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Keith Moreland Takes Over for Ron Santo in Cubs' Radio Booth

Keith Moreland will take Ron Santo's place on the Cubs' radio broadcast team, and he knows exactly what he's getting into as he steps in for the beloved announcer. "I'm not a replacement for Ron Santo -- he's impossible to replace," Moreland said in a statement released Wednesday. "All I can do is be me and strive to...

Ron Santo Remembered for Love of Cubs, Optimistic Spirit

CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Chicago Cubs player and beloved broadcaster Ron Santo was eulogized with smiles and happy memories Friday as friends and colleagues praised his unbridled optimism in the face of health problems and the never-ending failures of his favorite team. Monsignor Don Mayall told hundreds of people during...

Ron Santo Was Heart and Soul of Cubs

Ron Santo didn't get to see the Cubs win the World Series. He seemed to be living for it from the start, from the days he signed as a young man to play for them even though other teams made much bigger offers, through the agony of the '69 Cubs, and into his last chapter on the radio. "Oh noo,'' he cried out famously on a...

Ron Santo Career Stats

(Dec. 3) -- A Chicago legend is gone. Former Cubs third baseman Ron Santo passed away Thursday after battling bladder cancer, his family has announced. Despite an impressive 15-season career in Major League Baseball and subsequent years of work as a sports analyst, Santo was never elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, even...

Ron Santo, Cubs Legend, Dies at 70

Ron Santo, the beloved Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster, died Thursday night at age 70. Santo, who has battled health problems for years, fell into a coma Wednesday night in Arizona and died Thursday of complications from bladder cancer, the Chicago Tribune reported. After a 15-year playing career spent entirely in...

Ron Santo News From the Web

05/23/12 Hall of Fame Weekend 2012 to feature inductions of... Source: Wilmington News Journal - Wilmington OH Hall of Fame Weekend 2012 will feature a Midwest theme this July 20-23, as the eyes of the baseball world turn to Cooperstown, N.Y. for the inductions of Cincinnati Reds great Barry Larkin and Chicago fan-favorite Ron Santo, along with award presentations and family programming for baseball fans of all generations.
05/10/12 Flashback #93: Santo Dies, Elected To HOF (2010) Source: CBS - WBBM 2 - Chicago IL As of 670 The Score's 20th Anniversary on January 3rd, the station has begun to reveal (in chronological order) the Top 100 Chicago Sports Stories that have occurred since they first went on the air 20 years ago.
05/06/12 Around the Region: May 6 Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune An Azusa man who called police early Friday to report stabbing his mother to death is due in court Tuesday, records show. 9 a.m. at a home in the 300 block of East Russell Street, according to Los Angeles County booking records and Azusa police officials.
05/05/12 Carjacked vehicle turns up in next town Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune Police found a Honda Civic taken in a carjacking but are still looking for the armed man who stole it.
04/04/12 MLB 2012: Key dates for the upcoming season Source: The Daily World - Aberdeen WA A new home for the Fish, a special anniversary and a farewell to the NL for the Astros highlight the 2012 major league season.

Background on Ron Santo

Ronald Edward Santo (February 25, 1940 – December 3, 2010) was an American professional baseball player, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and long-time radio sports commentator.

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