Chicago Cubs: The difference between Ernie Banks, Oscar Taveras

Too many times this season, I heard St. Louis Cardinals fans say that honoring Oscar Taveras is the same as honoring Chicago Cubs’ legend Ernie Banks.

I’m sure that more than a handful of St. Louis Cardinals fans will light me up for delving into this topic, especially on the anniversary of Taveras’ death.

But that’s the most appropriate time to do so – because, despite what many believe, there are lessons to be learned from what happened in late October last year, when the much-hyped Cardinals outfielder drunkenly crashed his vehicle, killing both himself and his girlfriend, Emilia Arvelo.

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In late May 2015, the Cardinals organization honored Taveras with a video tribute, moment of…