stan musial

All that standing for Stan finally paid off with yesterday’s announcement that the White House will give Cardinal great Stan Musial the most prestigious civilan honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Fellow Baseball hall of famers Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente and Ted Williams have already received the award with Musial getting his nod just before his 90th birthday. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given “for especially meritorious contribution (in) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. [Read More]

You know, this Stan Musial character might be a pretty good ball player. We should give him a fun nickname, like Pujols’ “Mang” or “El Hombre”, but, you know, not so latin sounding…

via SI.com

Easily the #1 complaint we have heard about the All Star game, well after the whole booing thing, was the fact that after spending weeks telling everyone that they would finally honor the man that is the invisible baseball great, Stan Musial, all the Cardinals did was wheel his old ass on there on a cart and let him hand a ball to the President. Thats the same job we give little kids in weddings people. [Read More]