true lgend pssed today

[oiler]

MR CUB ERNIE BANKS passed away ,one of the greatest ,well loved cubs of all time

[d2bets]

RIP Mr. Cub

[Dirty Sanchez]

"Let's play two"....RIP Ernie

[PerfectGrape]

Amazing person off the field, touched many lives. Have great respect for Ernie Banks.

[smitch124]

He seemed so full of life, hard to imagine. RIP.

[Carseller4]

[mpaschal34]

Great player, even better person. RIP Ernie Banks!

[cburland10]

damn rip

[IlluminatedOne]

Ernie was a true "G" You will be missed

[TheLock]

2 time MVP.

Legend.

First ballot HOF'r.

Unfortunately, he played for the Cubs.

[TankHankerous]

My mom served him in a diner and has his signature on a napkin

[Let's Go Rangers]

Great player

So close in 69, but my 'Amazin Mets took the title

[RITZ]

Mr Cub #14, the greatest Cub. Had a nice visit with him at the Stadium Club before a game. True gentleman. He will be missed.

[will2survive]

4 marriages???? great player,good ;person, poor husband????

[Bostongambler]

RIP Ernie

[lakerboy]

Sad

[will2survive]

"Let's play 2"??? more like "Let's play 4" and Ernie could play ball..yikes

[gummo]

Last player from the Greatest Generation. God bless Ernie!

[gummo]

Played on garbage teams. Only guy that will ever win the MVP on a last place team.

[jjgold]

Ernie Pure Baseball Player

Today=PURE TRASH AND ALL CHEAT

[will2survive]

Played on garbage teams. Only guy that will ever win the MVP on a last place team.

Andre Dawson accomplished the same feat

[d2bets]

Andre Dawson accomplished the same feat

Ernie won Back-2-Back MVP's.

[EaglesPhan36]

RIP

[oakas]

RIP Ernie

[Dollars2Donuts]

RIP Banksie

[Let's Go Rangers]

Played on garbage teams. Only guy that will ever win the MVP on a last place team.

I don't think he won an MVP when Cubs finished last....and since Banks retired, it's been done 2 different times:

A-Roid with the Rangers
Andre Dawson with the Cubs

[jjgold]

Look at how baseball players are all trash now their stats mean nothing ever guys doing steroids , ect

Baseball used to be a classy game and I think today's modern player has led to the massive downfall of it

[d2bets]

I don't think he won an MVP when Cubs finished last....and since Banks retired, it's been done 2 different times:

A-Roid with the Rangers
Andre Dawson with the Cubs

There were no divisions back then. They weren't last, but weren't good. But the bigger thing is that he won BACK-TO-BACK MVP's on bad teams.

His career stats are not huge because he hung on for a long time, but from '55-60 he put up numbers never before seen from a SS. He never played in the minors either. Came straight from the negro leagues.

[kmarinouofm]

"The Cubs are due in '62."
"The Cubs will come alive in '65"
"The Cubs will be heavenly in '67-ly."
"The Cubs will shine in '69."
"The Cubs will glow in '7-0."

-Ernie Banks

[laclippers504]

Great post by a great man

[Cordoba25]

Before my time so never really got to see him play. But quite a legend though.

Come to think of it, only really know him from his Married w/Children cameos.

RIP

[RITZ]

Per some notes above,...Ernie was NL MVP on Cubs team that tied for last place with the Phillies in 1957.

[Jayvegas420]

If Ernie Banks wasn't before your time, I'm surprisd you know how to use a computer or a cell phone.

Sad news.

Guy played for a fraction of today's league minimum.

[Let's Go Rangers]

I don't think he won an MVP when Cubs finished last....and since Banks retired, it's been done 2 different times:

A-Roid with the Rangers
Andre Dawson with the Cubs

There were no divisions back then. They weren't last, but weren't good. But the bigger thing is that he won BACK-TO-BACK MVP's on bad teams.

His career stats are not huge because he hung on for a long time, but from '55-60 he put up numbers never before seen from a SS. He never played in the minors either. Came straight from the negro leagues.

Huh?

2003...A Roid...MVP texas.....
baseball standings

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/mlb_standings_2003_season.jsp

1987 Andre Dawson....Cubs
MLB standings

http://www.shrpsports.com/mlb/stand/1987finaldiv.htm

[seaborneq]

Played on garbage teams. Only guy that will ever win the MVP on a last place team.

Ernie set the trend, but didn't break the mold. Andre Dawson did it too in 87