On one side was the Cubs' Craig Counsell, whose five-year, $40 million contract is the richest ever for a manager. On the other was Grifol, who would be on the first bus out of town along with reviled chairman Jerry Reinsdorf if Sox fans had anything to do with it.
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How many different players have appeared in a game for the Cubs?
Baseball-reference.com says 2,225, most of any team by 20 over the Cardinals.
But its count begins in 1876, first season of the.
Second in a series of posts about Cubs coaches. The previous post described Otto Knabe, their first coach.
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When Manager Fred Mitchell hired Otto Knabe before the 1918 season, coaches.