Cardinals broadcast reminisces about the time Jack Buck riled up Wrigley Field with a fun rendition of Take Me Out To The Ballgame
🎙️ Joe Buck
🎨 Chip Caray
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Man, I appreciate all the love Willie McGee has been getting this weekend.
He was the kind of MVP we’ll probably never see again; a fast guy with a good stick who could hit for high average, drive in runs without massive power, and generally find a ton of ways to help his team.
Plus he looked great in those powder blue uniforms and rocked that double earflap helmet, which switch-hitters don’t really do anymore.
An old school MVP! Great career.
Not enough people talk about Willie McGee
• 2254 hits, .295 BA, 352 SB, 3029 TB
• 1985 NL MVP, 1982 WS Champ, Silver Slugger
• 4x All-Star, 3x Gold Glover, 2x Batting Champ
• Led NL position players in WAR (8.2) in 1985
• Wore one number (#51) for his entire career
• 84 out of 100 on @baseball_ref HOF monitor
• Along with Eddie Murray, became part of a fun statistical anomaly in 1990; due to a mid-season trade from St. Louis to Oakland, McGee led MLB in hits without leading either league, and Murray led MLB in batting average without leading either league
• One of just three players during the Live Ball Era to record a season with at least a .350 BA, .500 SLG, 215 hits, and 50 SB; one of just two (along with Tony Gwynn) to do so in the last hundred years
@whateverprask @Finerific Prask is one of the guys who is 5 foot nothing, a hundred and nothing, and hasn’t got a speck of athletic ability. Should be easy to pick out.