Stan Musial dead

[LarryN]

Baseball has lost two greats today.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/88...al-dies-age-92

[NCBirdfan]

Baseball has lost two greats today.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/88...al-dies-age-92

I couldn't have said it better.

[Aclobat]

Stan the Man. What a sad day in the baseball world.

[Jeebus]

Someone said these things "come in threes."

Bobby Doerr, Ralph Kiner, and Yogi Berra beware, the Grim Reaper is stalking the Hall Of Fame.

[Retired Ramp Guy]

Great stat.... 3630 total hits... 1815 at home and 1815 on the road!

He played nearly until 43rd birthday, adding to his totals. He got a hit with his final swing, sending an RBI single past Cincinnati's rookie second baseman -- that was Pete Rose, who would break Musial's league hit record of 3,630 some 18 years later.

You are the Man! RIP

[Jeebus]

Great stat.... 3630 total hits... 1815 at home and 1815 on the road!

He played nearly until 43rd birthday, adding to his totals. He got a hit with his final swing, sending an RBI single past Cincinnati's rookie second baseman -- that was Pete Rose, who would break Musial's league hit record of 3,630 some 18 years later.

You are the Man! RIP

I found another interesting bit of trivia---

He once played the National Anthem on the harmonica before a Cardinals game.

[prairieaug]

Lifetime .331 BA & hit over 300 18 out of 22 seasons. Oh yeah, BTW he took a year off to fight in WW2. They broke the mold for men like this.

RIP Stan "The man" Musial

[johnpolitics]

He was a really nice guy too. I never recall anyone saying anything bad about him.
FYI- He originally began his career as a pitcher but was not successful.