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Durbin jumps to help Santo’s hall bid
2 Comments Published by Scott Lewis October 22nd, 2006 in News.Even Illinois Senator Dick Durbin agrees that Ron Santo belongs in the MLB Hall of Fame. He recently tooks steps to see this happen. While I don’t always agree with Mr. Durbin’s politics, I think this is something Mr. Durbin and I could work together on.
Kudos to you Senator Durbin for […]
Adding to Len and Bob’s baseball blog
8 Comments Published by Scott Lewis October 13th, 2006 in News.Len [Kasper] and Bob [Brenly] run a baseball blog for WGN. One of the posts on their site tells an individual how to voice their opinion to the Veterans Committee.
Here’s where you can help: Fans wishing to voice their opinion in support of their favorite candidates may do so in two ways: by […]
SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at SIU sponsors Men’s Night Out with Ron Santo
Timely prostate screenings and other health issues are the topics of a men’s health educational program, “SIU Men’s Night Out” held in October, featuring Ron Santo, former Cubs third baseman and current Cubs broadcaster on WGN radio.
Part of Prostate Cancer Awareness month, the educational […]
Fallen stars have Cooperstown support - USA Today
3 Comments Published by Scott Lewis July 27th, 2006 in News.SantoForHall.com got a mention today in the USA Today. Mike Dodd, a local Chicago writer, did a story on those people who are not in Cooperstown but should be. He contacted Scott Lewis from SantoForHall.com to get some background info on the site and to do a short interview.
Santo, now a popular Cubs […]
The way I see it, if a professional sports team pays you a bundle to serve as a conduit between its product on the field and the fans, you’d better come to the park every day as “prepared” as a paramedic. […]
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
14 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 […]
Ron Santo has hung up on the Hall of Fame and disconnected. After missing out again Wednesday in voting by his peers, the former Cubs third baseman will turn his attention elsewhere. I’m not going to worry about it anymore,” Santo said. Where I am today isn’t because I’m in the Hall of Fame […]
