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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. Shawon-O-Meter: 42 grid appearances - and rising! #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns MVP, Rookie of the Year and All Star, and rows 10+ Win Season Pitching, 10+ HR Season Batting and Played Center Field Min. 1 Game. Grid is filled with Dizzy Dean, Michael Fulmer, Burt Hooton, Gabby Harnett, Geovany Soto, Ryne Sandberg, Frank Schulte, Jerome Williams and Shawon Dunston. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Dean, Fulmer, Hooton are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Seven Cubs and two Michigan Wolverines where no Cub fits. (Hill and Sorensen are both Cubs and Wolverines). Some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. I had to research to find Morse.
Grid with columns Reds, Athletics and 6+ WAR Season, and rows Mets, Guardians and Only One Team. Grid is filled with Randy Myers, Rich Hill, Howard Johnson, Mike Freeman, Lary Sorensen, Kenny Lofton, Barry Larkin, Bud Morse and Stan Hack. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps except for Larkin and Morse who are pictured in Michigan Wolverines uniforms. The pictures of Myers, Hill, Johnson, Sorensen, Larkin, Morse are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Rich Hill and Lary Sorensen and Barry Larkin and Bud Morse have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Steve Lake grids are the best grids! All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Phillies, Played Third Base Min. 1 Game and All Star, and rows Angels, Cardinals and Blue Jays. Grid is filled with Mitch Williams, Luis Valbuena, Tommy La Stella, Steve Lake, Ted Sizemore, Lee Smith, Mark Leiter Jr., Munenori Kawasaki and Ted Lilly. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Williams, Valbuena, La Stella, Sizemore, Leiter Jr., Kawasaki are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Ted Sizemore have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Eight Cubs and one Michigan Wolverine where no Cub fits, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. I had to research to find Gamble and to verify no Tiger Gold Glover played for the Cubs. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns Atlanta, Tigers and 30+ HR Season Batting, and rows White Sox, Nationals and Gold Glove. Grid is filled with Brent Lillibridge, Alex Avila, Oscar Gamble, Carl Edwards Jr., José Macías, Alfonso Soriano, Dansby Swanson, Bill Freehan and Ryne Sandberg. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps, except for Freehan, who is wearing a Michigan Wolverines cap. The pictures of Lillibridge, Avila, Gamble, Edwards Jr., Macías, Freehan are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Bill Freehan have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. I replaced Dodger Blue with #ProBlue. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns Red Sox, Cubs and Played Shortstop Min. 1 Game, and rows Rangers, Michigan Wolverines (Superimposed over the Dodgers) and 100+ Run Season Batting. Grid is filled with Fergie Jenkins, Steve Buechele, Jeff Kunkel, Rich Hill, Geoff Zahn, Ted Sizemore, Jimmie Foxx, Woody English and Ryne Sandberg. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Buechele, Kunkel, Hill, Zahn, Sizemore, Foxx are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Rich Hill and Geoff Zahn and Ted Sizemore have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Giants, Pirates and 2000+ Hits Career Batting, and rows Athletics, Yankees and Padres. Grid is filled with Lary Sorensen, Charlie Grimm, Jimmie Foxx, Rick Reuschel, Rich Hill, Kenny Lofton, Craig Lefferts, Trevor Cahill and Joe Carter. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Sorensen, Foxx, Hill, Lofton, Lefferts, Cahill, Carter are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Lary Sorensen and Rich Hill have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Brewers, Played Catcher Min. 1 Game and 30+ SB Season, and rows Reds, Played First Base Min. 1 Game and 300+ HR Career Batting. Grid is filled with Brooks Kieschnick, Jeff Reed, Billy Hamilton, Jim Edmonds, Jake Fox, Bill Buckner, Aramis Ramírez, Kyle Schwarber and Andre Dawson. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Kieschnick, Reed, Hamilton, Edmonds, Schwarber, Dawson are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Jake Fox have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. #HatstotheLeft for Pedro Strop. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns Born Outside US 50 States and DC, Hall of Fame and Silver Slugger, and rows Played Outfield Min. 1 Game, Designated Hitter Min. 1 Game and Pitched Min. 1 Game. Grid is filled with Pedro Strop, Ernie Banks, Leon Durham, Jim Adduci, Ryne Sandberg, Zach McKinstry, Rowan Wick, Lee Smith and Carlos Zambrano. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of McKinstry are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns White Sox, Phillies and 40+ WAR Career, and rows Orioles, Diamondbacks and Played Right Field Min. 1 Game. Grid is filled with Steve Stone, Keith Moreland, Dizzy Dean, Jon Jay, Amaury Telemaco, Luis Gonzalez, Phil Cavarretta, Bob Dernier and Davey Lopes. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Stone, Dean, Jay, Telemaco, Gonzalez, Lopes are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Seven Cubs, one Michigan Wolverine where no Cub fits, and one blank square where no Cub or Wolverine can go. (Scales and Hill are both Cubs and Wolverines). I had to research to find Konuszewski. Some slap dash copy and paste because only Scales was pictured in the right cap.
