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Ernest "Ernie" Banks, a Baseball Hall of Famer known as "Mr. Cub," was born in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 31, 1931. He played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues before joining the Chicago Cubs in 1953 for a 19-season major league career. Midway through his Cubs tenure, he switched from shortstop to first base. Though not built like a typical home run hitter, Banks used his bat speed to become a prodigious slugger. He was an 11-time All-Star, a two-time National League most valuable player and a two-time league home run leader. Though his athletic exploits were remarkable, he may have been even more beloved for his optimistic approach to the game. On sunny days, he would declare, "Let's play tw...
Ernest "Ernie" Banks, a Baseball Hall of Famer known as "Mr. Cub," was born in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 31, 1931. He played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues before joining the Chicago Cubs in 1953 for a 19-season major league career. Midway through his Cubs tenure, he switched from shortstop to first base. Though not built like a typical home run hitter, Banks used his bat speed to become a prodigious slugger. He was an 11-time All-Star, a two-time National League most valuable player and a two-time league home run leader. Though his athletic exploits were remarkable, he may have been even more beloved for his optimistic approach to the game. On sunny days, he would declare, "Let's play two!" The description of Wrigley Field as the "Friendly Confines" was popularized by Banks, and he may have coined the phrase. A statue of Banks is to be erected at Wrigley in 2008.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPORTS BUDGET FOR THURSDAY, JULY 24: DEADLINES: 10:45 (first), 11:30 (second), 12:30 (final). . 1 (color): downey, sox, cubs, bears w/practice times, haugh . 2: calendar/doubletake, bears bits, jp bears, jp haugh 3: 3x10.5; sox brite, sox...Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, Leo Durocher, New York Mets
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Banks: Night games will help Cubs shine
Any link between the recent Cubs struggles and the late-season collapse of the '69 Cubs could become a matter of night and day. On Aug. 15, 1969, the Cubs held a 91/2-game lead over the New York Mets. A bit more than three weeks later, the lead was...Tags: Ceremonies, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Javier Vazquez
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'The Dean' spoke and we listened
Puffing on a big cigar, feet up on the desk, Jerome Holtzman sat in the manager's office at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium as if he owned the place. "The Dean" was chatting with Cubs manager Lee Elia and general manager Dallas Green before the start of a...Tags: Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia 76ers, National Basketball Association, Baseball
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Oakland A's signal active trade market
In or out? Buyer or seller? It's the time of year when teams have to declare their intentions, and the Oakland Athletics are leading the charge for teams jumping off the fence to become sellers. The deal that sent Joe Blanton to Philadelphia on Thursday,...Tags: George Brett, Chicago Cubs, Nick Swisher, Florida Marlins, Damaso Marte
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Hampton Roads players in the pros
Here's a look at how players from Hampton Roads are performing in professional baseball this season. If you know anyone else from the area who is in the pros, call Sonny Dearth at 247-4640 or e-mail him at sdearth@dailypress.com. This is the first chart...Tags: Matt Smith, Major League Baseball, Florida Marlins, Jason Taylor, Chicago White Sox
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Newsday's 100: The super elite Hall of Fame
When Goose Gossage is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next Sunday, he'll become the 234th player so honored. Does he belong there? Well, 85.8 of the 543 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America said he does in the most...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Willie Stargell, Mariano Rivera
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AL wins All-Star game 4-3 in 15 innings
The Associated PressBaseball's All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium -- and what a long, long goodbye it was. In a game that started Tuesday night and faded well into Wednesday, Justin Morneau slid home just in time on Michael Young's sacrifice fly in the 15th...Tags: All Stars, American League, Major League Baseball, Multi-Sport Events, Trevor Hoffman
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Cubs backing up Ryan Dempster's prediction
Chicago Tribune reporterIt all began five months ago outside Fitch Park in Mesa, Ariz., when Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster stood in front of reporters before the opening day of spring training and declared: "I think we're going to win the World Series." There's no recorded...Tags: Lou Piniella, Aramis Ramirez, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Washington Post Company
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Dealer: Receipts were for HGH for Clemens
Wire reportsConvicted steroid dealer Kirk Radomski looked under his television last weekend and found overnight mail slips from packages he claims were used to send human growth hormone to Roger Clemens' house, according to the lawyer for Brian McNamee. Clemens sued...Tags: Terry Francona, Marathon, American League, Major League Baseball, Multi-Sport Events
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Midsummer night's marathon
Associated PressMarquee starters were long gone. So were nearly all the other pitchers. His bullpen empty, National League manager Clint Hurdle approached David Wright and asked whether he had the right stuff to take the mound and close out the All-Star Game. Did the...Tags: Terry Francona, Tampa Bay Rays, George Steinbrenner, Multi-Sport Events, San Francisco Giants
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