Stan "The Man" Musial has passed at age 92.

[11 Bravo]

One of the best and classiest players in Major League history. RIP, Stan.

[Ohio Joe]

1. RIP - nt

[rgbecker]

2. Raised in St. Louis watching that guy become everyone's hero.

He came to our scout troop with Ken Boyer and Wilber Mizel. Actually met the guy several times....I'm talking when I was between 5 and 15.

All American hero...no doubt republican of the old school.

RIP Stan.

[Skittles]

3. I'm trying to remember

I saw a statue of Mr. Musial somewhere - where did I see that?

[11 Bravo]

4. Have you ever been to Busch stadium? There's a statue of Stan "The Man" ...

outside one of the entrance gates. I've only been there once, but I remember the statue.

[Skittles]

6. well that would be it

I never was in the stadium but I have walked around it

[rgbecker]

7. #6. We all would fight to get to wear the #6.

Running around the front yard, yelling "it might be outta here, it could be outta here, it is! Home Run, Stan the Man!"

Harry Caray, another great childhood memory.

http://www.baseballvoices.com/html/harry_caray.html

[Still Sensible]

10. Actually was probably a democrat... Campaigned for JFK

and directed the President's Council on Physical Fitness for LBJ. As reported here:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8860690/st-louis-cardinals-hall-famer-stan-musial-dies-age-92

"A prominent Polish-American, he was a charter member of the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and was warmly regarded by his ancestral country, which in 2000 dedicated Stan Musial Stadium in Kutno, Poland. Musial also was involved politically, campaigning for John F. Kennedy in 1960 and serving as Lyndon Johnson's director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness."

[rgbecker]

12. Thanks for that...glad to hear it.

I was raised in Republican territory and somehow I envisioned him as part of the group that my parents were part of...Stan was a restaurant owner and hung with all the country clubbers....at least that was my take. But then, back then the parties were not nearly as divided. You never knew who was going to support the civil rights act and who was going to continue supporting the segregation.

[Still Sensible]

13. That same story notes how he was very

supportive of Jackie Robinson and was a most positive influence on and friend to players like Bob Gibson and Curt Flood when they joined the Cards.

[rgbecker]

15. Thanks for this link. I finally took time to read it through.

I'll send it along to my brother who was a real baseball fan from those 1950's.

Somehow I got a different sense of Stan's politics. I'll have to review where those ideas came from.

Thanks again.

[Puha Ekapi]

5. RIP

Stan

[chieftain]

8. Absolutely one of the best and classiest ever.

http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2012/11/musial-redux.html

[krawhitham]

9. It has been a bad couple days for baseball

first Earl Weaver and now Stan Musial

RIP guys

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. One of my biggest childhood heroes.

Rest in peace, Mr. Musial.

[hay rick]

14. My boyhood hero.

When I was a kid (under 10), I used to read the sports section of the newspaper every day. One day Stan Musial hit 5 home runs in a double header. I started looking for his name in the box scores every day and became a St. Louis Cardinal fan. First biography I ever read- the Donora greyhound.

He was one of the few sports legends that lived up to the unfair burden of being a hero and an example to be emulated. RIP, Stan the Man.

[ellisonz]

16. R.I.P. Stan Musial