Grid with columns Twins, Mariners and Only One Team, and rows Royals, Pirates and Played Left Field Min. 1 Game. Grid is filled with Rich Hill, Mike Montgomery, Blank, Terry Mulholland, Matt Lawton, Dennis Konuszewski, Willi Castro, Henry Cotto and Bobby Scales. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps, except Konuszewski, who is wearing a Michigan Wolverines cap. The pictures of Hill, Montgomery, Mulholland, Lawton, Konuszewski, Castro, Cotto are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Rich Hill and Dennis Konuszewski and Bobby Scales have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. Shawon-O-Meter: 41 grid appearances - and rising!
Grid with columns Astros, Guardians and ≤ 3.00 ERA Season, and rows Mets, Padres and All Star. Grid is filled with Anthony Young, Shawon Dunston, Ed Lynch, Jason Heyward, Rich Hill, Craig Lefferts, Kyle Tucker, Rick Sutcliffe and Vance Law. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Young, Lynch, Heyward, Hill, Lefferts, Law are copied and pasted from other sources. The picture(s) of Rich Hill have a yellow Michigan block M in the bottom right corner.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Steve Lake grids are the best grids! All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Cardinals, Tigers and 20+ Win Season Pitching, and rows Dodgers, Cubs and 200+ K Season Pitching. Grid is filled with Rick Sutcliffe, Zach McKinstry, Burleigh Grimes, Steve Lake, Keith Moreland, Jack Pfiester, Sam Jones, Matthew Boyd and Orval Overall. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of McKinstry, Grimes, Jones are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. Kicking myself for filling in a Rich Hill square with somebody else. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns Blue Jays, Angels and 40+ HR Season Batting, and rows Red Sox, Atlanta and 100+ RBI Season Batting. Grid is filled with Frank Castillo, Lee Smith, Jimmie Foxx, Carl Edwards Jr., Tommy La Stella, Davey Johnson, George Bell, Bobby Bonds and Ryne Sandberg. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Foxx, Edwards Jr., La Stella, Johnson, Bell, Bonds are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Giants, Rangers and Nationals, and rows Phillies, White Sox and Rays. Grid is filled with Gary Matthews Sr., Dickie Noles, Darold Knowles, Steve Stone, Geovany Soto, Scott Sanderson, Matt Duffy, Matt Garza and Cliff Floyd. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Matthews Sr., Stone, Sanderson, Duffy, Garza, Floyd are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap*. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns 3000+ Hits Career Batting, Rookie of the Year and Played Third Base Min. 1 Game, and rows 200+ Hits Season Batting, .300+ Avg Season Batting and Gold Glove. Grid is filled with Lou Brock, Billy Williams, Ryne Sandberg, Cap Anson, Kerry Wood, Todd Haney, Rafael Palmeiro, Ken Hubbs and Ernie Banks. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Brock, Palmeiro are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Steve Lake grids are the best grids! With former Cub AND All-Star Ron Coomer, All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap, and one spot where I do not think any Cub fits. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns Yankees, Played Catcher Min. 1 Game and MVP, and rows Cubs, Athletics and Twins. Grid is filled with Fred Merkle, Steve Lake, Ryne Sandberg, Rich Hill, Jake Fox, Jimmie Foxx, Ron Coomer, Jeff Reed and Blank. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Merkle, Hill, Foxx, Coomer, Reed are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.

Also, while looking for a picture of Lucroy as a Cub I found a picture of Rowan Wick, whom I'd totally forgotten about. I hope to work him into a grid in the next couple of weeks.
