Chicago Cubs
When I was a kid and we played wiffle ball, we all got to be our favorite players. My brother was always Ron Santo. I was
Don Kessinger. Even as an eight-year-old kid, I recognized that I wasn't the best hitter, but I knew that Kessinger, who also wasn't a very good hitter, was still a valued member of the Cubs. After all, Jack Brickhouse told me so every afternoon, and he'd never lie to a little kid. So I figured if Kessinger could be a good player even though he was a weak hitter, I could too. What I hadn't considered was that Kessinger was valuable because he was a very good fielder. I, on the other hand, was not. In fact, I was the exact opposite of a five-tool player - I was a negative-five-tool player. I couldn't do anything well. But I'll always have a soft spot for guys like Kessinger, one of the unsung heroes of the 1969 Cubs.