When I began to follow baseball in the early 1960s, I devoured each issue of "Baseball Digest."
The small-format, monthly magazine regularly included stories about players who had batted in place.
Jonathan Villar's single at Pittsburgh on April 13 made him the fifth Cubs newcomer this season to make a hit.
When 5 more do so, the total count will be 1,500 different players who have made hits.
Ninth in a series of posts about Cubs coaches.
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The previous post in this series described the long and colorful career of Red Smith, who in 1945 became the Cubs' first official.