The movie "Finding Buck McHenry" which includes Ernie Banks as an actor is available to view via Comcast's On Demand section in "Kids > Free Movies > at no additional charge.

Finding Buck McHenry
$0.00 | Available until Sat, Jul 4
On Demand
TVPG | 94 mins

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Ernie Banks statue at Wrigley Field
www.chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2009/05/ernie-banks-statue-at-wrigley-field.html

Ernie, Billy, Ryno and Ron
www.chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2005/08/ernie-billy-ryno-and-ron.html

My Tivo has been saving the Finding Buck McHenry movie since it aired from the tv listing that I wrote about last winter. My family finally got around to watching it last night. Finding Buck McHenry is a very watchable kids baseball movie that we all enjoyed viewing. Ernie Banks has a role in the movie, so part of watching is finding out where his character fits in the story.

The storyline came from the book of the same title.

The movie reminded me of my work on a college magazine where we interviewed a retired player from the negro leagues who was living in Southern Illinois. (I was the photographer.) I'll have to find that magazine to see who it was an re-read it. It was a long time ago.