Mr. Cub
Of Wednesdays 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, few require a background check. Two resonate so deeply with their roots, they built their stories on them. Loretta Lynn grew up a coal miners daughter back in Butcher Holler. Bill Clinton believed in a place called Hope.
Ernie Banks? Born and raised in Dallas, where he remains the greatest baseball player from the city and smack in the middle of the argument over its best athlete ever.
But first youd have to find anyone who could tell you where hes from.
Most people dont even know hes from Texas, said Jay Black, curator of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Dallas never really knew one of its most famous athletes for reasons both plain and complicated.
Whatever the story, its up to Banks hometown to make it right, and soon.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/kevin-sherrington/20131119-sherrington-why-sadly-ernie-banks---mr.-cub---is-almost-anonymous-in-his-hometown-of-dallas.ece