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RIP Ernie Banks

ROCKDJRWROCKDJRW Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭
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Just heard on the radio Mr Cub passed away. Great guy to the fans!
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    RIP Mr. Banks. What a great ballplayer!
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    heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    Man if this is true this is so sad. I loved Mr Banks RIP
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    hyperchipper09hyperchipper09 Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MLB, humanity in general, just lost one of it's finer gentleman.
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    DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    R.I.P. Mr Cub. In honor of "Let's play two!!"

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    imageIn honor of "Let's play two!"In honor of "Let's play two!"
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

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    TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,711 ✭✭✭
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Sad day indeed.
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    CharleyBrownCharleyBrown Posts: 209 ✭
    RIP Ernie Banks... may we continue to celebrate for years to come your incredible career and the impact on the game of baseball.
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    OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    this is a tough one..
    Ernie predicted my wife would give birth on opening day 2000.
    She was in line for his autograph at the Cubs convention ( she won the spot in a raffle)
    He saw he and said let that girl through, signed her ball and predicted the birth of our son

    which came true..

    Rest in peace.
    strength to the family
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    baz518baz518 Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭✭
    Always my favorite Cub. Ever. God bless you Mr. Banks.
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    slum22slum22 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭✭
    Very sad day. I only met him once, and it was a great experience, seemed like a very genuine and good person. Lost a great one.
    Steve
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    jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RIP Mr Cub.
    James

    Ernie Banks
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    AC000000AC000000 Posts: 251 ✭✭✭
    God Bless You, Mr. Cub.
    My sympathies to the Banks and Chicago Cubs family.
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    addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭✭
    Love Ernie banks.....very underrated in the hobby. Sad dayimage
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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Baseball has lost a great one !!!
    Timbuk3
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    ashabbyashabby Posts: 471 ✭
    God bless his family
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    psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    A sad day indeed. His 1958 and '59 seasons were remarkable, especially as a shortstop! Not to mention his 1955. R.I.P. Ernie
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    MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    If you're a baseball fan, how could you not love Ernie Banks.
    He played the game the way it should be played.

    Leo Durocher once said that Ernie Banks was the exception
    to his "nice guys finish last" comment.

    Rest in peace, Ernie.

    John


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    seebelowseebelow Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭
    R.I.P. Mr. Banks
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    Loyalty32Loyalty32 Posts: 497 ✭✭✭
    Damn...
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    GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭
    Just a great person. RIP Mr. Cub.
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    BrickBrick Posts: 4,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RIP. We have lost a delightful gentleman.
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    itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    if ever a man can be defined by the substance of his character, it is Ernie Banks. we all have lost a wonderful friend.
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    CubbyCubby Posts: 2,096 ✭
    A true gentleman on and off the field, Mr Banks will always be my hero....


    BTW: Cubby=Cub Fan
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    KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of the nicest people I have ever had the the pleasure of meeting. Met him two years ago at the National while getting an autograph for my son who was 8 at the time. My wife, son, and I were close to the last ones in line to meet him, and he was so nice and gracious to all of us. He told my son to come around the table and shook his hand and asked him about school and baseball. Took photos with him, signed his ball, and then proceeded to talk to is for another 2-3 minutes. For all of the bad things you hear about athletes he was the exact opposite. We were looking forward to seeing him again this summer in Chicago. May you rest in peace Mr Cub. Let's play two!
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    IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,429 ✭✭✭✭
    As great a player Banks was, he was probably known more for his personality off the field. Here is a ticket stub from the game when Cal Ripken Jr. passed him for most career Home Runs as a short stop (a record he still holds to this day):

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    RIP Ernie

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had the honor of meeting EB a number of years ago as a youth. Echoing what has been said up above, he was one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet.

    When I caught the news late last night, it felt like I had been sucker-punched. This one really hurts.

