A little more than one year after his death, the Cubs icon is finally headed to Cooperstown. Ron Santo's election comes after many years of falling short of the votes needed for the Hall of Fame.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Baseball has always been Ron Santo's life. Now, it is his therapy, too. Two months after his right leg was amputated below the knee due to diabetes, the former third baseman for ...

Chicago Cubs star turned radio broadcaster Ron Santo has died at age 70. Cubs flagship station WGN-AM Chicago reports that he died of complications from bladder cancer. “My siblings and I first knew ...

Ron Santo's dream was attained, but unfortunately it came a year after his death. The election of former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame came a year too ...

Although the likes of Fergie Jenkins and Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts called the late Ron Santo's long-delayed election to the Hall of Fame Monday "bittersweet," widow Vicki Santo was overjoyed with her ...

The Veterans’ Committee just announced that the late Ron Santo has been elected to the Hall of Fame. Santo was eligible as part of the new “Golden Era” ballot, which considered candidates from the ...

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DALLAS - Major League Baseball's Golden Era Committee has voted Cubs legend Ron Santo into the Hall of Fame. Santo needed 12 votes to earn 75 percent. He received 15 of the 16. It's unfortunate that ...

From local fans to colleagues to Hall of Fame teammates, Ron Santo's inspiring example off the field meant just as much as his Cooperstown-worthy baseball achievements. Santo, who battled diabetes ...

It's no secret I enjoy rattling the cages of local Chicago Cubs fans with my anti-northsider stance and jabs at Wrigley Field. But how can anyone -- even those who do not side with the Cubs -- not ...

Some guys, when you hear about their death, it makes you feel a little bit older. That’s how I felt when I heard that Ron Santo — one of my first baseball cards — had died last night in Arizona at age ...