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01-20-2013, 11:22 AM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
RIP, Stan. Such an underrated player.
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01-20-2013, 11:23 AM
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Be the ball
Join Date: May 2001
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
RIP Stan. As great of a man as he was a player. And he was an elite all-time best player.
The gold standard.
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01-20-2013, 12:10 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
His wife, Lillian, whom he married in 1940, died in May 2012 at 91.
Musial had 8 5 hit games in his career and 59 4 hit games |
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01-20-2013, 12:15 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
My dad use to tell me a story about a brawl that broke out between the Reds and Cards back in the day. With both teams piled up in the middle of the field, there was Musial and Big Klu off to the side, arms crossed and chatting like two bystanders on the street corner. Almost like they were saying to each other, "Can you believe these crazy kids?"
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01-20-2013, 04:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Newport Beach, CA
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
Great ballplayer, smo-o-o-thest swing. Second best hitter I've ever seen (Teddy Ballgame was the best). As I understand it (since I didn't see the particular game) Stan's last hit came on a groundball past a Reds rookie secondbaseman, named Pete Rose, who would go on to pass Musial, Williams, Cobb and all others in hits. (Who knew, then)
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01-20-2013, 05:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Winton Place
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
My wife & I were away for the weekend down at Natural Bridge. First our son texted me, then my nephew (and godson) - a big Cardinals fan; then our younger daughter texted my wife. I texted my son & nephew back that they're Grandpa was a happy guy since I figured the only thing unsatisfying about heaven was that Stan wasn't there to yack with. Today my son tweeted: "Baseball lost an icon, but my grandpa gained a conversation buddy with Stan Musial's passing." Yeah, that.
Perhaps the classiest guy to ever play the game. I never saw him play, but I love watching clips of him hitting. Great piece by Joe Poz on Musial today: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/41045162/ And the All-Star game story is the day a very good friend of mine was born and she's never appreciated that Stan Musial won the All Star game on the day she was born (not being a baseball fan), but I'm still going to share this new angle on what I only knew as the fact (having been a Reds game once on her birthday and a "this date in history" piece showed on the scoreboard. I turned to my wife and said that's the day Anne was born.
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01-20-2013, 08:20 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
If someone didn't know his stats or what kind of ball player he was, all they would have to do is look at his nick name to see the kind of caliber player he was. "The Man" was given out of respect by fans of an opposing ball club.
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01-20-2013, 08:30 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
Quote:
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseb...97f7a263a.html Last edited by Always Red; 01-20-2013 at 08:33 PM. |
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01-22-2013, 05:07 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
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01-24-2013, 01:33 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
Really good article on fangraphs about translating Musials numbers to 2012 standards:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...omment-3924040 EDIT: a career ISO of .290 and 10%K rate is unheard of!
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01-25-2013, 12:28 PM
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Be the ball
Join Date: May 2001
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
An excellent “MLB Network Remembers: Stan Musial” was on MLB Network last night with Bob Costas and Tom Verducci. A warm, well-done, and in-depth retrospective on a great player and a great man.
I think it re-runs today at 1 pm and tomorrow at 1 pm. I recommend it.
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01-25-2013, 12:36 PM
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Beer is good!!
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
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01-25-2013, 01:12 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
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01-25-2013, 02:46 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
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01-25-2013, 05:02 PM
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Re: Good bye Mr. Musial
It was great to hear what Hank Aaron said about The Man.
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