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[edit] Anything interesting

Anything interesting about Stan Musial?

I WANT DIRT.

This is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid. In some cases where a person has had public struggles, or their lives intertwined with other noteworthy people, it's appropriate to put it in there. Like the Bob Costas quote in the article, one of the most remarkable things about Musial is that there isn't anything sensational. Since this is the discussion section I can state my personal opinion here. Musial has stayed in St. Louis, the city that made him famous, and he's always been generous in giving his time to charitable causes, even as his age has advanced and his health has declined. Virtually everyone who asks him for an autograph gets one. Why do you have interest in trashing the reputation of an old man who's done nothing but give back to his community for the past 40 years since his career ended? --Dave Farquhar 18:37, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

OK, dirt. He's MBL's answer to Richard Petty, who also signs every autograph asked for. And it's been said Musial's statue hits better than most of the players in the majors today. Trekphiler 04:07, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I met him by accident -- our paths crossed in a hallway. My jaw dropped when I recognized him, and I stammered. He was friendly and gracious. I was 45 years old, yet he jokingly called me "Kid", and I felt privileged for it.

It's a truly wonderous thing when your childhood heroes turn out to be even better than you imagined they could be.

Davidkevin 21:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name?

I reverted an edit that claimed his name was "Stanislaus", since both The Baseball Hall of Fame website, and baseball-reference.com have his birth name as "Stanley". Was this a vandel, or is there some backing to this? Darwin's Bulldog 09:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

See article at http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=816&pid=10216 [bioproj.sabr.org] on his name. Quoting it here... "Lukasz named him Stanislaus(in original Polish spelling is Stanisław) and gave him the Polish nickname Stashu (PL- Stasiu), which was quickly shortened to Stash (PL- Staś), usually pronounced "Stush." Once he entered public school, Stash's name was Anglicized to Stanley (or Stan) Frank." . . . So everyone's right. --Labajas 01:51, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hall of Fame Induction Year

In the body of the article it says that "He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1969." But in the "Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame" box it gives his first year of eligibility as 1968, still keeping his induction year as 1969. Which is it? Tracer Bullet 19:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Musial was elected to the HOF in 1969 according to the Hall's website. But was this his first or second year of eligibility? According to the official rules (Rule 3.C), "Player shall have ceased to be an active player in the Major Leagues at least five (5) calendar years preceding the election ..." Since Musial retired in mid 1963, then his first calendar year of non-active status is 1964. Therefore, it isn't until Jan 1, 1969 that you could truthfully say 'Musial has ceased to be an active player for at least 5 calendar years' (the calendar years of 1964 - 1968 inclusive). In other words, 1969 is his first year of eligibility. The same thing happened when Gwynn and Ripken were elected in early 2007. ESPN says that Gwynn and Ripken were elected in their "first year of eligibility" (2007) when they both retired in 2001.

I will revert the change. jigawatt 23:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)