Cubs unsung heroes: Willie Greene, May 2, 2000

Getty Images Today, I begin a new series looking at Cubs history.

This one will be a bit different from the previous series. Instead of looking at “best” or “worst” games, or memorable walkoffs, this series is intended to give a moment in the sun to players you might have forgotten, guys who might have had only brief Cubs careers but had one big game during their tenure.

There will be one for each season from 2000 through 2019, covering the last 20 years of Cubs baseball, over the next 20 days.

Willie Greene should have been somebody. He was a No. 1 draft pick (18th overall) of the Pirates in 1989. Guys chosen after him in that round included Mo Vaughn, Chuck Knoblauch and Todd Jones, all of…