Passes away at 69.

One of my favorite Cubs.

Battled Lewy Body Dementia.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

RIP

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I think that is what took Stan Mikita as well?

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

how sad.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

First favorite player I had. Bummer.

He tried stepping in front of a bus after he blew that play in 86. The bus went through his legs

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Seriously though, RIP, even if he comes up with that ball, the pitcher wasn't covering the bag in time.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Schiraldi is the one that blew the fucking Series . Low intelligence meatheads that know fuck all about baseball were the ones blaming Buckner . Nonwithstanding the fact they also blew a 3-0 lead in game 7.Glad the Red Sox brought him back couple years ago and let him have his moment on the field . Loved him as a Cub.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Definitely one of my all time favorite Cubs. RIP. Just saw a Twitter post saying he never struck out more than twice in a game. That's pretty amazing over the course of a career.

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I just saw Len throw it to commercial saying Bill had died.

I remember after the last game of 1980 him being given the NL Batting Champion award which was cool but a bit odd considering the Coob didn't exactly have a reputation for winning awards.

I always have, and still will, feel so bad for him because of that World Series error.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Damn.

How old are you people?

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Have you meet dirt? Yeah, dirt was an obnoxious kid.

Damn, one Cub I truly liked.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Damnit. So young. Great Cub.

RIP.

Probably the best two-strike hitter I have ever seen.

For some reason I didn’t think he was that old RIP.

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Elections have consequences.

I believe you are thinking of Yaz.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I miss Hawk.

Great age 2 die.

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I get the sentiment, but Tony Gwynn is sitting in the center of that picture of the best two-strike hitters.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

what kind of asshole do you have to be to wear something like this?

still bummed out about this.

saw some nice tributes from ex teammates.

really liked Steve Garvey's and Fergie's.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/f ... /39520075/

never struck out more than 40 times in a season (Baez struck out 5 times today).

never struck out 3 times in any game.

Hard to believe in 22 years he was an All-Star only once.

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.302 average with two strikes on him. Wow.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I remember walking by him on Rush Street back in the 80's. The dude was all muscle. It just seemed weird seeing him in his "Saturday Night Fever" clothes.

By time the Cubs got him,his knees were shot but he could still stroke a baseball. He was Larry Biittner with a nice moustache.



I too was surprised he was 69.

RIP

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

A true Cubs great. Always played through constant knee pain like Andre Dawson. Career regular season risp 5 points lower than batting average. The Dodgers Rick Monday trade for him benefitted both teams. A fan favorite, who played with a football or hockey player's intensity. Didn't walk or strikeout much. Born to hit. RIP Billy Buck.

As an NL player in SD, he was largely invisible to me, but yes, he'd be El Capitan

I don't think the Cubs had names on their home unis back then, so he's a moron, too.

Chick looks like she could be decent, though.

Mets jersey. Still a dumbass. The dude in jersey that is.