It can now be said: There is no baseball player alive who has played for the Chicago Cubs in the World Series.
The last of 'em, shortstop Lennie Merullo, died Saturday at the age of 98, after complications from a stroke, according to the New York Times.
He played for the Cubs in the 1945 World Series, in the middle of his seven-year MLB career, all of which was with the Cubs. The team, of course, hasn't won a World Series since 1908.
From the Times:
Even the most long-suffering Cubs fans might have had only vague memories of Merullo.