The 1969 Cubs were one of the greatest teams that they ever had and considering that the Cubs have won more professional games that any other team of any type anywhere, that says a lot.
It is a shame that they didn't win the pennent and World Series in 1969 because they were an especially outstanding team that fell just a little short after a long season of playing day games that completely wore them out.
The entire starting infield of the 1969 Cubs were named to the starting team for the all star game that year. That included left to right, Santo, Kessinger, Beckert, and Banks, with an outfield that included Billy Williams who also was an all star starter.
Of ALL the Cubs that I have watched over the years, Ron Santo is my NUMBER ONE favorite, even ahead of Ernie Banks who himself is one of my favorites and a Hall of Fame member along with Williams.
Santo was both a GREAT defensive third baseman and a great offensive threat who truely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, especially since there are NO other third basemen there that can match his TOTAL contributions to the sport.
If I ever get to meet any current or former Cubs in person, Ron Santo is the one that I would most like to meet so that I can tell him how much I appreciated him.
While I was in the army from 1964 to 1967, stationed at Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana, I would take my portable radio and find the best place to listen to the Cubs games.
During the summer while I was growing up, my father and I would usually go fishing almost every Sunday and we always had the portable with us to listen to the Cubs games.
I must say, that even now Ron Santo impresses me as a person who gives everything he has and makes the ultimate effort to be the very best he or anyone else can be. I truely and eagerly salute him.
My favorite license plate(not mine) in my current state of Virginia reads: "CUBS N 7"
Of course my personal sign that the Apocalypse is upon us will be the Red Sox versus the Cubs in the series and the Cubs winning the seventh game.