Ernie gets the medal of freedom. Cub Fans wait for the WS that will set us free.
That's kind of amazing.
It's a week chock full of history that's way more important than the Cubs, with the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assasination coming tomorrow and everything.
Yesterday our own Ernie Banks got the Medal of Freedom along with fellow Chicagoan Oprah Winfrey from fellow Chicagoan Barrack Obama.
Other people won, too, but this is about Cubs mostly so we'll leave it at that.
It says here that the Medal of Freedom is: "...the nation's highest civilian award, recognizes exceptional meritorious service. The medal was established by President Truman in 1945 to recognize notable service in the war. In 1963, President Kennedy reintroduced it as an honor for distinguished civilian service in peacetime."
You know, over in England they still knight people.
That totally sounds like it's military or something, but it happens to regular people who are outstanding in their own field.
Like...Anthony Hopkins got knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
So he gets to be "Sir Anthony Hopkins" instead of just "Actor Anthony Hopkins".
And if Anthony Hopkins can get knighted for playing Hannibal Lecter, it only makes sense that Ernie Banks can get the Medal of Freedom for playing short and first for the Cubs.
I do find it kind of odd that the most famous Cub of all time wins a medal called "Freedom", while you and I still wait for the World Series that will set us free, but whatever.
It was Ernie's day to shine, not mine to whine.
(I did that on purpose with the rhyme, kinda like Ernie might).
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