tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650016171809490055.post3929141676429219060..comments2022-03-26T11:20:26.472-07:00Comments on Uncle Scoopy's Ballpark: The Diamond Anniversary of the Summer of 1941Greg Wroblewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15414199261562737952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650016171809490055.post-22712956504417268382016-01-03T10:38:51.751-08:002016-01-03T10:38:51.751-08:00Reader comment:
1941 also saw the debut of Stan M...Reader comment:<br /><br />1941 also saw the debut of Stan Musial on 9/17<br /><br />My response:<br /><br />True. One of baseball's greatest players and greatest gentlemen. My dad always talked about seeing Stan play for the (Rochester) Red Wings during that magical summer before the Cards called him up.<br /><br />We are Polish-Americans, of course, like Stan, and Red Wing Stadium was right in the heart of Polishtown, less than a mile from St. Stan's church. I'm pretty sure the church was named after a different Stan, but if you ask me who was the most popular human being in the eyes of that baseball-mad Polish Catholic community, I'd have to say it was pretty close between Stan and Jesus. And I'd have to give a slight edge to Stan, because Jesus was a little slow getting down the line in those sandals. <br /><br />Stan was a great player, of course, but the real measure of Stan the Man as a ballplayer and as a man was this comparison to his AL rival, Ted Williams:<br /><br />Williams was booed at home.<br /><br />Musial was applauded on the road.<br /><br />To me, that says it all.Greg Wroblewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414199261562737952noreply@blogger.com