Before Joe Girardi was a longtime MLB manager for the Marlins, Yankees and Phillies, he was a Cubs catcher. Originally drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round in 1986 (a draft that also produced Derrick May, Jim Bullinger and Rick Wilkins), Girardi made his MLB debut in 1989 and played for the Cubs through 1992. He was then taken by the Rockies in the expansion draft, played a couple of years there, then went on to win three World Series rings with the Yankees in 1996, 1998 and 1999, eventually returning to the Cubs for two years in 2000 and 2001.
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