# RIP Ron Santo **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 3, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800 "2010-12-03T13:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/1 "2010-12-03T13:10:21Z")
[Chicago Cubs Third-Baseman and Broadcaster Ron Santo Dead at 70](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-ron-santo-chicago-cubs-obit,0,1699814.story) Buddha teaches that when you don’t know what to say, you should say nothing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/2 "2010-12-03T13:56:02Z")
RIP Ron… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/3 "2010-12-03T15:11:29Z")
Moved, respectfully, from MPSIMS to The Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/4 "2010-12-03T16:28:46Z")
RIP Ron. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/5 "2010-12-03T16:58:04Z")
What a shame. He should have never died before getting elected into the HoF. I hope the baseball writers and veteran’s committee feel shitty for not putting Santo in. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/6 "2010-12-03T17:37:50Z")
Damn. I just happened to be in Chicago last Sunday and just happened to be listening to WGN to hear what turned out to be [his last interview](http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/sportscentralweekend/wgnam-sportscentral-podcast-120310santo,0,1913243.mp3file). I was impressed by his insight. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/7 "2010-12-03T20:16:16Z")
Damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/8 "2010-12-03T20:34:03Z")
I’m sure my dad is down today. It’s nothing like what he’ll feel like when Ernie goes, but… yeah, class act all the way, he should have made it to the hall first time… Godspeed Ron (well, as speedy as a legless mad can be) [with all respect, really!!] ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/9 "2010-12-03T21:17:43Z")
Damn. Ron had a very sharp Baseball mind, which was well-disguised by his less-than-eloquent manner of speaking and utterly emotional approach to broadcasting. It was a combination that, somehow, worked quite well for him. I got a chance to meet him one night at the restaurant he used to own in Schaumburg. Super nice guy. He will be missed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/10 "2010-12-03T21:19:42Z")
As an avid Mets fan in 1969, irritated by his heel-clicking and (premature) gloating, I will refrain from commenting on Santo today other than to note that statistically he is very well qualified for the HoF, even taking Wrigley’s friendly confines into account. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ron-santo/562800/11 "2010-12-03T21:40:23Z")
He was my favorite player when I was a kid, back when I was a Cubs fan. I think his numbers a good enough for entrance in the HoF. And now I must respectfully retire to the Celebrity Death Pool thread.