Posted on 09/06/2020 8:28:55 PM PDT by lurk
Lou Brock, the Hall of Fame outfielder who set MLB stolen base records (season and career) before being surpassed by Rickey Henderson and who was a principal in one of the most famous trades in baseball history, died Sunday. He was 81.
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Tatis reminds me of Brock. We’ll see.
Gibson and Koufax. Still the greatest,
Thanks.
My wife and I were both born in Boston. Huge Red Sox fans back then. We were married in 1967. Those Cardinals ruined our year.
One lasting memory of Lou Brock was him stealing bases in game 7, even after the game was out of reach for the Sox. Gentleman Jim Lonborg was hapless against Brock.
BTW, those Marines were right in detaining you. Snot nosed kid 😈 j/k
The Cubs worse trade ever
and players didn’t change teams as often as they changed underwear...
Remember game 5 1968 World Series:
https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2011/06/12/1968-world-series-moment-lou-brock-didnt-slide-3/
Thanks Mr. Brock..
And, apparently, with out steroids. Just God given talent.
That's not correct. Gibson started game #7 on two days of rest. Back in the 1960s, three days rest was the norm during the World Series.
Gibson only won three games in 1967. In 1964, he lost game 2, then won games 5 and 7 (the latter on two days rest).
A shame to see him go, just like Tom Seaver last week. Damn, all these heroes of my youth going...it’s a bit depressing. But theses guys had class. Brock put up with more prejudice than any 10 of today’s sports stars, and he overcame it by being one of the best players of all time, not by bitching about it or taking a knee for the flag of the country that gave him the opportunities that it did.
Typical for the Giants during for much of the 1970s, not many fans we're at the game. Looking it up, they say attendance was 6,842. Game duration was also 1:58 for an 8-1 Cardinal victory in a game with 20 total hits. A sub-2 hour 9 inning game is almost unheard of these days.
My memory must have failed me, since I was 4 in 64. I thought he won 8 straight series games (3 in 64 and 67, and 2 in 68) before losing game 7 in 68 when his defense failed him. My memory of 64 is from books, though, so maybe you are more accurate. My first baseball memories are from 68. We watched game 1 in class. It was still going when school let out. Walking home from school, crossing guards had transistor radios with those little earpieces. They were yelling, “Gibson struck out 17!” A very happy memory.
The other two players were Hank Aaron and Joe Adcock.
RIP. I remember listening to the Cardinals on the radio when we were traveling to NY in 1964. Dad was a died in the wool Cardinal’s fan. Remember the way the announcer pronounced his name. Emphasized the first name.
Baseball ain’t what it used to be. I won’t watch it any more. Too woke for me.
Oh, golly - that brings back a memory. My PE class didn’t go outside or to the gym on school days Series games were on. Instead, a TV was set up for us.
The Tiger / Cardinal games were particularly compelling because we lived in the St. Louis region: Back then, living there and being a Cardinals fan was expected in the same way one was expected to breathe if alive. But the Tigers were my 2nd fave team!
RIP, Mr. Brock. You were a great player and a class act!
Thanks for the amazing memories, Mr. Brock.
One of my baseball heroes.
Indeed, from a time when baseball was worth watching and was respected. When youngsters actually played the game.
I think we have lost something. Something good.
Can’t forget the brockabrella, either.
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