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Tavarez: Ernie Banks? Never heard of him
Published 5/17/2007 by Dan Lamothe at Red Sox Monster
... : Not long after the Red Sox's game against the Tigers was postponed because of rain Wednesday, Tavarez was predicting October baseball for the Red Sox and extolling the virtues of doubleheaders -- even if he's never heard of Mr. "Let's play two", aka Mr. Cub. "I don't know who Ernie Banks is, but I hope he was a good guy," Tavarez said. "I'm like him, I hope." Wha???? HUH??? How is this POSSIBLE??? Isn't Banks one of the greatest players ever , and one of the only Chicago Cubs to ever have his number retired? Wouldn't Tavarez have come across something Banks-related at some point during the season he spent in Chicago, or at least when he was pitching for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins or Colorado Rockies, which are all National League franchises? I'm speechless. I didn't want to do this, but now I don't have a choice: Julian Tavarez, you are not allowed to spend so much time wit ...
