Talk:Ernie Banks

message: Cal Ripken Jr. only had 431 homers, he didn't surpass Ernie Banks at 512. User: 64.131.184.221  05:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Homers

message: I fixed some of the NPOV issues that were in the article. Here is a summary of what I changed or noticed:
* In 1955, he set the record for grand slams in a single season, at an amazing 5. - The amazing comment is definitely an opinion. While it is a tremendous feat, the tone should remain neutral. 
* Banks won the National League Most Valuable Player Award twice, in 1958 and 1959. This feat is amazing, since the Cubs were never pennant contenders during Banks' career and this award is usually given to players who contribute substantially to their teams' championship drives. - Again this is an opinion. 
* A contemporary sportswriter remarked that, "Without Ernie Banks, the Cubs would have finished the season in Albuquerque!" - If this is true, then it needs a citation, right now it is just an unreferenced claim.
* Despite never having appeared in a postseason game, Banks is regarded as the most popular baseball player in Chicago history, leading to his nickname of "Mr. Cub." - Regarded by who, again, this needs to be referenced. 
* Ernie Banks has been rumored to be part of a group looking into buying the Chicago Cubs, in case the Tribune Company decides to sell the club, as is also rumored. - This needs to be cited as well. 
In the next couple of weeks (depending on my schedule) I would like to improve and expand this article. As a Cub fan, I would love to see his page reach featured article status.--Cyrus Andiron  t/c 14:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV and Sources

message: The article links to the city, which is unhelpful to me. It is obvious to me where they're talking about; the question is why? What connection to baseball does Albuquerque have?--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:05, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Albuquerque has traditionally been some major league team's minor league affiliate. For some years, it was the L.A. Dodgers' AAA affiliate in the Pacific Coast League. Perhaps it was a Chicago Cubs minor league team at the time, although as a long-time Cubs fan, I don't recall Albuquerque having a Cubs affiliate team. BubbleDine (talk) 14:36, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albuquerque  

message: Who was the first Afro-American to play for the Cubs?  Both Baker and Banks started in 1953.  Our text and NPR say it was Ernie Banks, but their team-mate Ralph Kiner said Baker: http://www.baseballlibrary.com/excerpts/excerpt.php?book=banks_sandberg_grace&page=3. Kdammers (talk) 09:03, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I took his comment as possibly meaning that Baker joined the team around the time Banks did, which turns out to be true. Banks debuted on September 17 and Baker followed three days later per the players' Baseball Reference entries. EricEnfermero (Talk) 09:11, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

text: I left out that Baker was signed by the organization almost four years earlier than Banks, but he spent that time in the minors. EricEnfermero (Talk) 09:15, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Baker or Banks? 

message: He died eight days before his 84th birthday.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.34.211 (talk) 04:53, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death before an Upcoming Birthday 

message: There is a quotation in our article that is separated from statements attributed to the mayor.  Apparently, the quotation, which is currently the last one in the article, is also from the mayor.  How=ever, there is a grammatical error in it.  Either we have made a mistake, or a sic should be added: " The Chicago Cubs have announced they will pay for Ernie Banks’ $35,000 funeral. Donnellan Funeral Home filed a court claim Wednesday, asking for the money. Expenses for the funeral that was held last month included an $11,000 casket and nearly $7,000 dollars in flowers. Friday night, the Cubs confirm the tab will be covered by team management and the Ricketts family."  CONFIRM-ED.  Also, this quotation refers to the Ricketts family, with no other mention of them in the article. Kdammers (talk) 13:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I stuck the quote in a Google search and it was taken from (though not attributed to) a newspaper article. I removed it. Someone can paraphrase and source that information if they like, but there's no reason to quote extensively from routine news coverage. Thanks for the heads up. EricEnfermero (Talk) 13:51, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

text: Correction - not a newspaper article. A WGN online news item. EricEnfermero (Talk) 13:52, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotation/grammar 

message: I'm just leaving this section here in case User:YahwehSaves would like to discuss the placement of the 1967 season within the article rather than running up another WP:3RR issue. I think it's fine where it is; from his edits, it looks like he wants it under the final seasons section. 
I suspect that this is just gratuitous tinkering with the entry. Sometimes you will observe this pattern of editing with YS, where you fix an actual mistake or, more commonly, a series of actual mistakes, and he feels the need to move content around or perform odd rewording on the same entry. I think that keeping the 1967 season and 1967 image in the middle section creates a more symmetric distribution of images, and I don't know what his reasoning is for moving those. EricEnfermero (Talk) 07:11, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout - 1967 / final years 

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message: Given the recent move towards adding in negro league records to the MLB stats. Should we add his two seasons with the KC Monarchs to his list of teams played for. 192.190.140.40 (talk) 02:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Given the recent shift in MLB recognizing Negro Leagues, should we Add the Kansas City Monarchs to his Played for in his box?