Mr. Cub: A Life Like a Miracle |
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Written by Liz Banks
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Tuesday, 01 December 2015 |
Mr. Cub: A Life Like a Miracle
An article by Sports on Earth
His story is like a movie script built around an unexpected turn, a chance that for him was easier to seize than to explain. Maybe that's because Ernie Banks had trouble believing it even as he lived it.
"My life is like a miracle," Banks said a few years ago.
A power-hitting shortstop ahead of his time, he won back-to-back MVP awards in 1958 and '59, staking a lasting claim as arguably the greatest player in Cubs history.
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