    Rest well, Mr. Cub.
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    Indy78Indy78 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭
    Unfortunately, I never met him. He was my dad's favorite ball player, and I remember him telling me about EB's quick wrists and bat speed. RIP, Ernie.
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    baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭
    Sad news in deed. Great person great player


    RIP
    Fred

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    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    EstilEstil Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭✭
    Traditionally St. Peter is the one at the pearly gates greeting all the newbies into heaven...I bet just for Mr. Banks he'll be greeted by TWO major saints! image
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    tyweb1tyweb1 Posts: 528 ✭✭
    I would imagine Ronnie and Ernie are playing some catch today in Heaven.

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    gemintgemint Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Even the nicest, fan friendliest athletes have bad days but I never heard one bad experience of fan interactions with Ernie.

    RIP Mr. Cub
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    MrNearMintMrNearMint Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭
    What does "Lets play two" mean?
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    LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What does "Lets play two" mean? >>


    It means he was quite popular with the ladies image Actually, that he was always ready for a doubleheader. He loved the game so much, one game just wasn't enough.
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    Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭
    Wow...terrible news.
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    StoogeStooge Posts: 4,646 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What does "Lets play two" mean? >>


    It means he was quite popular with the ladies image Actually, that he was always ready for a doubleheader. He loved the game so much, one game just wasn't enough. >>

    If some around here remember, M.L.B. used to actually "Schedule" Doubleheaders before the season started. Not sure when the practice of not scheduling double dips got away from baseball, but back in the day I went to a couple Reds vs. Cubs DH's before the lights were installed on 8/8/88. They would schedule the first game at something like 11:30am just to get both games in before dark. Man-o-man those were the days.

    Back to our beloved friend Mr. Ernie Banks. It isn't to often when I hear that a famous person ie: Celebrity, Polotician, Movie Star, etc... would pass and I would say that is was to bad that they were a nice person, and we will miss them etc., but I have to say that baseball has really been hit with a left hook and a rt. cross when in the last year or so we have lost BASEBALL LEGENDS such as Stan "The Man" Musial & Ernie "Mr. Cub" Banks. I'm a grown Man and when I think of the fact that these 2 Men are not with us anymore it is gut wrenching, and is enough to make a grown Man cry. What these 2 Men have meant to baseball and will continue to mean is beyond words and is quite indescribable. There will never be another 2 Guys quite like them to ever play the game we love again. May they both rest in peace.

    Later, Paul.
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    UllrUllr Posts: 185 ✭✭✭
    Ernie Banks was the first autograph I ever got. A new golf course opened in my hometown in 1974. Ernie Banks and Arnold Palmer were there for a little fanfare on opening day. I showed up with a beat up 1958 Topps card for him to sign. He was a true gentleman and asked me how an 8 year old kid came to have such an old card. He signed it graciously and a still have it today.
    Arnold Palmer was standing right there and asked if I would like him to sign anything. I said "no thank you". - The look on his face was priceless.image

    Sad day indeed."no thank you"
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    fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    Better late than never!

    My personal encounter with Ernie Banks. Better late than never. It must have been 1983, a family friend took me to see Ernie Banks who I believe was in town for a John Deere function. There was a buffet dinner at banquet hall and at the ripe age of 11 I was lets just say "husky". Everyone went through the buffet, Ernie was at the front table as the guest of honor. I needed some seconds as the first round didn't fill me up. As I went to get seconds from the buffet I passed Mr. Cubs table. He waved me over. What could this hall of famer want to relay to a 11 years old boy? Show me how to execute the perfect bunt? How to properly field a ball? How to go deep? I never forgot what he said and It wasn't until years later I figured out how funny it actually was. He waved me over and said "Boy you go get some beans and cabbage now, beans and cabbage". I can still picture that night like it was yesterday. RIP Mr. Cub

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    I'm first on the left. The single picture of Ernie has an auto on the back.

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    jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks like Ernie's caretaker may have pulled a fast one, making him reassign his entire estate to her instead of his family: Estate Dispute (CNN)
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