Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo was officially inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Santo's widow, Vicki, was there to deliver some remarks:
"This is not a sad day,'' Vicki said at the beginning of the speech. "This is a happy day, an incredible day for an incredible man.''
Vicki Santo nicely summed up the Hall of Fame career of a natural athlete who got to the big leagues at age 20 and played 15 years as a third baseman, 14 of those with the Cubs, but fought a daily battle against his disease, which was discovered in a physical after he had turned down many better offers to sign a $20,000 deal with the Cubs.
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Santo finished his major league career with 2,254 hits -- 342 of which were home runs.
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