[NU Sports] Santo elected to Hall of Fame--at last

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Did they sell those in Lake Forest ?
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From: "Scott Zeller, M.D." <scottzel at gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 21:32:42 
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Santo elected to Hall of Fame--at last

I like that he will now always be referred to as Baseball Hall of Famer Ron
Santo.

Does anyone remember the frozen Santo's Pizza with a huge photo of Ron on
the back?

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:51 PM, <neonrye at aol.com> wrote:

> And I will always be grateful to that team for folding and providing my
> Miracle Mets with the opportunity to win the while enchilada--division,
> playoff, World Series.  I hated when he clicked his heels at third base
> after
> Cubbie wins.  But I grew to admire him in later years--especially for his
> courage and grace in fighting the illness that finally took him and
> prevented him from enjoying this special day.
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> From: "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
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> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:56:28
> To: Mike Nolan<nolan at tssi.com>; <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Santo elected to Hall of Fame--at last
>
> It was that 1969 Cubs team that drove me to become a life-long White Sox
> fan.
>
> I moved from Omaha to Chicago in the fall of '68 to enroll at NU.  My
> folks through sheer coincidence followed shortly after that and moved to
> the western 'burbs.  So the first full summer I got to spend in the
> Chicago area was '69.  My brother and I didn't have any MLB allegiances
> because the closest team to us growing up was KC.  We wanted to go see
> some games, but couldn't get tickets to Wrigley.  They were virtually
> giving tickets away at Comiskey though because the team owner at the
> time, Arthur Allen wanted to move the team to Milwaukee.  In fact they
> played a handful of games at Milwaukee County Stadium and drew like
> three times as much as they drew in Chicago.  Arthur ended up selling
> the team to his brother John, and the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee.
>
> Harry Carry joined the radio broadcast team in 1971.  In 1972 they
> finished second to Oakland. Wilbur Wood pitched 49 games that year and
> went 24-17 with an era of 2.51. Dick Allen and Carlos May both hit over
> 300 and Allen had 113 RBI's. Bill Veck bought the team back from the
> Allens in 1975 and I was hooked.
>
> I will always be grateful to the Cubs for the great year they and Ron
> Santo had in 1969.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 3:25 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Santo elected to Hall of Fame--at last
>
> He didn't live to see it happen, but the Baseball Hall of Fame finally
> found room for Ron Santo, joining his teammates from those great 60's
> teams, Billy Williams and Ernie Banks, possibly the best 3-4-5
> combination of the last half century.  Hall of Fame member Fergie
> Jenkins
> was also on those memorable Cubs teams.
>
> Thanks to the newly reworked Golden Era Committee for doing what
> the sportwriters and the (not lamented) Veterans Committee never
> had the common sense to do.
>
> The honor was announced on the one year anniversary of Santo's death.
>
> Not exactly a Northwestern topic, but one that this Chicago sports
> team fan has been waiting a LONG TIME to see.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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