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The more I see of Hoerner, the more I am reminded of Kenny Hubbs, both defensively and offensively.  Like Baez, he makes more than his share of spectacular plays, but unlike Baez, he seldom seems to screw up the ordinary ones.

Still a very small sample size, but he has been impressive.

With Hoerner, Steele and Nance, that is three new guys that it looks like it will be fun to follow.

Very few ever win a Gold Glove in their second year.  I also remember him as diving for the balls, something Cubs players seldom bothered to do.

Keep in mind that Hubbs played his final season at age 21.

Hoerner just turned 24.

Really hard to project what kind of offense Hubbs might have shown a few seasons later.

Dave, Hubbs won his gold glove his rookie season—-only had a cup of coffee year before when age 19.

I’ve mentioned this a few times here before, sorry, but got a chance to meet and talk with Hubbs and some of his family in 1963. They drove to Dodger Stadium from the family home and I was an autograph hound when I was 13 and was there hours before the game for autographs with nobody else in sight except me and my pal. Had plenty of time and talked a bit. Really devastated me when heard about his plane going down but kind of cemented me as a Cubs fan going forward.

When I said only 5 guys on here would have seen Hubbs play, I was thinking me, Davep, P2, Bennett, and Reb.    Good guesses.

Umpires for #Cubs (22-21) at #STLCards (25-18):
Mark Ripperger, Phil Cuzzi, Erich Bacchus, Tom Hallion

Ross needs to rethink his lineup.