Respect

[Theoldmole]

Albert Pujols, who treats Musial like a father figure, has asked Cardinals fans not to refer to him as El Hombre. There is only one Man in St. Louis, Pujols says.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

Just for fun:



Those are two very productive, very consistent dudes right there.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Spooky.

[Ceetar]

Those guys certainly accumulate WAR fast.. .28-.29 is what, 3 and a half days? and they got like 8 WAR.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And he's made the list of the recent Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees:

John H. Adams
Maya Angelou
Warren Buffett
President George H. W. Bush
Jasper Johns
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Dr. Tom Little (Posthumous)
Congressman John Lewis
Yo-Yo Ma
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Sylvia Mendez
Stan Musial
Bill Russell
Jean Kennedy Smith
John J. Sweeney

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The Freedom-Medal committee sure takes its time getting to sports and arts figures, doesn't it?

[Guest Edgy DC]

There's a committee? I thought it was just a pile of bones thrown to various key constituencies.

"Mr. President here's that list of Medal of Hon... oh, shit, I forgot to add an Asian. How old is Yo-Yo Ma?"

"He's already received it twice, you idiot."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Should've put "committee" in quotes.

"Got a black lady in there?"

"How about Oprah?"

(Sighs) "Just... go get me a coffee or a falafel or something."

[Valadius]

Stan Musial, contender for the title of Greatest Living Player, is being honored today at the White House. He looks great for 90 years old.

[G-Fafif]

Go Man Go!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Musial was gracious both times I had the pleasure to meet him. I wonder if Bob Feller, a war hero in addition to his ball playing, every received that award.

[seawolf17]

As a big card collector, it's a thrill to connect with these guys, even if it's just through a piece of paper. Musial used to be a wonderful through-the-mail (TTM) autograph signer, usually substituting whatever you sent him to sign with a postcard; I'm assuming he just signed dozens of postcards and then just had his people process them.

Stan played minor-league ball in Rochester; I have a big litho print of the stadium surrounded by Red Wings autographs framed in our basement, and Musial's signed card is front and center, right at the top.

[Valadius]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Musial was gracious both times I had the pleasure to meet him. I wonder if Bob Feller, a war hero in addition to his ball playing, every received that award.

Doesn't look like it.

[Valadius]

Relatively few ballplayers have earned the honor. Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson have received it, for example, but not Willie Mays or Yogi Berra.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Must be an anti-Mets bias! Bastards! Who let Bob Klapisch on the nominating committee?