![]() Louis Cardinal led to unforgettable numbers as a Hall immortal that day. Frick had summed up his presence neatly by saying, "Here stands baseball's perfect warrior. Musial had played 22 years in the Majors and conducted himself as an exemplary gentleman on and off the diamond throughout his career. ![]() 21, 1969, Musial was elected to the Hall as a mere afterthought, one of the biggest no-brainer votes in Cooperstown history. We're picking two on this Throwback Thursday to honor one of the game's undisputed greats: Musial being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969, and Musial electing to take a pay cut for the 1960 season after a subpar (to his standards, at least) '59 campaign. 21 is a very special date for moments that make up "The Man." ![]() When it comes to the myriad baseball feats and accomplishments of simple humanity achieved by the legendary Stan Musial, it turns out that Jan. The other, as the decades go by, seems more or less impossible. ![]()
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