Originally Posted By: olivant
Well, Ernie Bank is gone. What a great player and a great person. I didn't realize that he was a Texan. I cut my baseball teeth on him and players like him.


And some of those other National League greats of the 1950s: Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, John Roseboro, Willie Mays, Stan Musial


Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12