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Bob Costas, Tim McCarver & George Vecsey on baseball legend Stan Musial
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- Stan Musial
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KCJesuit 06/23/2011 10:58 PM Report
So pleased to see you feature "Stan the Man." Growing up in St. Louis as a Cardinals fan, I listened to my dad trumpet Stan's cause as one of the greatest. But, too young to have seen him play, I wondered: Why then doesn't he get more national attention? One item that Bob Costas and other guests neglected to comment on sufficiently, however --- Stan played his whole career in St. Louis. While it is true that prior to the Dodgers and Giants move out west, the fabled Cardinals were the only MLB team for the southern and western U.S., and were well-known thanks to the broadcasts of the home of "Redbirds," St. Louis KMOX AM radio (boasting the most listenership of CBS's radio affiliates for decades running) the Cardinals were a still Midwestern ballclub. With the rapid growth of television media markets on the coasts through the later 1950s and 60s, and Stan's retirement in '63, he could never have garnered the attention of DiMaggio, Mantle, Mays and other great who helped make albeit great coastal teams. And, Stan was truly humble --- maybe even too much so. Thanks for giving some attention to an undersung baseball giant and recent winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
IRISH 06/15/2011 05:08 PM Report
A ball fan of 55 years and never seen him play but I sure knew that Stan Musial was one the handful of truly great players...and no one today can match his output and his personality of respect for others.
REMant 06/14/2011 10:51 AM Report
Musial's reputation rises and falls with that of the Cardinals, where he played his entire career, since fans don't seem to care as much about the game as these gentlemen do, just winning and losing. In the past decade that isn't as shabby as St Louis, itself, as become. But in that part of the Midwest, if you follow baseball at all, you are either a Reds fan or a Cards fan so his team has always had a big following there. Stan holds the record for All-Star game appearances with Willie Mays, and at the time of his retirement held 17 major league records tho his most prolific period came in the '40s. He spent two years in the service in the midst of it and hardly skipped a beat when he returned to the line-up. He is fourth all-time in hits, exactly half of which came at home and half away. As a hitter he was the Pete Rose of his time. He was named NL MVP 3-times, and the Cardinals won the world series three times during his tenure and another when he was Cards general manager in 1967. Knowing the president tho, his recent acknowledgment had something to do with the fact that Missouri is a swing state.