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Come To Think of It: Who Will Be the Next Cubs Great To Be Honored?

Published by on May 4, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB

On Sunday at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs officially retired No. 31 in honor of both Fergie Jenkins and Greg Maddux.

The Cubs ran two flags up each foul pole; one with Jenkins' name on it and the other with Maddux. Too bad the Cubs hadn't retired Fergie's number a long time ago, we wouldn't have had this problem.

So all of this pomp and circumstance at the yard yesterday made me wonder who will be the next Cubs legend to have his number retired?

Will there even be another number retired or have we seen the last of them?

First off, we can forget about the pre-1932 great Cubs, who wore no digits.

One interesting name is that of Phil Cavarretta.

According to BleedCubbie...

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