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Ron Santo, 3B, Retired Players
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MLB | Santo calls for Veterans Committee voting change
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:15:55 -0800
ESPN.com reports former Chicago Cubs 3B Ron Santo fell nine votes short of election by the Veterans Committee to the Hall of Fame and said the process needs to change. ''It's a travesty,'' Santo said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. ''When I saw nobody got in again, I go, 'Whoa, this is wrong.' They can't keep going the way they're going. They've got to put a (different) committee out there.''
Cubs | Santo released from hospital
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:26:39 -0700
The Associated Press and WGN Radio report Chicago Cubs radio broadcaster and former 3B Ron Santo was released from a hospital and was resting at home. Santo, a diabetic, was hospitalized for a heart ailment that did not require surgery. He is expected to miss the team's upcoming six-game trip.
Cubs | Santo remains in hospital
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:33:18 -0700
Chicago Cubs broadcaster Ron Santo remained in a hospital, Sunday, April 22, while undergoing tests for an irregular heartbeat, according to the Associated Press. He was admitted to the hospital Saturday, April 21, and his return to the radio booth is undetermined. Santo was diagnosed with Type I diabetes when he was 18, and both of his legs were amputated in recent years. He had a heart bypass in 2000, and was diagnosed with bladder tumors in 2003.
MLB | Veterans passed over again for Hall of Fame
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:23:35 -0800
Sports Network reports the MLB Veterans Committee did not elect any candidates to the Baseball Hall of Fame, marking the third straight time that has happened. Former Chicago Cubs 3B Ron Santo received the most consideration with 57 votes but still came up five votes short.
Cubs | Santo just short of Hall
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:00:31 -0800
Jack O'Connell, of Cubs.MLB.com, reports former Chicago Cubs 3B Ron Santo was five votes short of admittance into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Santo received 57 votes out of a possible 82 votes cast by the Veterans Committee (69.5 percent), short of the 75 percent requisite needed. Santo received the most votes of all those in contention this year.
Cubs | Santo The Singer
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:06:01 -0800
The Chicago Tribune reports former Chicago Cubs 3B and current team broadcaster Ron Santo will be a semi-regular singer of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" this season. Santo will perform the seventh-inning stretch during 20 of the team's 81 games.
Cubs | Santo Sidelined With Stomach Ailment
Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:41:18 -0800
The Chicago Tribune reports former Chicago Cubs 3B and current team broadcaster Ron Santo was in good health Tuesday, March 8 and is expected to return home from the hospital March 9. He was hospitalized over the weekend with a stomach ailment.
Cubs | Santo: Put Me In Hall
Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:09:50 -0800
The Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan reports former Chicago Cubs 3B and current broadcaster Ron Santo wants desperately to get into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame this year, partially because former Cubs 2B Ryne Sandberg is being inducted. "I want it in the worst way," Santo said. "I'm not going to say I don't care, because I do. But I'm keeping a low profile this time. I hope it happens. It'd be a great year to go in with Ryne Sandberg."
Cubs | Santo Sidelined
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:02:23 -0700
The Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan reports Chicago Cubs broadcaster Ron Santo was hospitalized for several hours Saturday, Sept. 18 after experiencing a heart problem and will return to Chicago Sept. 19 to be examined by his cardiologist. Santo reported to work for Saturday's Cubs-Reds game and said he felt better after undergoing a series of blood tests at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. He plans to miss the doubleheader in Florida Sept. 20 and the Pittsburgh series, but he hopes to return to the WGN-AM booth for the Cubs-Mets series in New York Sept. 24.
Cubs | Ramirez Ties Santo for Homer Mark
Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:26:22 -0700
The Associated Press reports Chicago Cubs 3B Aramis Ramirez tied the Cubs' single-season club record for home runs by a third baseman Thursday, Sept. 16, by homering three times to give him a total of 33 home runs. Ramirez is now tied with Ron Santo on the single-season list.
Retired | Santo Film Opens
Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:48:59 -0800
The Chicago Tribune reports the documentary on the life of former Chicago Cubs 3B and current team broadcaster Ron Santo, "This Old Cub," will have its official premier March 24 in Chicago with Santo in attendance and Mike Ditka as his special guest. Santo said the film will open March 26 in eight Chicago theaters.
Cubs | Santo Ready For Next Year
Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:15:47 -0800
Ed Sherman of The Chicago Tribune reports former Chicago Cubs 3B and current broadcaster Ron Santo was pronounced cancer-free by doctors recently. Santo, who was being treated for cancer of the bladder, is back at his winter home in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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