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I don't remember Ernie Banks playing shortstop as he stopped playing SS in 1961. But how good of a SS was Banks?
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IMHO he was a good to excellent fielding shortstop. In fairness and honesty I was born in 1950, but in my childhood all Cub home games were televised, and I watched as much baseball as possible, really loved living in a city with two big league teams. Banks made a lot of errors in his early years but steadily improved. His range and arm were both good I thought. Of course he hit the hell out of the ball too. I remember when they moved him to first being surprised, but his legs and knees were already wearing down. I also thought he was a decent fielding first baseman. When the much ballyhooed Leo Durocher took over the team in 1966, he seemed to have it in for Banks, but Ernie took on all comers and held onto his position at first base. Ernie Banks is one of the all time good guys in MLB history.
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In a typical Cub move they brought in a guy by the name of Andre Rodgers to play SS and I'm pretty sure he led the league in errors at SS for 3 years.
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[QUOTE=DrCrawdad;3042792]That reminds me...my Dad was a HUGE Sox fan. I don't remember my Dad ever talking much about the Cubs. However I do remember Dad debating a Cubs fan about who was the better shortstop, Ernie Banks or Luis Aparicio. I was young at the time of the debate and had no clue about either player. From what you've said and a cursory review of their stats, it seems my Dad was right.
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That really was the best game of the mostly dismal 2011 season and it happened in April.
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In a strange twist of fate, the Evil Empire has acquired Lillibeast from the Cubs. No word on if he's going to the big league club.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/0...llibridge.html |
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I miss the Omar Vizquel era Alexei.
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