Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
In the comments regarding Max Scherzer in BCB After Dark, discussion turned to players who had good or great careers and who eventually wound up with the Cubs late in their careers.
I said that “never, ever” worked and of course, that’s my usual hyperbole. As one reader pointed out, both Jim Edmonds and Gary Gaetti made key contributions to the Cubs, both in playoff years, but both had only a brief time on the North Side (85 games for Edmonds, 37 games with a .