My dad was five and just an El ride from Wrigley when Ernie came - TopicsExpress



          

My dad was five and just an El ride from Wrigley when Ernie came to Chicago. I was five and inside County for game four when the Brewers won their only pennant. Overall, the Brewers have been the better team since the 70s (and nothing against Yount, Molitor, Cooper, and Fielder) but my hometown baseball heroes are no Ernies. Nobody is. I met him twice, once at Wrigley and once at Cooperstown. If there is any chance at more than one life, Ernies earned it. If there is a God, somewhere Ernie Banks is playing two...
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:38:41 +0000

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