Ron Santo
Ron Santo
Ronald Edward Santowas an American Major League Baseballthird baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1960 through 1973 and the Chicago White Sox in 1974. In 1990, Santo became a member of the Cubs broadcasting team providing commentary for Cubs games on WGN radio and remained at that position until his death in 2010. In 1999, he was selected to the Cubs All-Century Team. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 February 1940
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
We're getting closer. I believe a 5-year-old with diabetes will live long enough to be cured.
When you walked on the field, you felt like playing baseball. The electricity, the atmosphere, and it was always good baseball. Because it was the Cardinals, you always moved to another level. I think both teams did that. And the fans are just like Cubs fans, very knowledgeable.
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.
I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up.
He'd be good anywhere, but I think he'd be real good for the Marlins with those young pitchers. Joe knows how to handle a staff, and the first thing he'll do is get himself a good pitching coach he knows and trusts.
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.
There are a lot of guys who are respected but not liked.
Everything changes, money rules. In my era, if you were successful, you were going to make money, but you never worried about it.
I'm the perfect candidate to be affected by SARS. I'm highly susceptible to infections.
The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.
I've been a Cub all my life. I came up here when I was 20 years old and spent my whole career here in Chicago. I've always been an optimist; I believe you have to be in order to survive, to be honest with you - in health, with what I've been through. That's the way I am.
I think I've inspired a lot of people, and I'm one, if I get a letter and someone's in serious shape, I'll call them. I relate to these people.
I'm a Cub fan, and I sit up here and I know when we have a good team, I know when we're struggling, and it affects me just like any other fan, and I just happen to show it on the radio. I can't help it.