Springfield Photos: The Cub's Ryan O'Malley and Ron Santo visit.

Ron Santo shakes hands with a fan after the SIU Men's night out on October 12, 2006. He stayed longer than expected to meet with fans, sign autographs and pose for photos.

What a wonderful surprise! Cubs pitcher (and local resident!)
Ryan O'Malley was at the event.

I asked him if he'd found this website yet (he hadn't) so I told him how to find it -
just run a search on "Springfield photos + your name".

I did ask him how he was doing. Ryan said his arm was fine and was looking forward to the upcoming season.

I was so happy to meet him, that I forgot to ask him if he ever participated in this local event. After all, he is a pitcher.

More about Ryan here and also here.

mlb.com page regarding Ryan's August 16, 2006 game.

(Click on any photo for a larger view of the image.)

Chicago Cubs fans showed me their Santo related memorabilia that they hoped to get autographed or had already gotton autographed.

Let's all hope that the Chicago Cubs Caravan travels to Springfield, IL during the offseason.

What can we do to encourage this to happen?

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Men's Night Out event with Ron Santo.

Click here to see photos of former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith from his recent Springfield visit.

Scroll down for links to newspaper articles regarding this event.

Coming up!

“SIU Men’s Night Out,” featuring Lou Brock, former St. Louis Cardinals left fielder and member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, begins at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 at Springfield High School, 101 S. Lewis St.

The Prostate Center of the Simmons-Cooper Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is presenting the program as part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Week.... SJ-R article
Event links at:
www.siumed.edu/cancer
and
www.siumed.edu/foundation/mno.html

Articles from the SJR have since aged away,
but you can check with the Lincoln Library to find these to read if you wish.

Santo: 'You have to have' positivity
www.sj-r.com/Sections/News/Stories/98084.asp

Men's night out - 10 ways to stay healthy
www.sj-r.com/extras/pdfs/101306menhealth.pdf

Nothing hurts Santo more than 66-96 Cubs
www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/98065.asp

Santo: O’Malley deserves success
www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/98066.asp

Ron Santo google news search

'Glad they caught it early'
Prostate cancer victim thankful for Men's Night Out

Ron Santo is featured on an episode of D-Life on CNBC.
Click on the link below to read the transcript.
(Scroll down to page 21)

dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/dlife_media/tv/pdf/transcript_show118.pdf

Highlights: Tips for safe and fun travel with diabetes educator Joy Pape; on the field with baseball legend Ron Santo; and a look at the dLife of twin teens who share type 1 diabetes.

www.dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/dlife_media/tv/As_seen_show_118.html

List of sports stars with diabetes

Santo and associates lead efforts to neutralize diabetes

Ron Santo's mission is simple: He wants diabetes patients to benefit from technology that wasn't available when he played third base for the Cubs. Actually, that's just the short-term goal.

''When we first started raising money for diabetes research, they said there would never be a cure,'' he said. ''I do believe now there will be one.''

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/sundaydrive/56264,CST-SPT-drive17.article

PS: If I photographed you at this event and you don't see the photo here,
feel free to email me and request a photo.

springfieldphotos@yahoo.com

More Springfield photos linked below.

Aladdin's Castle
Kicks Entertainment

North Dirksen Parkway weather photo

The SwimSpa display at the convention center

Chipotles (new burrito place outside White Oaks Mall)

Noodles and Co near White Oaks Mall

Bees ! (okay, really just one bee photographed...)

Meet the Japanese Beetles

Erin’s Pavilion Groundbreaking Event at Edwin Watts Southwind Park