Comments on: Stan Musial to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

By: cintiphil

cintiphil — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:31:43 +0000

I don’t know why he wasn’t selected, but he was deserving of this 20 or more years ago. When he came to town, Cinti. suffered greatly from his bat and glove. He was one of the three or four greatest players I have ever seen play, and that is a lot of them. Besides that, his reputation for being a good guy stands alone among all players. You bozo’s who wish to make jokes are all losers. No one who ever played in Cinti. can match his performance.

By: hasbeen5

hasbeen5 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:22:00 +0000

Also, Obama could do right by baseball for the rest of his time in office and it still wouldn’t be enough to make up for the first “pitches.”

By: hasbeen5

hasbeen5 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:20:31 +0000

If you haven’t yet, I suggest reading Posnanski’s article on Musial from SI a couple months ago. I’m pretty young so I never saw him play. I knew he had been one of the best but the article left me with a new appreciation.

By: PanchoHerreraFanClub

PanchoHerreraFanClub — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:23:55 +0000

The story goes that when the Dodgers came to town with Jackie Robinson, many of the Cardinal players were talking about refusing to the play the game. St. Louis was the most southern town in MLB and had many fans in the south. Musial stand up and said he was playing and that put an end to it.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:26:06 +0000

Damn. Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. And frankly, I know that it’s declasse to denigrate someone’s race, ethnic background or sexual orientation, but I didn’t know folks were getting so sensitive about their ontic status. Can you imagine what making “dead” a politically incorrect adjective would mean? “Dead ball” would become “formerly live ball,” “dead battery” would become “inert battery” and “Grateful Dead” would become “Grateful Questionable Ontic Status.” And what would we call vampires – the un-formerly-alive? And how about “deadly,” as in “the bite of the gray wolf spider can be formerlyalively”? And what do we call Norman Bates’ mother now? Ah, yes – Mrs. Bates. Silly me.

You see the problem? I am happy to find out that Stan Musial is still alive. Aside from being delighted on general principle, that means you can pin a medal on him without having to dig him up, like Dante Gabriel Rosetti had to dig his wife up to get his poetry back.

By: jasonc2300

jasonc2300 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:28:56 +0000

Says the guy with the handle bigdicktater.

By: bigdicktater

bigdicktater — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:59:02 +0000

Are you trying to be funny? That’s sick. Ignorant. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Try to be half the man that Stan Musial is.

By: scottwil

scottwil — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:26:07 +0000

Unfortunately, a lot of younger BB fans don’t know who this is. There’s so much hype and holler by the PR/media about particular records that the careers of some all-time greats don’t get mentioned much; Willie Mays is another one. Not on top in any particular high profile stat.
Phenomenal career by Stan the Man in BB’s Golden Era with DiMaggio in NY, Williams in Boston, Feller in Cleveland, J. Robinson in Brooklyn, Berra & Mantle in NY, Aaron in Milwaukee, F. Robinson in Cincinnati, Clemente in Pittsburgh, Koufax & Drysdale in LA. Great time. Pure Americana.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:53:49 +0000

Well, he’s 90 on Sunday, but he is alive. I just hope this wasn’t a surprise to him, ’cause, ya know…

By: jjschiller

jjschiller — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:44:58 +0000

Uh… Dude..

By: thoran85

thoran85 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:44:12 +0000

Stan Musial is very much still alive.

By: chewbaccastl

chewbaccastl — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:46:47 +0000

I caddied for Stan at Bellerive in the late ’90s. His playing partner was legendary broadcaster Jack Buck. Both were so incredibly gracious and fun. I don’t remember much specifically about our conversation during the round but I do remember thinking, at age 13, that this would be a moment I would one day tell my children about. I left with a big tip, a signed ball and an afternoon I’ll always remember.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:38:41 +0000

Isn’t it a little late to offer Musial this award? I mean, wouldn’t he have appreciated it a bit more if he weren’t dead?

By: zman801

zman801 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:32:56 +0000

Back in the late 60′s I was a caddy at a country club in St. Louis where Musial was a member. He always took a cart and did not use a caddy but would bring a “spotter”. The fee for 18 holes was $1.75 per cart. Stan would always insist on a different spotter for his cart so most of the caddies had a chance at a round. While he was a great baseball player, he had a vicious hook when he would golf. Typically, he would send one deep into the woods that could not be retrieved; but, if you offered him any other ball as a replacement, no matter the condition, your $1.75 escalated to $10.00. I will always remember that round and by the way, I beleive he had Lou Brock as a guest at this country club, who most probably was the first African American to play on the course. In my estimation this award has certainly been earned.

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:33:39 +0000

WEST SIDE! Thug life bitch! Goin’ out like that…

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:10:47 +0000

“Hate” is such a strong word. But it’s probably true. The color wars were around long before the Bloods and Cryps.

Hats off to Stan for being one good dude.