Stan "The Man" Musial passes

[Thomas Promise]

One baseball's greatest player of all time. A true gentleman and true professional. I have missed you Stan since 1963 when you retired from the Cards. Now St Peter has another allstar in his lineup. Rest in Peace.

 

http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2013-01-19/stan-musial-dead-st-louis-cardinals-legend-92-years-old-hall-of-famer

[Randy W]

We lived in St. Louis toward the end of his career - I got to see him play several times

[Mick]

Stan the Man was one of the greatest to ever lace up a pair of cleats, that's for sure. A lifetime batting average of .331 puts him in a very elite fraternity. I saw him play in spring training several times as a kid. Back in those days we lived near Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida, spring home of the White Sox for many years. The Cards trained up in Tampa/St. Pete and used to come down to Payne Park for Grapefruit League games.

[Mick]

Earl Weaver also passed away yesterday or the day before. What a character Weaver was. For a long time he held the record for being thrown out of the most games (I think Bobby Cox) finally surpassed him. He had a running grudge with Ron Luciano, the ump that used to have the dramatic ways of calling a guy out. Luciano once threw Weaver out of both games of a double header and on another occasion tossed him out of a game when he brought the lineup card out to home plate before the start of a game.

 

When I moved to Miami in 1983, the Orioles still trained there in the spring. I used to love to go to their spring training games just to see Earl Weaver.

[Zhou Zhou]

I attended spring training games as a youngster back in Ft. Myers...it all seemed very exciting then. They are both losses to the world of sports...RIP.