Let's Play Two! Ernie Banks Dies

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Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks dies at 83
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[JoeB131]

I didn't know Ernie was still alive.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

he is just going into extra innings....

 

[JakeStarkey]

Ernie Banks was a superb athlete, a magnificent ball player, and conducted himself with dignity. RIP.

 

[Harry Dresden]

the most he ever made was $60,000 his last year in 69.....the salaries sure have changed......

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I was lucky enough to see Ernie as a visiting player at Candlestick Park in 1964

He was a total class act.

 

[squeeze berry]

power hitter at the 6 position during the 2nd dead ball era

well deserved HOF

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I was lucky enough to see Ernie as a visiting player at Candlestick Park in 1964

He was a total class act.

I saw Mays play in '70.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Ernie Banks Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Banks had 512 home runs and was a great hitter. RIP

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I was lucky enough to see Ernie as a visiting player at Candlestick Park in 1964

He was a total class act.

I saw Mays play in '70.

I saw Mays a few times in the 60's. Once in 1969 on his birthday, May 6, at St Louis. The Cardinals presented him with a lighted birthday cake when he came to the plate and the entire crowd sang Happy Birthday to him.
Then Bob Gibson proceeded to strike him out swinging, the last pitch resulting in an injured side muscle that kept Mays out of the lineup for several games.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

RIP Ernie Banks.
Nowadays if they ever play 2 they clear the stadium and charge a new crowd for the second game.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I was lucky enough to see Ernie as a visiting player at Candlestick Park in 1964

He was a total class act.

I saw Mays play in '70.

saw Micky Mantle and Roger Maris in 61.....in a weekend series in Cleveland....both hit about 4 HR's over the weekend....

 

[Harry Dresden]

RIP Ernie Banks.
Nowadays if they ever play 2 they clear the stadium and charge a new crowd for the second game.

yep they used to have double-headers every Sunday....

 

[JakeStarkey]

I was lucky enough to see Ernie as a visiting player at Candlestick Park in 1964

He was a total class act.

I saw Mays play in '70.

I saw Mays a few times in the 60's. Once in 1969 on his birthday, May 6, at St Louis. The Cardinals presented him with a lighted birthday cake when he came to the plate and the entire crowd sang Happy Birthday to him.
Then Bob Gibson proceeded to strike him out swinging, the last pitch resulting in an injured side muscle that kept Mays out of the lineup for several games.

Saw Koufax, Wills, Hodges, Snyder and gang against Mays, Cepeda, and McCovey in 1959. Koufax struck out 18, and McCovey (a rookie) hit a homer to dead center in the Colosseum, a colossal shot.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

I was lucky enough to see Ernie as a visiting player at Candlestick Park in 1964

He was a total class act.

I saw Mays play in '70.

I saw Mays a few times in the 60's. Once in 1969 on his birthday, May 6, at St Louis. The Cardinals presented him with a lighted birthday cake when he came to the plate and the entire crowd sang Happy Birthday to him.
Then Bob Gibson proceeded to strike him out swinging, the last pitch resulting in an injured side muscle that kept Mays out of the lineup for several games.

I was only a little boy, but I will always remember the magic of stepping inside of Candlestick for the first time then. And my dad must have known what game to go to because before I knew it, I saw the best thing ever, when Mays got hit number 3,000, and we got free tickets because of it to another game.

Yea, the Giants were something special back then.

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

RIP Ernie Banks.
Nowadays if they ever play 2 they clear the stadium and charge a new crowd for the second game.

You're kidding. How cheap.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

RIP Ernie Banks.
Nowadays if they ever play 2 they clear the stadium and charge a new crowd for the second game.

You're kidding. How cheap.

They have hefty salaries to pay now. Last true doubleheader I saw was in Cincinnati in 2002.

 

[squeeze berry]

RIP Ernie Banks.
Nowadays if they ever play 2 they clear the stadium and charge a new crowd for the second game.

yep they used to have double-headers every Sunday....

used to ............

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I was only a little boy, but I will always remember the magic of stepping inside of Candlestick for the first time ..........

and pulling your jacket tight!

Probably, my most memorable game was when Chris Speier hit for the cycle and the Giants scored over 20 runs. It must have been in the late 80s some time, but it was downright HOT at the Stick that day.

 

[squeeze berry]

Banks was one of the few players that won the MVP that played for a losing team

well deserved in spite of that