Loooooouuuuu!!! My favorite all-time Cardinal. Of course he was best known for his base-stealing (still the National League record holder), but in 1968, my dad took my brother Jim and me to watch Bob Gibson pitch - in what was possibly the greatest season ever, by a pitcher - and at one point in the game, with a man on first base, a line drive was hit to left field. Lou Brock ran at full speed forward... caught it on the fly, and then fired a ROPE to first base, doubling up the runner. We were sitting right next to left field, and it's still one of the most amazing plays I ever saw!! I was 7 years old. And it is burned into brain. R.I.P. Mr Brock.
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