* Oswego Willy (in disguise) posing with Tom Ricketts at the friendly confines…

I have a few errands to run, so I’ll be back shortly after 1. Have fun, but be kind to each other.

       

81 Comments - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:42 am: “Stupid Snapchat Filter!” - OW - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:42 am: “If I take the picture, you’ll go home and never come back… Ok… ” - Tom Ricketts - thunderspirit - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:43 am: “Oswego Willy Endorses Ted Cruz For Dogcatcher.” - Dance Band on the Titanic - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:43 am: “Cheer accordingly” - AlfondoGonz - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:43 am: “I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $’s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to hide!” Donald J. Trump Apparently, part of what Tom is hiding is Oswego Willy. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:43 am: “We understand, but Mr. Ricketts has final say who he takes pictures with… the Cubs apologize” - Ducky LaMoore - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:43 am: Is it weird that I knew a guy named Jim Hendry that looks a lot like Tom Ricketts??? - Truthteller - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:44 am: And he’ll still be smiling in two weeks after both the Indians and Rauner have been vanquished. Rickets will only have a smile. His right-wing pals will not do well. - illini - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:44 am: Willy, my friend, you are doing a remarkable job of maintaining your anonymity. I saw a picture of you several years ago and it was just as revealing! - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:45 am: “Renteria is a fine manager. Theo makes all those decisions. You can have a picture with me… and that’s it… “ - Stones - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:46 am: Didn’t know OW was a Ted Cruz fan! - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:46 am: - illini - As you can see, I’m getting a little puffy in the face, and I could use a tan… - thunderspirit - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:47 am: “Posing for this does NOT give you license to sit on the end of my car antenna, OW.” - AC - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:47 am: Thankfully, Rich didn’t post a more revealing picture, because I don’t think I’d want to see OW in Speedos. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:49 am: “The Friendly Confines. I just play baseball. I don’t even ask.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:51 am: Thank you Mr. Ricketts, Theo, Jed, the entire organization for the absolute and unabashed joy this year and this run has been. I’m very greatful. Four more. OW “Looking at this picture… there’s no family resemblance. Speaking for all the Ricketts, stop saying you’re related.” - Huh? - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:52 am: Same Salinas makes an appearance at Wrigley Field and gets his picture taken with the new owner as a condition of lifting the Billy goat curse. - Keyrock - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:52 am: Owners own. - Huh? - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:53 am: 1.4% new costume as the unknown Cubs fan. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:53 am: Oswego Willy once again outsmarts Raunerite facial recognition software. - Commander Norton - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:53 am: Who needs clowns? That picture is as creepy as it gets. - Streator Curmudgeon - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:55 am: OW is either wearing a stocking cap or has his gray hair in corn rows. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:55 am: (Photo Credit: Mike Quade) - Big Muddy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:56 am: OWNING! - a drop in - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:58 am: Oswego Willy for a reduced price at Wall-mart? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:58 am: I hung this next to my picture of me with Gov. Rauner… - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 11:59 am: “Yes, Willy, we will make sure the profits from your ticket go directly to the Trump campaign per your wishes…” - Earnest - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:01 pm: We’re going to buy back the Republican party and set it free!!!! - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:01 pm: (Photo Credit: Eddie Vedder) - Jocko - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:01 pm: Not to be confused with OW’s brother, Jack. http://unisci24.com/258994.html - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:01 pm: Perfectly understandable disguise on your guest, Mr. Ricketts. I wouldn’t want to be seen with Jim Belushi either. - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:02 pm: Willy pictured with the man whose dad participated in the attempted assassination of Roy Hobbs. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:03 pm: “Unless your name is Bill Murray, Eddie Vedder, or John Cusack, you get a picture with me… and that’s it.” - Just a Reader - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:03 pm: “Hurry up and take the picture, before someone beats me to commenting on a Capitol Fax post.” - BK Bro - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:05 pm: Tom Rickets/Ted Cruz body double - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:06 pm: “Again, we can take a picture. You can run the bases, you can’t take ANY ivy home or sing the 7th inning stretch. Seriously, get a clue. Now… do you want a picture or not?!” - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:06 pm: The Wrigley Field souvenir received by every Chicago alderman. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:08 pm: “Thanks for the picture. Is the John Kasich look-alike still in the bleachers, or… “ - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:08 pm: Tom Ricketts welcomes the fans to Lifesize Bobblehead Day at Wrigley Field. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:11 pm: “I’ll see what I can do about getting Yuengling served here, ok… “ - Ahoy! - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:14 pm: Ted Cruz endorses the Cubs. