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Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial Dies at Age 92
ABC News and Associated Press ^
| ST. LOUIS January 20, 2013
| By R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer
Posted on 01/19/2013 6:01:28 PM PST by bd476
Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardinals star with the corkscrew stance and too many batting records to fit on his Hall of Fame plaque, died Saturday. He was 92.
Stan the Man was so revered in St. Louis that he has two statues outside Busch Stadium one just wouldn't do him justice. He was one of baseball's greatest hitters, shining in the mold of Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio even without the bright lights of the big city.
Musial won seven National League batting titles, was a three-time MVP and helped the Cardinals capture three World Series championships in the 1940s.
The Cardinals announced Musial's death in a news release. They said he died Saturday evening at his home in Ladue surrounded by family. The team said Musial's son-in-law, Dave Edmonds, informed the club of Musial's death.
"We have lost the most beloved member of the Cardinals family," team chairman William DeWitt Jr. said. "Stan Musial was the greatest player in Cardinals history and one of the best players in the history of baseball."
Musial was the second baseball Hall of Famer who died Saturday. Longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver also passed away, at age 82.
Musial spent his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals and made the All-Star team 24 times baseball held two All-Star games each summer for a few seasons.
A pitcher in the low minors until he injured his arm, Musial turned to playing the outfield and first base. It was a stroke of luck for him, as he went on to hit .331 with 475 home runs before retiring in 1963.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri; US: Pennsylvania
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:01:43 PM PST
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bd476
To: All
During the recent days of sports scandals, Stan Musial was a real hero, an untarnished one.
God Bless him and his dear family and friends.
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:05:34 PM PST
by
bd476
To: bd476
He is maybe the last of the stars from an era when baseball was truly the American pass time.
I grew up in the 50s and can remember when just about any town of any size at all had a professional baseball team. It was good baseball too.
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:08:18 PM PST
by
yarddog
(One shot one miss.)
To: bd476
Thank you Stan for giving us many years of great baseball.
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:08:30 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: bd476
Amazing guy. Before my time, really, but I remember being very young and learning about him as one of the all-time greats. I knew he was still with us, but I also knew his time must be coming. Now it has.
RIP
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:08:46 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: bd476
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:08:52 PM PST
by
GoCards
(I am a Hobbit)
To: bd476
One of the delights of my youth was watching Stan the Man Musial at bat in many All Star Games with his unique stance. Rest in Peace, Stan Musial
Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!
Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:10:44 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: All
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:11:37 PM PST
by
tomkat
( .. shall NOT be infringed)
To: GoCards
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:12:23 PM PST
by
tomkat
( .. shall NOT be infringed)
To: bd476
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:14:10 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
IBHWBM (In Before He Will Be Missed!)
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:15:45 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Me too. He was my favorite ballplayer when I was a kid
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:16:46 PM PST
by
Oldhunk
To: yarddog
yarddog wrote: "He is maybe the last of the stars from an era when baseball was truly the American pass time. I grew up in the 50s and can remember when just about any town of any size at all had a professional baseball team. It was good baseball too."
Those days seem so wholesome looking back in time. He set some great records while retaining his squeaky clean image.
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:20:25 PM PST
by
bd476
To: bd476
Not many heroes of my Summers Past are left.
Although a die hard Brooklyn Dodger fan in the midst of NY Yankee and a smattering of NY Giants fans, I still held a lot of respect for many of the opposition, particularly “The Man”.
He was married 71 years.....and USN Vet, missing the 1945 season.
RIP as you join the other ‘Boys Of Summer’.
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:22:21 PM PST
by
xrmusn
(6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
To: Oldhunk
When I was a boy - the All Star Game always featured Stan Musial and Ted Williams. In my personal opinion those two gents had lots more class than the overpaid millionaires who now inhabit the major leagues.
Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!
Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:23:20 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: doc1019
doc1019 wrote: "Thank you Stan for giving us many years of great baseball."
Amen!
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:24:14 PM PST
by
bd476
To: ConorMacNessa
To: bd476
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:25:57 PM PST
by
alfa6
To: BluesDuke
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:26:16 PM PST
by
tomkat
( .. shall NOT be infringed)
To: ConorMacNessa
Lucky you! That must have been a real treat to see him at bat.
Thanks for posting his photo.
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posted on
01/19/2013 6:26:34 PM PST
by
bd476
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