Archive for June, 2006
When I came up in 1960, we were averaging maybe 600,000 fans. In ‘69, we felt that was going to be our year. The fan base started to get larger and larger, and in ‘69 when we were in first place from the get-go, the “Bleacher Bums”-everything that was happening that year was unbelievable. You’d […]
A Hall of Fame experience by Tom Anderson
12 Comments Published by Tom Anderson June 27th, 2006 in News.In July 2005 I made a long bus trip from Chicago to Cooperstown, New York to see my boyhood hero, Ryne Sandberg, get inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Despite “woo” some annoyances “woo” on the trip “woo,” it was one I’ll never forget. I’ll do my best to give you some highlights, […]
Recently, almost a year since my first trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I was playing catch with a friend from church to warm up for a pickup softball game a group of us has regularly during the summer. My friend, Mario, is originally from Italy but had moved to the States as a […]
I had heard on the radio that Ron Santo wasn’t at the Cubs game due to health issues, but didn’t catch more than that as I was following the game during travel to various stores while running errands in town.
So I did a bit of searching and here’s what I found….
Source: Ron Santo update […]
