OT: Ernie Banks died
 

My son just IM'd me from ESPN and told me that.
I do not know what the cause was.
RIP, Let's play two.

RIP, Ernie Banks

RIP Mr. Banks...a truly classy person.

Jeff

I was at the Cubs convention last weekend and noticed he wasnt there...sent up red flags but was hoping it was just a bug or something. A sad day for everyone...a great baseball player, an even better human being. RIP

Truly a sad day for baseball and all of humanity!
Ernie Banks was the great American pastime's greatest living ambassador.
Lets play 2! RIP Ernie... :(

Ernie was always one of my favorites. Hope we win it all for him this year.

my heart is broken. Gotta win it for him this year. He was one my childhood heros. RIP Mr. Cub.... :(

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One of the best, a true ambassador of baseball and decent human being. I can't remember anything bad ever being said about Mr. Cub. A model for all ballplayers.

RIP They don't make em like Ernie anymore. Lets play 2

A while back Graig posted this Ernie Banks work of his, which frankly I fell in love with. Graig, I hope you don't mind me taking the liberty of posting it again...just all too appropriate to show it again now. I can't think of anything better that captures what Banks was all about.

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Ernie banks pre-first start/rookie type 1 photo.