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Cubs historical sleuthing: Mid 1980s edition

Getty Images says:

Pitcher Ron Davis #39 of the Chicago Cubs pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during a Major League Baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1986 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

That’s absolutely Ron Davis, it’s absolutely Pittsburgh, and I went into this assuming it was 1986.

Before I tell you when this photo was taken, let me tell you a bit about Davis, subject of one of the worst trades in late-Wrigley ownership Cubs history.

The Cubs selected Davis in the long-ago January phase of the Draft in the third round in 1976.