OT: Cardinal Great Stan "The Man" Musial Has Died
RIP to one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Go Cards! Go Stan the Man!
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8860690/st-louis-cardinals-hall-famer-stan-musial-dies-age-92
January 19th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
Although it might of been a frigate. I don't remember. I just remember my grandpa telling me him and Stan played a lot of card games and gambled on board the boat lol.
January 19th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
It's a sad day here in St. Louis. Good speed Stan.
January 19th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
What a ballplayer. RIP.
January 19th, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
RIP Stan
Impressive stat: he had 3,630 hits in total. 1,815 away from home, and 1,815 at home.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
One of the best to play the game, baseball lost 2 legends today, obviously Musial but Earl Weaver also passed away today as well.
January 20th, 2013 at 9:13 AM ^
Agree. Weaver was a great manager, and there was nothing more entertaining than listening to those tirades when they had him miked.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:06 PM ^
Over 3,000 games and not one ejection. Class act.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
In a 162 game schedule, Stan Musial would have hit for an average of .331 with 25 home runs and 104 RBIs, as well as 194 hits and 104 runs with an OBP of .417 and an SLG of .559. To add, 22 seasons and a .989 fielding percentage overall, including over 12,000 putouts. An incredible player by any standard really and a great representative of the game. RIP Stan Musial.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
3 MVPs. 4 runner-ups.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:33 PM ^
Never met him, but have heard he was one of the nicest men ever to play the game.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
Class Act.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
My Dad met him a couple times. Truly can say baseball not only lost a helluva player but a heck of a good person as well.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:44 PM ^
He had a 5 hit game once while he was injured, he only swung the bat 5 times that game. I forget if it was his shoulder or something else in his arm, but it hurt him to swing, yet he played through it, waited for the right pitches, swung 5 times, and put 5 in play. That's something I doubt will ever be seen again.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:49 PM ^
The founding class of inductees at the American Polish sports hall of fame. A legend and gentleman if there ever was one
January 19th, 2013 at 9:53 PM ^
RIP Stan The Man.
January 19th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
One of the greatest baseball legends of all time. Rest in peace, good sir.
January 19th, 2013 at 10:07 PM ^
A true legend of sports has died and the lead stories on Sportscenter are continuous college basketball highlights. Fucking disgraceful.
January 20th, 2013 at 12:29 AM ^
I was also a little surprised at this, especially with Earl Weaver passing the same day. These aren't just stars, these guys are way up on the list of all-timers. I suppose the WWL figures it won't mean much to the current viewing generation.
January 20th, 2013 at 9:03 AM ^
Good call. Sportcenter = Entertainment Tonight for sports.
January 19th, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
My dad taught his granddaughter in class at Wittenberg University. Stan came to her graduation, signed balls and pictures, a true gentleman. His stats are just jaw dropping. One of the greatest ever.
January 19th, 2013 at 11:11 PM ^
in Cooperstown. My friend was with his young son and wanted to get something signed for himself and his son but did not really have anything on him at the moment. Being the kind and generous class act that Stan was known to be, Stan gave my friend his personal address and told him to send him as much stuff as he wanted to get signed. My friend mailed off a couple of baseballs and a few cards and, sure enough, in a few weeks he received a package from Stan with a personal letter and all the things he mailed off to Stan signed, as well as a few extra items Stan Musial threw in.
January 19th, 2013 at 11:25 PM ^
Marvel at these stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/musiast01.shtml
January 20th, 2013 at 12:21 AM ^
... on the other side!
January 20th, 2013 at 1:55 AM ^
As a huge Cardinals fan and a St. Louisan I was surpised and really glad to see a thread on this. Stan the Man was and is a legend. One of the best baseball men of all time. We'll miss him on opening day
January 20th, 2013 at 9:12 AM ^
When I think of the pantheon of baseball, the name Musial is always included.
January 20th, 2013 at 9:27 AM ^
I write him a letter when I was 10 or 11 (this was over 30 years ago). And he sent back a signed picture . It is kept well preserved.
January 20th, 2013 at 9:29 AM ^
Back before spelling police point out my iPhone typo: 'wrote'