1. 01-23-15 09:57 PM #1
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    true lgend pssed today

    MR CUB ERNIE BANKS passed away ,one of the greatest ,well loved cubs of all time
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  2. 01-23-15 10:01 PM #2
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    RIP Mr. Cub
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  3. 01-23-15 10:02 PM #3
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    "Let's play two"....RIP Ernie
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  4. 01-23-15 10:20 PM #4
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    Amazing person off the field, touched many lives. Have great respect for Ernie Banks.
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  5. 01-23-15 10:21 PM #5
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    He seemed so full of life, hard to imagine. RIP.
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  6. 01-23-15 10:26 PM #6
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  7. 01-23-15 10:28 PM #7
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    Great player, even better person. RIP Ernie Banks!
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  8. 01-23-15 10:29 PM #8
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    damn rip
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  9. 01-23-15 10:32 PM #9
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    Ernie was a true "G" You will be missed
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  10. 01-23-15 10:45 PM #10
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    2 time MVP.

    Legend.

    First ballot HOF'r.

    Unfortunately, he played for the Cubs.
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  11. 01-23-15 10:49 PM #11
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    My mom served him in a diner and has his signature on a napkin
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  12. 01-23-15 11:04 PM #12
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    Great player

    So close in 69, but my 'Amazin Mets took the title
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  13. 01-23-15 11:07 PM #13
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    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.
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  14. 01-23-15 11:07 PM #14
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    4 marriages???? great player,good ;person, poor husband????
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  15. 01-23-15 11:10 PM #15
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    RIP Ernie
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  16. 01-23-15 11:15 PM #16
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    Sad
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  17. 01-23-15 11:16 PM #17
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    "Let's play 2"??? more like "Let's play 4" and Ernie could play ball..yikes
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  18. 01-23-15 11:21 PM #18
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    Last player from the Greatest Generation. God bless Ernie!
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  19. 01-23-15 11:23 PM #19
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    Played on garbage teams. Only guy that will ever win the MVP on a last place team.
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  20. 01-23-15 11:25 PM #20
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    Ernie Pure Baseball Player

    Today=PURE TRASH AND ALL CHEAT
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    Quote Originally Posted by gummo View Post
    Played on garbage teams. Only guy that will ever win the MVP on a last place team.
    Andre Dawson accomplished the same feat
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  22. 01-24-15 12:36 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by will2survive View Post
    Andre Dawson accomplished the same feat
    Ernie won Back-2-Back MVP's.
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  23. 01-24-15 01:27 AM #23
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    RIP
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  24. 01-24-15 02:04 AM #24
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    RIP Ernie
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  25. 01-24-15 02:14 AM #25
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    RIP Banksie
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  26. 01-24-15 09:13 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by gummo View Post
    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
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  27. 01-24-15 10:19 AM #27
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    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
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  28. 01-24-15 12:58 PM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by Let's Go Rangers View Post
    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.
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  29. 01-24-15 01:07 PM #29
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    "The Cubs will shine in '69."
    "The Cubs will glow in '7-0."

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  30. 01-24-15 01:47 PM #30
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    Great post by a great man
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  31. 01-24-15 11:12 PM #31
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    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
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  32. 01-24-15 11:42 PM #32
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    Per some notes above,...Ernie was NL MVP on Cubs team that tied for last place with the Phillies in 1957.
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  33. 01-24-15 11:50 PM #33
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    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.
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  34. 01-25-15 05:46 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by Let's Go Rangers View Post
    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
    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    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...003_season.jsp

    1987 Andre Dawson....Cubs
    MLB standings

    http://www.shrpsports.com/mlb/stand/1987finaldiv.htm
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  35. 01-25-15 05:56 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by gummo View Post
    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
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