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This Old Cub:
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There's plenty of fight left in This Old Cub... that's the story of a new documentary feature about former All-Star third baseman, broadcaster and Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo and his lifelong battle with diabetes. Santo was the first and only major league position player to play professional baseball with Type One Juvenile Diabetes (insulin dependent). He played most of his career without revealing his disease for fear that he would be forced to retire from baseball. At a time when much less was known about how to regulate insulin levels, Santo rarely missed a game-taking injections and chocolate bars based on how he felt from moment to moment.
The film was shot over a span of nine months, as Santo was recovering from having his second leg amputated due to complications from the disease he has been fighting for more than forty-five years. It documents Santo's rehab and recovery from a devastating operation to his return to WGN Radio as broadcaster for the Cubs. From the filmmaker: Official website | Trailer | Buy the DVD Tags: documentary, , this old cub, chicago cubs, diabetes, ron santo No screenings of This Old Cub are currently scheduled. Host one yourself!
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