Beck saved 199 games for the Giants — 48 during a 103-victory ’93 season in which he pitched in nine of their final 11 games, and 37 for the division-winning ’97 club.

Rod Beck spent half of last season trying to get promoted from Triple-A Iowa to the Cubs, living in an RV parked next door to Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines. He finally got to Wrigley Field on Tu… ...