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Essie Banks, Mother Of Baseball Legend Ernie Banks, Dies At 97

AP | Posted 04.12.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Essie Banks, the mother of baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, is dead at age 97. Mrs. Banks died Monday of complications from a stro...

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Cubs Lose, Cubs Lose, Cubs Lose!

Monroe Anderson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Cubs Heartbreak, World Series, White Sox, Happiness, Cubs Playoffs, Cubs, Minnie Minoso, Ernie Banks, Wrigley Field, Cubs Choke, Cubs Lose, Cubs White Sox, Cubs Integration, Cubs Fans, Chicago News
Monroe Anderson

Although I've lived less than two miles from Wrigley Field for more than 30 years, I've never been much of a Cubs fan for three reasons.

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This Was Our Year

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cubs Playoffs, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, World Series, Reed Johnson, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, Blagojevich Cubs, Lou Piniella, Alfonso Soriano, Cubs Playoffs Loss, George Will Cubs, Chicago News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

You can lose Game One and still come back. You can lose Game Two and still come back. But not if you play to lose. Not if those "Not again" fears drown out the optimism.

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Big Z Makes History: Where Were You?

Jon Greenberg | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

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Jon Greenberg

Carlos Zambrano represents Chicago better than any scrappy white infielder, mustache-sporting coach or well-muscled, child-rearing middle linebacker.

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