FanPost Friday: Who is your all-time favorite Cub?

There are a lot of factors that go into making someone a “favorite” player. It can be their onfield prowess: perhaps they’re the best batter or pitcher you’ve ever seen in action, or they make such mind-boggling defensive plays you know it will be Must See TV to tune in whenever they take the field.

Perhaps they’re just charming and funny and have developed a dugout routine that makes you chuckle, and their gift for a good interview never fails to bring a smile to your face, so you find yourself cheering for them as a person instead of as just a player on the field.

Maybe you learned about their charitable accolades or a personal story from their life that made you connect with them, or more than that maybe you had a chance to meet them and the experience changed your whole opinion of them.

Whatever the reason, we all have our most beloved player. Sometimes it’s a player who might have retired before you were even old enough to see him play, sometimes it’s the newest guy on the club’s roster who has impressed you so much you’ve already ordered his jersey. Whatever the reason, that player is your favorite.

So that’s the theme of today’s FanPost prompt. We want to know who your favorite player is and why. For me, it’s Fergie Jenkins. His last year in the majors was the year I was born, so I never got a chance to see him play, but I am a baseball historian by nature, and reading about his incredible career — not to mention his importance to Canadian baseball history — really made me invest in him, and he’s been my Cub ever since.

Head over to the FanPost section, select “New FanPost” on the left, and tell us who your favorite Cub is and why.