It’s particularly great for Fergie, because I don’t think he ever got much of a first look.” I think it’s cool because pitchers of that era in general are getting a second look and that’s great. It was a bad time for the Cubs, so you get overshadowed by (Tom) Seaver and (Jim) Palmer and other pitchers you were pretty equal to. “He played for mediocre teams (mostly in Chicago and Texas). “There’s something particularly special about it happening now for Fergie because he did have a career that was sort of made to be overshadowed,” said longtime baseball writer and former Athletic scribe Joe Posnanski, author of the upcoming book “Why We Love Baseball.”
If it feels long overdue, that may be true, too.
If it feels like Jenkins is getting extra attention now, 40 years after he stopped playing, he is. Hamburg, on the other hand, won the European Cup in the 1982-1983 season, becoming the first German club to achieve the feat since Bayern Munich’s back-to-back triumphs in the 1970s.The Jenkins statue was unveiled outside Wrigley Field in May 2022. Dortmund claimed the title under the guidance of legendary coach Ottmar Hitzfeld in 1997, beating Juventus in the final. In addition to Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg are the other German teams to have won the Champions League. They clinched their first European crown in 1974 and went on to claim the trophy in 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, and 2020. The Bavarian giants have won the coveted title on six occasions. Which German teams have won the Champions League?īayern Munich, the powerhouse of German football, has been the most successful German club in the UEFA Champions League. In this article, we take a closer look at the most successful German teams in various European competitions. From capturing the prestigious UEFA Champions League to clinching the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and other notable tournaments, German clubs have consistently displayed their prowess.
German football has a rich history of success in European competitions, with several teams making their mark on the continental stage. Bayern Munich are not the only German club to have tasted glory in European competitions.
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