smith lights out!

Yeah the Penguin!

I remember from the time I was 7 that when Harry would come back from radio to do the 7th - 9th inning the guy would be slurring his speach pretty good. My uncle and cousin were sitting behind him the day he did the whole broadcast from the bleachers and counted at least a drink per 1/2 inning. Man you gotta love the old days.

Oh...btw guys...I know it's off topic, but the A's team has only one guy--Scutaro---in the everyday lineup below career .350 OBP....Trust me, they're in the postseason race every year....we could certainly take from their philosophy....forget the fact we haven't won in 99 years----the fact that we're also one of the most postseason deprived teams ever also irks me....anyway, just thought I'd share that with you all

Thom Brennaman, Agustin.....

gotta love Harry. I once remember him during a telecast, thinking they were off the air, yelling to an assistant to get him a Budweiser....I swear he did half the games buzzed or drunk.

Neil, here's a list of names:

catcher: Jody Davis, Rick Wrona, Joe Girardi, (something) Wilson, Mike DeFilice, Rick Wilkins, Hector Villanueva (love how Harry always butchered his name), Damon Berryhill, Paul Bako, Lloyd McClendon,Ron Hassey, Henry Blanco, Michael Barrett, Todd Hundley, Steve Lake, Roberto Machado, Sandy Martinez (caught Woody's 20 K game, can't forget him), Mike Mahoney, Erik Pappas (he was like Milt's son or something if I recall), Todd Pratt (can't believe he's still around today), Jeff Reed, oh, and Scott Servais (he handled the staff really well actually), and Benny Santiago, Jim Sundberg (who as a kid, I always confused with Ryne Sandberg)

1B-Durham, Buckner, Choi, Grace, McGriff, Matt Stairs, Eric Karros, Ron Coomer, Matt Franco (I remember when he was actually one of our top prospects), D Lee, Palmeiro, Randall Simon, Julio Zuleta (how could I leave the voodoo master out)

2B-Sandberg, Miguel Cairo, Mark Bellhorn, Todd Walker, Hairston, Grudz, Bobby Hill, Mike Fontenot, DeRosa, Theriot, Damian Jackson, Chad Meyers (man, I remember when people considered him the next Sandberg), Morandini, Manny Trillo, Tony Womack, Eric Young

SS-Dunston, Alex Arias (I really thought he was going to be really good if he just would've been given a chance), Jeff Blauser, Guitierez, Cedneo, Jose Hernandez, Neifi, Alex Gonzalez, Nomar, Augie Ojeda, Rey Oronez (can anyone say Izzy?--when Izzy was younger), oh, and Rey Sanchez, and I can't remember, but Eric Yelding who was with the 'Stros one year, and we picked him up for speed was either SS or 2B, oh, and Jose Vizcaino

3B-Santo....and the list goes on, including Vance Law, Steve Bueschel, Ron Cey, Shane Andrews (I remember people claiming him to be the solution), ditto Gary Scott (I met his in-laws once in Scottsdale at a bar...nice people, good conversation), Gary Gaetti, Daven Hansen, Lenny Harris, Tyler Houston, Howard Johnson, Bill Mueller (he was a good team guy to have, that knee thing---DAMN YOU CARDINALS, really screwed us over that year), Luis Salazar, ARAM, and we've tried an assortment of other guys like Macias, Jose Hernandez, Nomar, Doug Strange, Theriot, etc., etc., etc.

OF: to be honest, I don't know why, but I never paid much attention to it, because it was always changing, but I remember the stallworts out there like:

Andre Dawson, Sosa, George Bell, Alou, Hollandsworthless, Jason Dubois, Corey Patterson, Ced Landrum, Kenny Lofton, Burnitz, Soriano, Cliff Floyd, Matt Murton, Jacque Jones, Dave Clark, Jerome Walton, Derrik May, Dwight Smith, Angel Pagan, Doug Glanville, Tom Goodwin, Luis Gonzalez (honestly, why couldn't we have given him a chance? Did we have anything to lose?---he did fairly well for us too), Moonlight Graham---I mean, Adam Greenberg, Glenallen "rooftop" "freakish kid arms" Hill, Michael Restovich, Lance Johnson, Brian McCrae, Juan Pierre, Karl "3 homer opening day" Rhodes, Eddie Zambrano (the reason I remember him is b/c him and Tuffy Rhodes were supposed to be our next mashers in the OF...Both hit like 30 bombs the year before in AAA), and I think we had Willie McGee at some point too....or maybe it was Willie Wilson or something like that. I don't know

and with that....I'm not even attempting pitchers, my brain hurts...bet you all are wondering how I remembered so many.....well, for one, I used to never miss a single Cubs game on radio or tv, and two, I was a nerd, and collected a lot of baseball cards---only, the reason I was a nerd, or stupid----take your pick----is because I traded all my "good" cards, if you will, for Cubs players....didn't matter who it was...I would've traded you a Barry Bonds rookie card (actual did at one point), if you gave me like 20 "common" Cubs cards---like Tidrow, Trout, Reuschel, Maddux, etc. I believe I have somewhere around 10-15,000 Cubs cards dating back to the 1960's. Believe or not, I got ridiculed so badly in junior high in Chicago for liking Cubs teams that were so bad, that I started collecting Frank Thomas cards---and have over 250 of his cards stowed away (back when he was awesome), so I could show all my friends, so they'd think I wasn't a complete loser for only collecting Cubs cards. Yes, I do have other cards, and complete sets, and the like, but all my Cubs cards are in albums, and everything. I bet I could start my own Cubs museum some day....

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed my nostalgia....and to those that think I'm negative all the time, and hate the Cubs, or whatever you say....consider all that...I'm just passionate, and want to win a WS DAMNIT!!!

Fun names:

Mookie Wilson

Lenny Dykstra

Jim Sundberg (always called "Sandberg" by Harry)

"Catfish" Hunter

Billy Beane

Domingo Ramos

Kirby Puckett

Cecil Fielder

Ozzie Smith

Babe Ruth (of course)

Cy Young

"shoeless" Joe Jackson

Cool names that we grew up with:

Vida Blue

Rod Carew

Lee Lacy

Omar Moreno

Bake McBride

Neil, when Harry Caray left the tv trasmition in the 3rd inning to go to the radio trasmition, what was the name of the guy who covered for him with Steve Stone till the 7th inning stretch?

Also remember that day in San Diego when the Cubs and Sut. Clinched? Take me out to the ballgame was clearly heard before the top of the 7th without a microphone or a lead singer and Harry was Hysterical! Woooohuuu…let’s do it again

Chad, in all seriousness, I think that would have been a great idea.

I'm only 27 so alot of the older names I cant throw out there without cheating. Growing up watching games on WGN only, Catcher-Jody Davis 1st-Leon Durham 2nd- Ryne Sandberg SS-Shawn Dunston

3rd- Dont remember maybe something Moreham i dunno LF- CF- Dave Martinez RF-Andre Dawson. I started watching the cubbies at age 8, so someone else can have the 10 points. I'll give myself 1 point just for my memory back then. Take care all!!

You know what would have been really cool?

They should have made up their game with the Astros tomorrow in Milwaukee as part of a double header with the Angels and Cleveland. The place would have sold out; even with the short notice.