Ron Santo was all Cubs, all the time
December, 3, 2010
12/03/10
9:38
PM CT
By
Gene Wojciechowski | ESPNChicago.com
Ron Santo, the single nicest and most courageous person I've ever met in sports, is dead. He was 70, his toupee was 30.
Santo was baseball's equivalent of the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'' (here's a YouTube clip -- you'll see what I mean.) He refused to admit defeat.
Read the entire column.
Santo was baseball's equivalent of the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'' (here's a YouTube clip -- you'll see what I mean.) He refused to admit defeat.
Read the entire column.
Gene Wojciechowski | email
Columnist / College Football reporter- ESPN.com senior national columnist
- Joined ESPN in 1998
- Author of "The Last Great Game"
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