tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6338180206887185282..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Ron SantoBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20365695778196772192010-12-05T13:40:23.559-08:002010-12-05T13:40:23.559-08:00I listen to WGN radio almost non-stop every weeken...I listen to WGN radio almost non-stop every weekend. This weekend has been very, very difficult, as it's all Santo all the time. I learned to love baseball listening to Pat and Ron, and it is truly like losing a dear old friend. I've laughed a lot, gotten choked up often and wept more than a few times. <br /><br />Godspeed, Ronnie. You are dearly missed already.Omnibabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05123362753225618655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74040782830931631292010-12-05T12:24:09.762-08:002010-12-05T12:24:09.762-08:00Ron used a Wilson A2000 glove , so I did. Ron pla...Ron used a Wilson A2000 glove , so I did. Ron played third base, so I did.<br />I took two months before I got drafted in '69 and became a Bleacher Bum, and when I left for the army in late August the wheels fell off , and the Mets won.<br />I had Ron's autograph, I saw him win many games with his high, sailing home runs to the bleachers and onto Waveland Avenue. What a guy.Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944898026344782870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56914423342193782482010-12-05T01:27:57.452-08:002010-12-05T01:27:57.452-08:00Nice comments, Ken.
As a non-Cubs fan I actuall...Nice comments, Ken. <br /><br />As a non-Cubs fan I actually became aware of his talents because I had his disk in All-Star Baseball and no third baseman could keep up with him. It was a great way to learn the value of guys who had power and took walks.Breadbakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25330959773129155462010-12-04T13:57:43.983-08:002010-12-04T13:57:43.983-08:00God Bless, Ron.
Even though I was a Sox fan, San...God Bless, Ron. <br /><br />Even though I was a Sox fan, Santo was one of my favorite players growing up.<br /><br />His son Jeff made a film about his dad, This Old Cub, and it should be rebroadcast on WGN America probably soon.bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17465459870516922902010-12-04T09:08:40.614-08:002010-12-04T09:08:40.614-08:00The post playing career of Ron Santo, and many of ...The post playing career of Ron Santo, and many of the other members of the 1969 Cubs, may be why they are not remembered as losers - or even as lovable losers. <br /><br />These guys were true winners and that was one hell of a summer in Wrigley.....everything a young fan could have asked.Phillip Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498595633633248863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3717386807484427782010-12-04T08:22:26.419-08:002010-12-04T08:22:26.419-08:00I remember Ron Santo playing for the Cubs just as ...I remember Ron Santo playing for the Cubs just as I was starting to take an interest in baseball as a kid. Were it not for the fact that the Cubs were perennial also-rans and that he was playing the same position in the same era as Ken Boyer on the Cardinals, Ken's brother Cletis on the Yankees, and Brooks Robinson on the Orioles, he may have well been thought of as the best third baseman in the game in those days, and would already be in the Hall of Fame.... Well, now he's made it to that Big Hall of Fame... God bless, Ron!Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31967778804879788402010-12-03T23:42:11.124-08:002010-12-03T23:42:11.124-08:00When I was preparing for my move to LA over the su...When I was preparing for my move to LA over the summer, people kept asking me what I was going to miss about Chicago. My answer was "pizza and hearing the Pat & Ron Show every gameday."<br /><br />My wife grew up five blocks from Wrigley and has always referred to Harry Caray as "Uncle Harry." I moved to Chicago and became a Cubs fan after Caray's death. I've lost my Uncle Ron.Mike Baumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718149425338227521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56272309527963846212010-12-03T21:36:22.381-08:002010-12-03T21:36:22.381-08:00It seems to me as though you've had to write t...It seems to me as though you've had to write too many of these recently, Ken. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23272728331808163972010-12-03T21:00:14.429-08:002010-12-03T21:00:14.429-08:00Love Ron so much. Now he's clicking his heels ...Love Ron so much. Now he's clicking his heels at the pearly gates! Loved watching him play and listening to him on the radio. He's the reason I became a Cub fan at the age of 10 (I am 52 now)!<br />RIP Ron, you were one of the best!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530837886690240096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64945353316796016462010-12-03T18:47:55.928-08:002010-12-03T18:47:55.928-08:00A-men. RIP, Ronny.A-men. RIP, Ronny.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300021275090146448noreply@blogger.com