From an AP story...
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'The St. Louis Cardinals dedicated Stan Musial Drive on Sunday, renaming the street in front of Busch Stadium in honor of the franchise's greatest player.
Musial, 87, has been in ill health and arrived at the pre-game dedication ceremony in a golf cart wearing a red jacket and Cardinals cap while his wife, Lillian, sat in a wheelchair. He felt well enough to make a few remarks, thanking the team's owners and "the greatest fans around" and also joked that the reason for the golf cart was too much wear and tear on his legs from running the bases so much.
"The other thing I wanted to say is the reason I have a bad knee, I hit too many triples," Musial joked.'
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I hope very much that Stan will be feeling better soon! The man is 87, though, and we should appreciate him as long as he is with us.
I think that it would be wonderful if tribute could be paid to Stan somehow at the WS or All Star Game this year. I wonder if he'd be able to throw out a first pitch...maybe ARod and Pujols could help him out, like McGwire and Gwynn did for Splinter. The Man deserves a moment like that, too.
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'The St. Louis Cardinals dedicated Stan Musial Drive on Sunday, renaming the street in front of Busch Stadium in honor of the franchise's greatest player.
Musial, 87, has been in ill health and arrived at the pre-game dedication ceremony in a golf cart wearing a red jacket and Cardinals cap while his wife, Lillian, sat in a wheelchair. He felt well enough to make a few remarks, thanking the team's owners and "the greatest fans around" and also joked that the reason for the golf cart was too much wear and tear on his legs from running the bases so much.
"The other thing I wanted to say is the reason I have a bad knee, I hit too many triples," Musial joked.'
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I hope very much that Stan will be feeling better soon! The man is 87, though, and we should appreciate him as long as he is with us.
I think that it would be wonderful if tribute could be paid to Stan somehow at the WS or All Star Game this year. I wonder if he'd be able to throw out a first pitch...maybe ARod and Pujols could help him out, like McGwire and Gwynn did for Splinter. The Man deserves a moment like that, too.
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