It was a warm, overcast day outside Wrigley Field and all of the speakers were struggling to keep their notes on the podium with the wind swirling as it is wont to do at the Friendly Confines. Before the ceremony started I could hear the wind echoing in the microphones and was a bit worried it might distract from the ceremony at hand. But then Pat Hughes stepped to the microphone to describe just a few of the incredible statistics that characterized Ferguson Jenkins’ outstanding career, including a run where he won at least 20 games from 1967-1972.
As I imagine was true for most of his Hall of Fame career with the Cubs, the wind continued to howl, but it was merely a backdrop in the face of the talent on display in the the brilliant career of Ferguson Jenkins.