Cubs historical sleuthing: Eddie Waitkus edition

Dec 31 2022 by Bleed Cubbie Blue

 
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You’d think there wasn’t enough information given. But you’d be wrong.

Getty Images doesn’t give us much to go on:

Eddie Waitkus and Chicago Cubs action

Yep, that’s Eddie Waitkus, who played for the Cubs from 1946-48 and whose most famous action as a Cub was being shot by an admirer, Ruth Ann Steinhagen, a shooting that’s said to possibly be the inspiration for the novel and film “The Natural.” Here are more details about how that...

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