In this episode, we’re privileged to sit down with three legendary Chicago Cubs with something very special in common: They all have plaques in Cooperstown. Fergie Jenkins, Andre Dawson and Lee Smith combined to make 18 All-Star Games while putting their impressive individual stamps on the game. Fergie: The staff ace and Cy Young winner with five 300-inning seasons to his credit. Hawk: The consummate blend of power and speed, with that cannon arm in right. And Big Lee, who cast an enormous shadow from the moment the bullpen door swung open in the seventh, eighth or ninth. In Episode 1 of this two-part conversation, the three friends share their baseball origin stories, and talk about their roads to the big leagues and their education in the economics of the game.

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Stitch by Stitch Podcast
• (00:02:13) - Hawk and Lee at the Cubs
• (00:10:27) - smith on his six-sports career
• (00:16:41) - Baseball Prospects Get First-Look
• (00:23:14) - Fergie on the Baseball Uprising
• (00:31:16) - Marvin Miller on the Strike
• (00:37:13) - Veteran Influences on NFL Players
• (00:40:52) - Stitch by Stitch