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Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Ben Johnson 
December 2, 2010 at 7:27 pm
the sox signed adam dunn
not to be outdone hendry went out and signed jeff baker
December 3, 2010 at 5:52 am
Ron Santo passed away this morning from complications with bladder cancer.
5 Gold Gloves
9 time All Star.
Rest in Peace #10 😦
WGN 720AM will be a lot lonelier this season with out him.
December 3, 2010 at 6:59 am
Dear Veterans Committee,
I hopy you’re all happy with yourselves and your righteous indignation. Because of you pricks, Ron Santo will now have to receive his Hall of Fame enshrinement posthumously…rather than getting to enjoy it while on this earth. Fuck you!!!
Signed,
A fan of the game
Ronnie, may you rest in peace. I will be watching This Old Cub at some point over the weekend to take another glimpse at what you did as a player and the struggles you had off the field. We’ll all miss you.
Jimmy D.
December 3, 2010 at 7:13 am
Jimmy, well oput my friend. And I’d like to add that I hope that complete and utter assbag Joe Morgan is happy with himself for being at the forefront of helping to keep Ronnie out. Joe, I hope you can live with yourself.
December 3, 2010 at 8:07 am
joe morgan as an announcer is horrible as a human being he is even worse…remember the damn fit he threw when ryno broke his all time homerun ecord as a 2nd baseman….that asshole thinks he is the only 2nd baseman who should be in the hall of fame
December 3, 2010 at 8:18 am
brooks robinsons stats
23 seasons
11782 games
10654 ab
1238 runs
2848 hits
482 2b
68 triples
268 hrs
1357 rbis
ron santo stats
seasons 15
8143 ab
1138runs
2254 hits
365 2b
67 triples
342 homers
1331 rbis
ronnies stats stand up and wipe out brooks robinsons in most cases but ron santo is not in the hall of fame what a crock of shit
December 3, 2010 at 10:12 am
Very sad news.
I became a Cub fan the last year Santo was with the Cubs. Alas, I was so young at the time, I really don’t remember much if anything from that year other than some of the names on the roster.
Santo knew how to take a walk-something the Cubs haven’t done in decades it seems. His career OBP was 85 points above his BA. He led the league in walks 4 times and in OBP twice-included .412 in 1966. He also knew how to advance runners-leading the league in Sac Flies 3 times. Those are lost arts in the Cubs organization.
Now, the Veteran’s Committee in a fit of guilt will probably vote in Santo next time. How about honoring people when they still have a chance to enjoy it?! Anybody who follows the Cubs know that the annual/bi-annual snubs just killed him.
And let’s not forget (fairly or unfairly) the Cubs failing to get to the World Series certainly hurt Santo’s chances to get in the HOF.
And the 37 years of subsequent failure after he played for the Cubs was crushing to him too-1984 and 2003 being particularly devastating. Particularly telling is that Santo’s most famous catchphrase is not something positive like “Hey, Hey” or even dual-use like “Holy Cow” but “Ohh, Noooo!!” Ronnie deserved so much better.
Rest in peace
December 3, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Great article about Santo being screwed over for HOF: http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/ron_santo_and_baseballs_shame.html
December 8, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Yes…well put jimmyd.