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Cubs historical sleuthing: Rick Reuschel edition

If this photo looks familiar, it should: Josh used it as the lead photo for BCB After Dark on Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

A sharp-eyed reader noticed something and wondered if I could sleuth it. Here’s what I got emailed from that reader:

At first, it seems to contain no info other than Reuschel’s uniform. But isn’t that someone in one of those 1970’s White Sox jerseys at the far right? It looks like a night game with a big crowd. Would the Cubs have used their ace in some sort of exhibition game?

That is correct, and I hadn’t noticed that at first.