RENT THIS MOVIE – “This Old Cub” – Ron Santo’s Story
I am a bit of a NetFlix addict. I have always been a big movie buff and enjoy all kinds of themes. Having young kids, dealing with inflating movie ticket prices, and owning a pretty sweet projection screen TV are all reasons that I would rather watch a movie on a comfortable couch at home versus a cramped theater.
Anyway, if you enjoy baseball films, area fan of the Cubs, or simply just a baseball fan, I reccomend that you watch ‘This Old Cub’. This film is a documentary about Ron Santo and his dealings with diabetes both as a player and after retiring from the game. The story is particularly entertaining because his son is the director so the footage you get and emotion involved would probably not be granted to any other film maker. Watching this former baseball superstar go through the pain of everyday life as this disease takes control of his body is not easy to watch when they continually flash back to happy times when Santo had the key to the city of Chicago.
1 thing you never see during this film is regret from Ron Santo. He lived a hell of a life and had the opportunity to play the game of baseball professionally; a dream that so many of us shared. The inside look at his life and how deals with everyday living today completes the circle of this film.
It’s been added to the queue – thanks for the head’s up!