The next time Ernie Banks plays two -- as he liked to say, feeling one baseball game a day wasn't enough -- it will be in the diamond in the sky. The former Negro League upstart turned Cubs legend turned favorite son of Chicago died Friday in the Illinois city, family attorney Mark Bogen said. Banks was 83. "His death was not expected," said Bogen. Read more http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/23/us/ernie-banks-obit/index.html
I was at the game when he hit his 500th homer. I probably saw him play 100 times in person. This is a very sad day for Cubs fans. If ever there was a Mr. Baseball, it was him. Let's play 2. No, let's play 3.
I grew up on the North Side in the early-60s. Though I was a Sox fan, Ernie Banks meant baseball and every kid I knew did an imitation of Ernie's stance...right elbow up, fingers wiggling. One of the greatest players ever and an even better human being. Damn, he'll be missed.
I have fond memories of Ernie! All of the Greens were Cardinal fan, except for the oldest of all of siblings, my uncle, Virgil. He always had a Cubs game going on the radio. When we went to see everyone, as we talked sports, we could hear the play by play of the Cubs going on in the background. Ernie Banks was always discussed. I always liked Ron Santo at 3b as well. Ernie was a great talent. I am glad I saw him play on tv and heard him play many times on the radio.
Ernie Banks' family has announced that the Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer died after suffering a heart attack. Banks, a two-time National League MVP who spent his entire major league career with the Cubs, died Friday at the age of 83. Read more http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor...banks-died-suffering-heart-attack-family-says
