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    Another former Major League Baseball Player has gone on to that “Diamond in the Sky”:Chicago Cubs second baseman Glenn Beckert gone at age 79

    April 12, 2020 - By Andy Durham

    Last week it was Al Kaline, the former Detroit Tigers’ slugger, and this week it is Glenn Beckert, a former Chicago Cubs’ second baseman, and Beckert was an outstanding defensive second baseman, and he had enough bat awareness to make him one of the toughest “outs” in all of the major leagues during a key stretch, back in 1970’s….Beckert could also run the bases and early in his career he would lead the majors, in runs scored for a season…. In a baseball poll, Glenn Beckert was named the Chicago Cubs’ fifth-best all-time second baseman…The Top-Five order went like this:…

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