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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #705 on: January 29, 2015, 03:29:35 pm »
Good guesses, but no one got it...

The answer was: Willie Hernandez, Tug McGraw, Bruce Sutter

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #706 on: January 29, 2015, 03:39:32 pm »
I couldn't even think of one.  Great question.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #707 on: January 29, 2015, 03:59:19 pm »
I got 'em all.  I was just too humble to post.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #708 on: January 30, 2015, 07:48:44 am »
Harry at the gate might be a bit of a stretch.  :D



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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #709 on: February 03, 2015, 01:15:49 pm »

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #710 on: February 03, 2015, 01:41:42 pm »
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You'll also notice also the clear look at a sign on the building at the corner of Waveland & Kenmore that says "RICKETTS." That was advertising a restaurant that was on Clark Street about a mile south of Wrigley Field from the 1920s through the mid-1960s. Here's a photo essay I did on that sign back in 2009.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/2/3/7971303/cubs-baseball-wrigley-1938

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« Reply #711 on: February 03, 2015, 01:59:25 pm »
Thanks for the link.  What an odd coincidence.

Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #712 on: February 15, 2015, 08:05:26 pm »
For those of you who haven't seen or heard, Wendell Kim was waved home today.

RIP, Wavin' Wendell...

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #713 on: February 16, 2015, 10:37:16 am »
There's a dispute between Ernie Banks' estranged wife and the caretaker/executor of his estate on what to do with his remains.  Sad.

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82816504/

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« Reply #714 on: February 16, 2015, 10:39:32 am »
What's sad is that Ernie was very specific.  Nobody should overrule that.

davep

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« Reply #715 on: February 16, 2015, 10:54:48 am »
Any estate lawyer out there?  Does the executor of the will have the right to determine how the body is disposed, (if the will does not specify that) or can the next of kin (assuming the next of kin is not the executor) have the right to determine that?

A similar issue came up over the disposition of the remains of Ted Williams, although cremation wasn't the issue.

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« Reply #716 on: February 17, 2015, 05:09:01 pm »
What's sad is that Ernie was very specific.  Nobody should overrule that.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-ernie-banks-remains-20150213-story.html
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A document titled "Last Will and Testament" and signed by Ernie Banks on Oct. 17 of last year says he was "in the process of finalizing divorce" from his wife and that he had appointed Rice as the executor of his will. Nowhere does Banks discuss what he wants done with his remains.

Where was he very specific?

davep

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #717 on: February 17, 2015, 05:54:48 pm »
Since he did not specify what should happen to his remains, who gets to make the decision, the executor of his will or his next of kin, if different people?

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« Reply #718 on: February 17, 2015, 06:00:53 pm »
The funeral director is not making any comments, alluding to the fact that he will only speak to the judge.  Others in the Banks family and Cubs family have been quoted as his arrangement with the funeral home was cremation and his ashes to Wrigley.   My wife and I just redid our wills the other day.  There is nothing in the will about dispensing with our human shells.  Many times wills are not read and seldom probated until after the funeral.  That's why we have our final wishes as to disposal set with our funeral director...in writing, and witnessed.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #719 on: February 17, 2015, 06:03:29 pm »
Now that you mention it, I do remember Banks saying that he wanted his ashes spread on the infield of Wrigley Field.  I am not sure that that is legally binding, but I hope that is what the do.