Saturday, January 19, 2013

Stan the Man – R.I.P.


By Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I learned just now that Stan “the Man” Musial died, at the age of 92.

Today it seems no one stays in one place anymore, as Joni might put it.  That holds true for baseball players and pastors of parishes.  But Musial spent his entire career of 22 years with the St. Louis Cardinals.

He was an amazingly consistent hitter, having exactly, imagine it over 22 years, the same number of hits on the road as at home, 1815!  He had 1951 RBIs and 1949 runs. He never struck out more than 50 times in a season. He led the NL in at least one category each year. He made the All-Star team 24 times. When he retired he had 55 records.

On his final day, Musial hit one past shortstop Pete Rose, who 18 years later broke Musial’s own record of 3630 hits... (continued)


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