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Great But Not Forgotten
2008-07-22 09:02
by Alex Belth

Can a great player be underrated?  Perhaps.  They can at least be under-appreciated.  Such is the case with this guy, Frank Robinson:

As well as this guy, Stan the Man Musial.

Joe Pos has a great post on Musial this week.  Check it out.

Comments
2008-07-22 09:15:03
1.   Bob Timmermann
Bah, Musial, who ever liked him?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/musiast01.shtml

2008-07-22 09:23:38
2.   mehmattski
That reminds me.... it's a shame that this page is unsponsored. I want my Bronx Banter Premium Subscription Fee to go to a good cause. You hear me, Chyll Will?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garcika01.shtml

2008-07-22 09:32:12
3.   vockins
1 Musial was grandparents's number one favorite player, and I don't think either have been within 500 miles of St. Louis.
2008-07-22 11:21:03
4.   The Mick 536
Had a Stan Musial glove. It had four fingers. "The Man" is one of baseball's great monickers, even as good as "The Babe." Go to St. Louis. He is a holy man there.

Came up as a pitcher. Pitched in a game in 1952.

Not that I have any complaints with Joe Pos' article, great arrangement of words to show a new generation one of the greats, but WC Heinz has a piece from the lockerroom on Stan's Last Day that is a must read for all lovers of the game.

2008-07-22 11:22:26
5.   The Mick 536
1 Everyone!
2008-07-22 12:37:27
6.   Southern Yankee
Didn't "The Man" wear #6 ???
2008-07-22 12:40:59
7.   Southern Yankee
"Stan Musial's number 6 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1963"

Wikipedia answered my previous question !

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