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Cubs non-homer multi-run walkoff wins: June 5, 2000

I didn’t think so. Reed, a catcher, played 17 seasons in the major leagues, mostly with the Reds, Rockies, Twins and Giants.

And then Reed spent his final two big-league seasons as a backup catcher with the Cubs in 1999 and 2000. Bet you don’t remember who he backed up, either. It was Benito Santiago in 1999 and Joe Girardi, in his second Cubs stint, in 2000. There are very few photos of Reed in a Cubs uniform; you see one of those above. (It’s not from this game.