His real name was Frank Chance, but even his teammates called him "The Peerless Leader." (Sometimes they just shortened it to "PL"). He was the undisputed leader of the best Cubs team in history, the Cubs of the '00s. With the Peerless Leader at the helm, they won four pennants and two World Series titles. He was a great player (first base and catcher), but he was probably an even better manager.

He was a player's manager. He allowed the boys to have their fun (he usually bought drinks and played cards with them), but in exchange he expected them to shut down the festivities at midnight the night before games, and to play their hardest during the games.

He led by example. Anyone who wondered how to perform merely needed to watch the way Chance fiercely defended his turf and teammates. He was known as a brawler, and he was so unafraid in the batter's box he was beaned more times than any player of his era.

If you weren't Chance's kind of man, you weren't a Cub. That's because every player on that team was handpicked by Chance. He was not only a player, and a manager, he was the man that built the team into a dynasty.

Is it any wonder that he'll forever be known as The Peerless Leader?