04-28-2025, 05:18 PM
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Raymond 'Robbie' Culpepper
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Columbus, GA
Posts: 7,150
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Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman
Even as a little boy before I knew what Major League baseball was I was fascinated by this Norman Rockwell painting, The Dugout. What is ironic about it is at the time the painting was made, 1948, the Cubs were just a couple of years past being a successful and storied franchise, it was the years after this painting was made that the Cubs were a laughingstock organization a majority of the time. I never knew the story behind the painting until I googled it a few minutes ago, Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and Cubs players Bob Rush, Johnny Schmitz, and Rube Walker agreed to pose for the original photo and the batboy was actually a Boston Braves batboy who agreed to put on a Cubs uniform for the shoot.
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Another Great Rockwell:
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