Stan the Man Passes away

[DavidG1966]

[wazoo]

Such a sad day for Baseball

[sycks22]

What a player. We'll miss Stan.

[Wite3]

A fantastic player and a great man.

Just so nice to a very young kid...one of the very first HOFers I met when I was about 10 or 11...asked me about my little league team and what position I played. He was awesome!

Sad day...

Joshua

[familytoad]

This is very sad news.
Stan the Man was awesome.

The way he carried himself post-retirement was a model that I wish many other HOFers would have followed.

The Cooperstown Angels just added one of the greatest baseball players of all-time to their roster.

[tedzan]

I saw Stan Musial play from 1949 - 1960. I have never forgotten this day in May 1954......Cardinals vs Giants. Stan Musial hit 5 - HR's in a day/night Doubleheader.

Altogether in 8 official AB's....Stan hit 5-HR's, a Single, Walked twice, and he had 9-RBI's......does it ever get much better than that ?

The next day in The Sporting News, we read that some wiseguy New York Sports reporter earlier that day in May had challenged Stan to show off his hitting power.
So, I guess he showed them.

GOD BLESS Stan Musial....and, comfort his family....and, all his fans.


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TED Z

[oldjudge]

From when I was twelve, through a very unglorious career in college, through industrial league softball I used the same Rawlings Stan Musial SM6 H-Webb glove. Rest in peace Stan, they don't make em like you any more.

[DixieBaseball]

I met Stan when I was a teenager here in Nashville and I found him to be such a gracious person. His charisma was magnetic and he made plenty of time for chat. Just a great man.

God Bless -

[h2oya311]

Crazy that two HoFers out of only 300 total died on the same day. I'm sure only a fraction of the 300 are still alive today, so the day is definitely a sad one.

Musial has been my avatar since I joined net54...always thought he was the perfect HOFer out there, for on and off field activities.

[TexasLeaguer]

Stan and his son Dickie...

[batsballsbases]

A real class guy and a true gentleman! RIP Stan. An early George Dorrill photo of young Stan One of my favorites! And a few pins!

[uffda51]

Originally Posted by TexasLeaguer

Stan and his son Dickie...

What a great photo, Ross. Thanks for posting. Stan was a great man even if he had never played major league ball.

[tbob]

A class act, a true gentleman, a fantastic hitter and a Hall of Famer and probably the most underappreciated player of all-time. Had he played in New York City he would have been worshipped. He is beloved by Cardinal fans but as a non-controversial "good"guy who was a great player but toiling in the Midwest, he never got his due.
RIP Stan, you were and are definitely THE MAN.

[Rickyy]

He had a Hall of Fame Life for the way he performed on the field and how he conducted himself off of it.

Ricky Y

[barrysloate]

He lived a long life and accomplished so much on the ballfield. I agree with what others said, that Stan finished the game with one of the statistically finest careers of all time, but did not get the recognition he should have. And he was a gentleman too. RIP.

[rjackson44]

Sad day we lost two icons

[freakhappy]

From what I have heard and witnessed on TV, he was just as good of a person off the field as on. We need more people like Musial in the sports world.

RIP STAN...you will be sorely missed

[chaddurbin]

[GrayGhost]

http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...PpJ/story.html

[judsonhamlin]

My father's favorite player and boyhood hero. I hope his passing was peaceful