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DI School Graduation ceremony.

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The legendary 4-8-4 Northern-type stands proud, its polished rods and classic lines glowing under fading light while crews prepare for the next run—pure railroading nostalgia in motion.

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One game. Their prime. Who gets the ball?
Koufax at 1 is hard to argue — peak Koufax was from another planet. Gibson in October was barely human. Satchel Paige might be the most underrated pick on the entire list.

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Contemporaneous quotes are hard to come by on Musial’s fielding specifically. Most corner outfielders with unimpressive throwing arms get lumped in the average category. But statistical evidence suggests, Musial was likely more than that on the defensive side.

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Telling #Yankees stories at the @YogiBerraMuseum! This is the only existing photo of Grampa Yogi and the great Babe Ruth. 🙏⚾️❤️

[Augie Nash @AugieNash]

Did you Know?

In May of 1947, after coming off his 2nd MVP season, Stan Musial was struggling at the plate (hoovering around a .200 batting average all season)

He finally complained to management that he has felt stabbing pain in his gut all season.

The Cardinals were on the road playing the Brooklyn Dodgers, when it was decided that Stan needed to return to St Louis to see the team Doctor.

He was diagnosed with appendicitis and tonsilitis.

But instead of a appendectomy that would have him miss 4 to 6 weeks of the season, it was mutually decided to freeze his appendix.

Not a lot is known about the odd procedure, but it's thought they would heavily ice pack the area to "freeze" the appendix. Of course now that would be unacceptable.

Musial would recover enough to finished the year batting .312 with 19 home runs and 95 RBIs.

He had surgery in the off season to remove both the appendix and tonsils.

The surgeries were a success because the next season (1948) Stan proceeded to have the greatest season of his Hall of Fame career:

*135 Runs
*230 Hits
*46 Doubles
*18 Triples
39 HR
*131 RBI
*429 Total Bases
*.450 OBP
*1.152 OPS
*200 OPS+
*.376 BA
MVP

*Led league

#STLCards #Legend

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Today In 1960: Chicago #WhiteSox slugger Ted Kluszewski becomes the first major league player to have a typo on his jersey!

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Ted Kluszewski and Braves first base coach Charlie Grimm at County Stadium in Milwaukee in 1956.