Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame – less than a year after dying of complications from bladder cancer at the age of 70.
Santo was revered in Chicago for his years as a player – and just as importantly – his 20+ years as a broadcaster.
Santo played third base for the Cubs in the 60s and 70s, hitting 342 home runs and driving in 1,331 runs during a 15-year major league career. He also won five straight Gold Gloves and was named to nine all-star teams. He is considered one the finest fielding third basemen in baseball history.
Santo would move on to the broadcast booth for WGN-AM in 1990, living and bleeding with every Cubs’ woe (which there were many). Even after losing his legs to diabetes he continued to work as a broadcast analyst.
Santo was elected to the hall by the newly created Golden Era committee.
Second baseman Roberto Alomar and pitcher Bert Blyleven have been elected into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected them today, after each narrowly missed last year. Alomar, who as named on 90% of the ballots, was a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner during his career. He owns a career [...]
A rare Honus Wagner baseball card that was donated to an order of Roman Catholic nuns has sold at auction for $262,000. The card is one of 60 of the T206 Honus Wagner cards, made between 1909 and 1911, that are known to exist. The Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame put the card up [...]
Here’s a great catcher’s mitt and baseball from Hermès. In honor of their new dedicated Hermès Man store in New York, located at 62nd St and Madison Avenue – directly across the street from the Hermès flagship. To celebrate the store’s opening, Hermès produced a custom, limited edition custom baseball glove and ball set. The [...]
When the former major leaguer Ivan Ochoa laid a well-placed bunt down the third-base line for a single to lead off the game, it drew boos from the home crowd and a loud rejoinder from one fan: “Hit like a man.” But rather than an insult, Ochoa’s bunt served as the ultimate compliment. It [...]
We forget how amazing Ken Griffey Jr. was at playing baseball. We see him now, old, heavier, slow with the wrists, plodding down the basepaths – and we forget that ‘The Kid’ was one of the greatest to ever play the game of baseball. But all good things end.
“While I feel I am still able [...]
Stoic as always, Roy Halladay’s expression never changed. Until the end, that is. Until there was history — a perfect game, the marquee performance of his All-Star career. The Philadelphia Phillies’ ace threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0 on Saturday night. At 9:23 p.m., when he got [...]
Dallas Braden definitely owns the mound now. Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history on Sunday, shutting down the majors’ hottest team and leading the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Braden threw his arms in the air after Gabe Kapler grounded out to shortstop for [...]
From the sandy shores of Lake Michigan to the rugged streets in Flint, they listened to Ernie Harwell tell the Detroit Tigers’ tales for more than 40 years. Beloved by generations of baseball fans who grew up enraptured by his rich voice, Southern cadence and quirky phrases on the radio, Harwell died Tuesday after a [...]
