I was going to make this article part of the “historical sleuthing” series, but when I found the second photo — below — I thought it would make a more interesting article to just tell you this story.
Fergie Jenkins had returned to the Cubs in 1982 after eight years with the Rangers and Red Sox. He’d thought about retirement after 1981, but Dallas Green — who was a minor league teammate of Fergie’s in the Phillies organization in 1964 and 1965 — contacted him and asked him if he could still pitch.