— -- "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks, the Hall of Fame slugger and two-time MVP who never lost his boundless enthusiasm for baseball despite years of playing on losing Chicago Cubs teams, died Friday night ...
Hall of Fame baseball legend Ernie Banks talks with Steve Inskeep about his life in the sport. Banks says he remembers nearly every moment of his great career — the sights, the sounds, the feelings — ...
Baseball season is at our doorstep and if you begin to name the best Texas born and raised baseball players, your list would undoubtedly include some of the best who have ever played the game, men ...
Baseball season is at our doorstep and if you begin to name the best Texas born and raised baseball players your list would undoubtedly include some of the best who have ever played the game, men such ...
CHICAGO (USA Today) -- Ernie Banks, known simply as "Mr. Cub" after hitting 512 home runs over a 19-year career spent entirely in Chicago, died Friday night at 83. Best known for his effusive "Let's ...
Let’s play two!” Those immortal words belong to one man. And Ernie Banks meant it every time he said it. The legendary Cubs ...
It is with a double dose of sadness that I reflect on the passing of Hall of Famer and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Ernie Banks. Baseball loses one of its greatest ambassadors, a man who hit ...
As a 7-year-old enjoying the summer between first and second grade at Marcus Whitman Elementary School in Cowiche, I was on a fishing-camping trip with my dad and some friends. We were headed to a ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cubs great Ernie Banks had assets worth just $16,000 when he died, an attorney for the woman who cared for him during his final years said Tuesday in a contentious court appearance ...
Ernie Banks blasts his 40th home run of the year to propel the Chicago Cubs past the St. Louis Cardinals 12-2 at Wrigley Field. That set the record for most homers by a shortstop in MLB history, which ...
El Paso sports fans will have an opportunity to see the greatest array of Major League baseball talent ever assembled in El Paso when a touring team of All-Stars tangle with a local All-Star team at ...
1929 — Joe Cronin of the Washington Senators hit for the cycle in a 10-7 win against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. 1937 — For the second time this season, two batters opened a game with home runs ...