Grid with columns Guardians, Pirates and 6+ WAR Season, and rows Atlanta, Orioles and Brewers. Grid is filled with Tyler Houston, Rabbit Maranville, Jason Heyward, Tim Stoddard, Rich Hill, Rafael Palmeiro, José Hernández, Rob Zastryzny and Jonathan Lucroy. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Maranville, Heyward, Stoddard, Hill, Palmeiro, Lucroy are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Padres, Mariners and Played First Base Min. 1 Game, and rows Reds, Tigers and Played Center Field Min. 1 Game. Grid is filled with Randy Myers, Mike Freeman, Leon Durham, Keith Moreland, Austin Jackson, Harvey Kuenn, Marvell Wynne Sr., Henry Cotto and Kris Bryant. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Myers, Freeman, Jackson, Kuenn, Wynne Sr., Cotto, Bryant are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.

Sort of the [email protected] grid - not a single one of these players was pictured as a Cub.
Grid with columns Marlins, Mets and Astros, and rows Royals, Giants and Angels. Grid is filled with Benito Santiago, Rich Hill, Martín Maldonado, Moisés Alou, Ángel Pagán, Jerome Williams, Jorge Soler, Dave Kingman and Dexter Fowler. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Santiago, Hill, Maldonado, Alou, Pagán, Williams, Soler, Kingman, Fowler are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Yankees, Hall of Fame and 40+ WAR Career, and rows Atlanta, Dodgers and Cardinals. Grid is filled with Joe Niekro, Hoyt Wilhelm, Cole Hamels, Rich Hill, Billy Herman, Jason Heyward, Joe Girardi, Mordecai Brown and Grover Alexander. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Niekro, Wilhelm, Hamels, Hill, Heyward, Alexander are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns Red Sox, Played Shortstop Min. 1 Game and 30+ HR Season Batting, and rows Phillies, Pirates and 300+ HR Career Batting. Grid is filled with Heathcliff Slocumb, Ryne Sandberg, Chuck Klein, Rich Hill, Vance Law, Ralph Kiner, Kyle Schwarber, Ron Santo and Aramis Ramírez. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Slocumb, Klein, Hill, Law, Kiner, Schwarber are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap. Shawon-O-Meter: 40 grid appearances - and rising!
Grid with columns Born Outside US 50 States and DC, Player was born in Japan and First Round Draft Pick, and rows All Star, 10+ Win Season Pitching and Played Major Leagues. Grid is filled with Fergie Jenkins, Shota Imanaga, Shawon Dunston, Ryan Dempster, Yu Darvish, Rick Sutcliffe, Arismendy Alcántara, So Taguchi and Brett Jackson. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Darvish, Alcántara, Taguchi are copied and pasted from other sources.
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Eight Chicago National League players and one Wolverine where no Cub fits. (Hill and Hibbard called Ann Arbor and the Northside home). Yeah, Hill is the antithesis of the original category (One Team Only) but he fits my revised category of Michigan Wolverines perfectly. Some photo replacements made.
Grid with columns Mariners, White Sox and Only One Team, and rows Mets, Twins and ≤ 3.00 ERA Season. A Michigan Block M is superimposed over Only One Team. Grid is filled with Rick Wilkins, Lance Johnson, Rich Hill, Carlos Silva, Billy Hamilton, Danny Fife, Mike Montgomery, Codi Heuer and John Hibbard. All players in the left two columns are pictured wearing Cubs caps. All players in the right column are in Michigan Wolverines caps or jerseys. The pictures of Johnson, Hill, Silva, Hamilton, Fife, Montgomery, Heuer, Hibbard are copied and pasted from other sources.
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap.
Grid with columns Nationals, Rangers and Played Outfield Min. 1 Game, and rows Athletics, Blue Jays and Guardians. Grid is filled with Manny Trillo, Rich Harden, Gary Woods, Matt Stairs, Tanyon Sturtze, Chris Coghlan, Marlon Byrd, Cliff Johnson and Mike Freeman. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Harden, Stairs, Sturtze, Coghlan, Byrd, Johnson, Freeman are copied and pasted from other sources.
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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All Cubs, with some slap dash copy and paste to show them all in the right cap, and one spot where I do not think any Cub fits. #RynoStrong #FO23VER
Grid with columns 2000+ K Career Pitching, Played Third Base Min. 1 Game and Rookie of the Year, and rows Cubs, Orioles and Red Sox. Grid is filled with Dan Haren, Ryne Sandberg, Ken Hubbs, Jamie Moyer, Manny Alexander, Blank, Fergie Jenkins, Mark Bellhorn and Nomar Garciaparra. All players are pictured wearing Cubs caps. The pictures of Haren, Moyer, Bellhorn, Garciaparra are copied and pasted from other sources.
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM