Yosh Kawano

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Yosh Kawano (born June 4, 1921) is the longtime clubhouse manager for the Chicago Cubs. Kawano's long service and dedication to the team have made him a part of Chicago Cubs team lore. Kawano is honored in the Cubs Walk of Fame, a series of banners hanging in the concourse of Wrigley Field. (Kawano also had a plaque in the original Walk of Fame, a series plaques embedded in the concrete walkway outside the main entrance to Wrigley Field at the corner of Clark and Addison Streets in Chicago [1].) Reportedly, the contract for the sale of the Cubs from the Wrigley family to the Chicago Tribune in 1981 included a clause to guarantee Kawano a job for life with the Cubs. Former Cubs player and enshrined member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ryne Sandberg has suggested that if the Cubs were ever to change the name of Wrigley Field, that the ballpark should be named Yosh Kawano Field [2]. Sandberg also thanked Kawano in his Hall of Fame induction speech [3].