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Wishing Him Well

MFS62
Nov 11 2015 10:31 PM

Lou Brock, a player famous for using his legs* has had one amputated below the knee.
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big- ... soc_trk=ma

Wishing one of the class acts of his era all the best.

Later

*= he was also one of only three players to hit a home run into the centerfield bleachers in the Polo Grounds.

Zvon
Nov 12 2015 12:43 AM
Re: Wishing Him Well

This was shocking. I'm a big Brock fan since my teens. I wish him the best.

cooby classic
Nov 12 2015 12:12 PM
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If bob Gibson is 80 I wonder how old Red S is

Benjamin Grimm
Nov 12 2015 12:33 PM
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Red Schoendienst: Still alive! (I wouldn't have guessed that.)

He'll be 93 on Groundhog Day.

Farmer Ted
Nov 12 2015 01:55 PM
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I always got Lou Brock confused with Lou Rawls. They both worked for Auggie Busch, amiright?

cooby classic
Nov 12 2015 03:06 PM
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Lol I was going to say that too

Benjamin Grimm
Nov 24 2015 07:18 AM
Re: Wishing Him Well

Rod Carew needs a heart transplant.