Widely beloved in Chicago and the baseball world, Ernie ... wishes. Banks said in multiple interviews in the past that he wanted to be cremated, with his ashes spread over Wrigley Field when ...

Let’s put this into perspective. During his 19-year Major League career ending in 1971 – all with the Chicago Cubs – Ernie Banks earned an estimated $680,500. Those figures might be ...

He loved being Ernie Banks, and everyone loved Mr. Cub back. Many years ago, Banks told Holtzman he wanted to be cremated after his death “and have my ashes spread out over Wrigley Field ...

Ernie Banks didn’t invent day baseball or help build Wrigley Field. He just made the idea of playing a baseball game under the sun at the corner of Clark and Addison streets sound like a day in ...

A studio photo of Ernie Banks early in his career. Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks at Wrigley Field, circa 1953. Phil Cavarretta, third from left, Cubs’ manager, familiarizes Wrigley Field on Sept.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A memorial service for Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks on Saturday will be followed by a procession that will pass Banks' statue in Daley Plaza and Wrigley Field, the Cubs ...

A tribute for beloved Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks in front of Wrigley Field, Chicago, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. Banks died Jan. 23 of a heart attack in Chicago. He was 83 years old. (AP Photo/Sun ...