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:17 pm: (Photo Credit: Jason Plummer) - Pension Priest - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:18 pm: Looks like Ted Cruz - @MisterJayEm - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:19 pm: “Mr. Ricketts personally escorted him from the ball park, but declined to press charges.” – MrJM - WhoKnew - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:20 pm: An Anonymous CUB fan - Didn’t think there was such a thing! Go figure! Go Cards!!!! - Union Man - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:21 pm: Looks like he’s with Ted Cruz - groucho - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:21 pm: Alderman Tunney trying to avoid detection after purchasing a face value ticket. - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:22 pm: This will look great in the TV ad tying Willy to Trump. - Six Degrees of Separation - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:24 pm: Best pic of an anonymous CapFax poster since we saw the back of Bill’s head. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:36 pm: Last known picture of OW before his death at the hands of the Zodiac Killer - Arthur Andersen - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:38 pm: You worked hard to earn that Cannoli this year, man. - Anon - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:39 pm: “Finally after losing his presidential bid, Ted Cruz felt comfortable admitting to the people of Texas that he hates the Astros and roots for the Cubs.” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:43 pm: - AA -, once they banned me from the ball park, I knew the cannoli was a lock. @FakeTomRicketts - I take pictures with 1,000s of people a year. This does not reflect anything other than I got cornered to smile with… him. #Proxy - ExCMS - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:45 pm: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/04/10/cubs-owner-tom-ricketts-ted-cruz-resemblance-face-swap/82881144/ - ExCMS - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:46 pm: http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/ted-cruz-or-tom-ricketts-gallery/ - Team Sleep - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:51 pm: “SMILE ACCORDINGLY!” - Casual observer - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:52 pm: OW, I’m jealous. But jealousy tends to run in Cubs blue blood. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:52 pm: “Carrot nose… or no carrot nose… “ - Oneman - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:56 pm: You sure there isn’t something here I can blame Governor Rauner for? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:58 pm: - Casual observer - Mr. Ricketts couldn’t have been nicer. Stayed for everyone wanting pictures. Good sport. @FakeTomRicketts - Cubs fans come in all types of ridiculous caricatures… - Casual observer - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 12:58 pm: Be careful Willy. If you run for office this picture could be used in an oppo dump mailer. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:10 pm: Oswego WIlly, pretending to be a man of the people on cap fax, when really, he can afford seats next to ricketts. - Baloneymous - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:12 pm: OW finally gave himself up. He’s Andy Griffith cause he’s posing with Jim Nabors. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:18 pm: Ricketts: “When I agreed to be photographed with the mascot of Capitol Fax, I thought that they meant Oscar the Puppy!” - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:20 pm: “Now, he’s been know to sneak in and out of Ohio for Yuengling, so the Ohio authorities are on to him. Have this posted outside at all entrances at the ball park there… “ - Handsome George - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:31 pm: I’d recognise Oswego Willy anywhere. But, what’s he doing with Ted Cruz? - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:41 pm: When the Schrimpf brothers threw me out of the Kasich event, Sen. Cruz took me to a Cubs game, bought me a hot dog, beer, and a Manny Trillo poster… - PublicServant - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 1:55 pm: Hey Oswego, Let’s go into the locker room and talk the talk. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 2:06 pm: Some really good ones out there… Mr. Ricketts… Tom… Thanks for the seats, the hospitality, I mean, I had a great time. I can’t get you on “Dad’s Home State”… this season… if the Cubs go far, I’ll make a call, see if we can get you in an episode… Bruce own part of the Red Sox… I know, right?.., I’ll see what I can do… Fair? How about a picture… - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 2:31 pm: (Photo Credit: Kristen McQueary) - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 2:32 pm: “Lance, please take the picture, but don’t tweet this at Lou Lang… “ - Campaign Grunt - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 2:47 pm: Not the best picture for the comparison, but has anyone ever seen Ricketts and Ted Cruz in the same room at the same time? Google image search “Ricketts Cruz” and you’ll see what I mean. - Steve - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 4:10 pm: Oswego Willy and Senator Ted Cruz confer. - Stones - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 5:24 pm: OW to Ricketts - “Owners own - please keep up” - sal-says - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 6:07 pm: Well, if that’s really OW: Eeeewwwww. THAT close to Racketts? Eeeewwwwww. - sal-says - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 6:14 pm: VERY scary. And it ain’t even Halloween yet; OR election day! - Rabid - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 6:30 pm: Ok you throw a big white W flag on the field when I get the trophy handed to me - Rabid - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 6:40 pm: Sailor Jack and Bingo - Lynn S. - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 10:32 pm: Mr. JayEm wins, with anon 1:18 and casual observer close behind. You’re a good sport to share this with us, OW! - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Oct 25, 16 @ 10:39 pm: - Lynn S - Thanks! Everyone was great, lots of really smart ones, well done all. - jerry 101 - Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:06 am: Are you sure that’s not Ted Cruz? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.