Скачать или смотреть ERNIE BANKS - Tribute to a True Legend

The next time Ernie Banks plays two -- as he liked to say, feeling one baseball game a day wasn't enough -- it will be in the diamond in the sky.
The former Negro League upstart turned Cubs legend turned favorite son of Chicago died Friday in the Illinois city, family attorney Mark Bogen said.
Banks was 83.
Bogen said that Banks' death Friday evening at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital "was not expected." His family has scheduled a new conference for Sunday.
Until then, the condolences and tributes are pouring in.
Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts described Banks as "one of the greatest players of all time."
"Words cannot express how important Ernie Banks will always be to the Chicago Cubs, the city of Chicago and Major League Baseball," Ricketts said. "... He was a pioneer in the major leagues. And more importantly, he was the warmest and most sincere person I've ever known."
"Approachable, ever optimistic and kindhearted, Ernie Banks is and always will be Mr. Cub."
The thing is, Banks wasn't just a great baseball player, but a great champion for his sport and adopted city. The Windy City's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, called him "one of Chicago's greatest ambassadors."
Emanuel said, "He loved this city as much as he loved -- and lived for -- the game of baseball."
And baseball loved him back -- not just for the player he was, but the man he was.
This sentiment was evident on social media, with one man writing, "I've heard a lot of Ernie Banks stories in my life, a lot. But not one of them showed him in a negative way. " One person tweeted that, like the recently departed Stan Musial, Banks was "never too big for fans."
"Mr. Cub will play 2 today," wrote another man. He's with the Angels now and hopefully he'll get a ring."
Rest In Peace Ernie Banks.

#erniebanks #chicagocubs

~-~~-~~~-~~-~
Please watch: "The Duggars in Emotional Homemade Video, say goodbye to Jill and Derick as they leave US"
➨    • The Duggars in Emotional Homemade Video, s...  
~-~~-~~~-~~-~