In the middle of the 1989 season the Chicago Cubs entire Opening Day outfield was injured. Dwight Smith, Lloyd McClendon and Doug Dascenzo filled in so well that a Smith/McClendon platoon took over for Mitch Webster in left field. And Smith finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting to teammate Jerome Walton.
But Dascenzo was unceremoniously sent back to the minors when Walton and Andre Dawson returned from injury. There wasn’t a spot available for him on the 25-man active roster. Then on Sept.