<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Buck-McHenry-Alfred-Slote/dp/0064404692" target="_blank">"Finding Buck McHenry"</a> is a film made for Showtime, back in 2001, about a baseball-loving youngster who, in the process, of forming his own Little League team, thinks he has tracked down a former Negro League star, played by the great Ossie Davis, now living a new life. 
 It's not award-winning stuff, but it's solid entertainment. Quite suitable for families. 
 And now I'll give my copy to the first person who e-mails me - at kdavidoff@newsday.com - with the correct answer to this question: 
 Ernie Banks appears in the film as another former Negro Leagues player, Ollie Johnson. Banks ranks second all-time on the Cubs' career home run list, with 512. Who is the only player with more home runs in a Cubs uniform than Banks? 
 --Here are the <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/finding-buck-mchenry-giveaway-1.2779894?qr=1" target="_blank">contest rules</a>. 
 --UPDATE, 12:28 p.m.: We have a winner! Our very own Richie G. knew that Sammy Sosa, with 545, is the only man with more home runs in a Cubs uniform than Ernie Banks.

"Finding Buck McHenry" is a film made for Showtime, back in 2001, about a baseball-loving youngster who, in the process, of forming his own Little League team, thinks he has tracked down a former Negro League star, played by the great Ossie Davis, now living a new life. It's not award-winning stuff, but it's solid entertainment. Quite suitable for families. And now I'll give my copy to the first person who e-mails me - at kdavidoff@newsday.com - with the correct answer to this question: Ernie Banks appears in the film as another former Negro Leagues player, Ollie Johnson. Banks ranks second all-time on the Cubs' career home run list, with 512. Who is the only player with more home runs in a Cubs uniform than Banks? --Here are the contest rules. --UPDATE, 12:28 p.m.: We have a winner! Our very own Richie G. knew that Sammy Sosa, with 545, is the only man with more home runs in a Cubs uniform than Ernie Banks.

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