“Alex you’ve been around the majors for quite a few years, right?”
“Right.”
“You also once wore a St. Louis Cardinals uniform, didn’t you?”
“Right.”
“Did St. Louis fans boo Stan Musial ever, after he was a Cardinals star for as many as 16 years?”
“They did.”
“Did Musial ever publicly criticize the fans?”
“No.”
“Did he ever refuse to answer the fans’ applause with a tip of his cap?”
“No.”
Interview with St. Louis Cardinals coach Alex Grammas.
“I’ll tell you the only disappointment Stan Musial had here in St. Louis.
I was here.
One night, they booed him.
As the Lord is my judge.
And the next day, a group of fans took an ad out in the paper and publicly apologized.:
Vin Scully.
Stan Musial committed two errors, went hitless for the second night in row.
Musial was booed when he stepped to the plate in 8th inning.
A wave of cheers gradually drowned out the boo`s.
The next day, St. Louis fans bought space in local papers and apologized.
“A Public Apology to STAN MUSIAL”
“For the thousands of us who were shame-faced by the thoughtlessness of a few spectators at Wednesday’s game, please accept our apologies.
We are certain that even now those who took part in the demonstration regret their actions.
For to you, Stan Musial, we owe our gratitude for giving us many years of fine sportsmanship and superb play.
St Louis and the nation will always acclaim you as the, "Greatest Player of Our Era."
We look forward to seeing, "The Man – The Best Man" for years to come.”
The ad was purchased and paid for by employees of the:
"Rio Syrup Company."
August 1956.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian.
Art by Boris Chaliapin.
Jeff Foxworthy and Muslims Jeff Foxworthy writes....... Have you ever wondered why it's OK to make jokes about Catholics, Jews, Christians, the Pope, the Irish, the Italians, the Polish, the Hungarians, the Chinese, the French (including French Canadians), the elderly, bad golfers, men/women, blacks/whites, red necks, etc., but it's insensitive to make jokes about the Muslims?
Well, it's time to level the playing field and be politically incorrect, by including our friends, the Muslims, on this grandiose list. So Jeff Foxworthy did his part to include the Muslims on his list ...
1. If you grow and refine heroin for a living, but morally object to the use of liquor, you may be a Muslim.
2. If you own a $3,000 machine gun and a $5,000 rocket launcher, but can't afford shoes, you may be a Muslim.
3. If you have more wives than teeth, you may be a Muslim.
5. If you think vests come in two styles, bullet-proof and suicide, you may be a Muslim.
6. If you can't think of anyone that you haven't declared jihad against, you may be a Muslim.
7. If you consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing, you may be a Muslim.
8. If you were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses, other than setting off roadside bombs, you may be a Muslim.
9. If you have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four, then you, too, may be a Muslim.
10. If you find this offensive and do not forward it, you are part of the problem here in America … but if you delete this, you are most likely a Muslim. Eishhhhhh 😡😡😡😡
WATCH: @NBCNightlyNews also did an item on the Pelley firing, not the syrupy sendoff we saw from CBS
TOM LLAMAS: It is one of the biggest news shows in this country, and its marquee reporter has been fired. 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley is officially out at CBS News and he’s firing back tonight at the network leadership that pushed him out. Erin Mclaughlin has the latest on the turmoil from the top rated show.
SCOTT PELLEY: I’m Scott Pelley.
ERIN McLAUGHLIN: Tonight, longtime 60 Minutes veteran correspondent, Scott Pelley, is firing back after being fired by CBS. Pelley saying CBS executives are lying about why he was let go from one of the top-rated shows in America. The longtime CBS reporter had blasted the new top producer of 60 Minutes and CBS News leadership in a staff-wide meeting, saying they are “murdering” the storied newscast. Pelley then met with top executives including the network's controversial editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, who said that despite attempts to engage with him they weren’t able to find a way back, after she says he broke the newsroom's foundation of trust and respect. Pelley also accusing management of wreaking havoc on the show and instructing him to inject falsehoods and bias into politically sensitive stories, as parent company Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery awaits approval from the Trump administration. The ticking clock at 60 Minutes has been around for 58 years and near the top of the ratings for decades.
DYLAN BYERS: What we’re really looking at is 60 Minutes’ gold standard of journalism, the most popular news program in America for over half a century, fundamentally being completely redone, rethought, restructured.
McLAUGHLIN: Bari Weiss, founder of a conservative-leaning website, was brought into the network to change things up. She cleaned house at 60 Minutes, getting rid of the show's top producers. And with four full-time correspondents recently out only three remain, including the legendary Lesley Stahl, who is yet to speak publicly about the chaos at her show.
LLAMAS: All right. That was Erin McLaughlin.
The odds of someone hitting two grand slams in the same inning is basically 1 in 75869795847. In ‘99 Fernando Tatis Sr. did it. He’s the only one in baseball history to ever accomplish this feat