Ernie Banks was selected to the Hall of Fame on this day in 1977.
Banks was a three-time .300 hitter and retired with a .274 average, 2,583 hits, 1,305 runs scored, and 1, 636 RBI. He won the NL MVP in 1958 and 1959 despite playing for some bad Cubs' teams.
On May 12, 1970, Banks hit # 500 and finished with 512. He died in 2015.
Flipping channels and then I find Elvis and "Wild in the country".
It's another of those serious movies that Elvis made, like "Flaming Star", the one I that I mentioned a few days ago.
Elvis is a troubled young man who needs a bit of "tough love". He wants to be a writer and Hope Lange plays his counselor. Tuesday Weld and Millie Perkins are the two ladies in the movie.
It's a good movie. There were no hit songs from this movie. Two tunes did end up as B-sides for other big Elvis hits.
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