To A Cubs Legend: Fond Memories Of Ron Santo 1940-2010

by Mike Bojanowski on Dec 4, 2010 8:00 AM CST in Cartoons

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Thanks Al

Now set as my background on computer. I trust you’re doing ok? I suspect you & Ron were “close”… bad quarter for me, 1st Mom n now Ron… sigh

I didn't understand the "white-collar Cub fans", "blue-collar Sox fans" until much later in life. Harry Smith~ "For Cubs Fans Only".

by jeffstorm2 on Dec 4, 2010 8:46 AM CST reply actions

This cartoon isn't mine.

It’s Mike’s. He draws all the cartoons here.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 4, 2010 9:07 AM CST up reply actions

see...now I'm wiser

I didn't understand the "white-collar Cub fans", "blue-collar Sox fans" until much later in life. Harry Smith~ "For Cubs Fans Only".

by jeffstorm2 on Dec 4, 2010 3:09 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry to hear about your Mom.

We're out of glue.

by katie casey on Dec 4, 2010 9:18 AM CST up reply actions

I wanted to post

on the official Santo memorial post, but I didn’t want my computer to crash from the vast amount of outpouring.

Like most, I really wish he could’ve enjoyed being in the HOF before passing. Such a shame, and the league should feel regretful for such negligence on very worthy candidate.

Also, I can’t imagine how he dealt with his diabetes (I’m type-1) without the aid of a glucometer. I’m certain he felt like garbage for a good majority of his games played, but he obviously showed great consistency throughout his career.

RIP Ronnie Santo….you’ll be missed.

"He's a great candidate," Ryan said. "If I hadn't made him drop in coverage so often on running backs, he might be the all-time sack leader. They call it zone blitzing nowadays. We called it, 'Richard, pick him up.'" - Buddy Ryan on Richard Dent's HOF chances.

by propheteer on Dec 4, 2010 10:10 AM CST reply actions

Even Bud Selig thinks that the voters made a mistake

by braziliancubsfan on Dec 4, 2010 10:15 AM CST reply actions

Did he say this before or after he past away

''"I always thought I was the most competitive person out there. I never thought I'd find anybody more competitive until I met him.'' Ryan Dempster talking about Ted Lilly

by Madison Cub Fan on Dec 4, 2010 11:00 AM CST up reply actions

There is a jerk sportswriter (John Heyman) on the MLB Network this AM.

Heyman first admits that he only voted for Santo to go into the HoF on his last ballot of eligibility. Heyman claimed, “if you look at his stats, it’s close.”

This is why we can’t have sportswriters making decisions on the HoF. How can this guy say “it’s close?” It seems to me you have to look at Santo’s offensive and defensive stats and recognize (1) Ron played his whole career with diabetes, at a time when it was tough to treat (no blood sugar meters to monitor the condition) and (2) Ron won all of those gold gloves playing his home games on one of the most difficult infields in the NL (the dramatically crowned Wrigley—decades before the field was irrigated and flattened).

Too bad jerks like Heyman denied Ron an honor he should have had while he was alive.

Carlos Silva lemonade: made from freshly squeezed Milton Bradley lemons. -- the Jim Hendry kook book.

by LAcarl519 on Dec 4, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions

Jayson Stark said something about that, too.

He said he didn’t initially vote for Santo when he got a ballot for the first time because there were already three HoFers from those Cubs teams (Banks, Williams, Jenkins) and how could you have so many HoFers from a team that never won?

Then he realized that the team performance, or lack thereof, didn’t necessarily mean a player as an individual couldn’t be a Hall of Famer, which is the correct thinking.

I wonder how many others penalized Ron because his Cubs teams never won.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 4, 2010 11:17 AM CST up reply actions

I have heard this parrotted many times by voters

I believe it is widespread

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Dec 5, 2010 9:35 AM CST up reply actions