Ernie Banksâ 500th Home Run was Highlight of Eventful 1970 Cub Season, Says Author of New Book From:
"Mr. Cub Ernie Banks' 500 th home run was the highlight of the very eventful 1970 Chicago Cubs baseball season," says William S. Bike, author of the new book The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs: Go and Glow, recently published by The History Press. The anniversary of that historic homer is May 12. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "It's hard to pick a number one moment from a season that saw the Cubs put five players on the field who would go on to make the Hall of Fame and the closest pennant race featuring the Cubs in the last 80 years, but the one that Cub fans rememberâeven if they weren't born yetâis Mr. Cub's 500