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Ernie Banks
Play & SportWho is Ernie Banks in the Agency editorial?
Ernie Banks was an American baseball player who spent his major league career with the Chicago Cubs. Issue.17, the edition about sportsmanship, names him once, in the credit of a quotation: "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."
In short
Ernie Banks was an American baseball player of the Chicago Cubs and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In the Agency editorial he appears only in Issue.17, the edition about sportsmanship, in the credit of a quotation block. The author announces the final subject of the edition, determination, and the block that follows reads: "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose." The edition then asks what makes the best and most inspiring athletes. It says nothing about Banks himself.
Key facts
- Who was Ernie Banks?
- An American baseball player who spent his major league career with the Chicago Cubs and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Ernie Banks?
- In Issue.17, the edition about sportsmanship, in the credit of a quotation block that opens its final subject, determination.
- What quotation does Issue.17 credit to him?
- "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."
Who was Ernie Banks?
Ernie Banks was an American baseball player, born in 1931. He spent his major league career with the Chicago Cubs and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He died in 2015. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Ernie Banks appear in Issue.17?
Issue.17 writes that the discussion so far leads to the final subject of the edition, determination. A quotation block credited to Ernie Banks follows: "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose." The next sentence asks, if life were a sport or game lasting a century, what makes the best and most inspiring athletes. The edition does not say who Banks was or where the quotation comes from.
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