A word about Ron Santo (1940-2010)

Ron Santo died on this day in 2010.    Sadly, he was not around to enjoy that Cubs' win the 2016 World Series.

As a teen, I remember Ron Santo playing third for the Cubs.  He was a great defensive player (5 Gold Gloves) and put up some good numbers: a .277 average plus 342 HRs & 1,331 RBIs.

Remember that he hit 342 HRs when only a handful of hitters hit 500 HRs!

RIP Ron Santo and thanks for all of those wonderful seasons with the Cubs!

It's a shame that he never got to see his induction into The Hall of Fame!    He was finally selected in 2012!

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1839: Young Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer

We know him as The Great Emancipator, perhaps the greatest president and the man who delivered The Gettysburg Address in the middle of the Civil War.   

Before any of that, he was a young lawyer in Illinois:

"On this day in 1839, future President Abraham Lincoln advances to another stage in his legal career when he is admitted to practice law in the U.S. Circuit Court. It was during his years practicing law that Lincoln honed his now famous oratorical skills."

Lincoln was elected to the US House later and then president in 1860.

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