Ron Santo
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"Ronald Edward Santo" was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1960 to 1974, all but the last year with the Chicago Cubs. A nine-time National League (NL) Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star, he led the league in base on balls/walks four times, in on-base percentage twice and in triple (baseball)/triples once. He batting average/batted .300 and hit 30 home runs four times each, and is the only third baseman in major league history to post eight consecutive seasons with 90 run batted in/runs batted in (RBI) (1963–1970). He was the second player at his position to hit 300 career home runs, joining Eddie Mathews, and also ended his career ranking second to Mathews among third basemen in slugging average (.464) and third in runs batted in (1,331), total bases (3,779) and walks (1,108).

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The Cardinals built their ballpark around their team -- they had speed.

I felt great, everybody felt good.

I truly believe the White Sox are going to win it.

Oh, they'll go back, absolutely. Absolutely. Hey, they didn't stop coming, and that's a big thing.

I've always loved this stadium, ... I'm going to miss it. I didn't like the turf, but the atmosphere was fabulous. You always felt like it was baseball here.

He's a Cub, there's no doubt about it. Not only is he a great ballplayer and a Hall of Famer, but he's a Chicago Cub.

It was against the Pirates and it was about 50 degrees.

I'll talk about the '69 Cubs, but I feel bad about what's happening to the White Sox. Instead of talking about how they might lose it, let's talk about how good they are and how they are going to win it.

I know getting inducted into the Hall of Fame had to be something, but that flag is going to be hanging there after everybody is gone.