Stan Musial

[VIDEO] Joe Hoffmann, Evil Royals Fan, Wins First Plate at Flying Saucer St. Louis

As Gut Check reported back in March, the opening of the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium (900 Spruce Street; 314-932-1456) was marred by an anti-Cardinals conspiracy launched by one Joe Hoffmann. The plot: Be the first to drink 200 beers and claim the location's first "Ring of Honor" plate in the na ... More >>

The Fairest of the Seasons

"Stan Span" Plan Nearly Law: Musial Bridge Tribute Gets Unanimous Support in U.S. Senate

U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, and Roy Blunt, a Republican, don't usually agree on much of anything -- but they can come together for Stan the Man. And thus the rare press release yesterday quoting both Missouri senators, who are championing the unanimous passage this week in the U.S. ... More >>

Stan Musial Bridge, Andy Gammon Highway: Compromise in Mississippi River Project?

Elected officials in Missouri don't always get along and sometimes aren't great at compromise -- but when it comes to the late, great Stan Musial, everyone can agree, right? As we've reported, the debate about what to name the Mississippi River bridge heated up in the aftermath of the passing of the ... More >>

Stan Musial Bridge? St. Clair County Wants To Call Mississippi River Project "Veterans Bridge"

The debate about what to name the Mississippi River bridge is back in full swing this week with yet another suggestion -- and one that some Illinois officials say everyone can support. The idea? The "Veterans Bridge." The proposed name, voted unanimously in St. Clair County, Illinois last night, ... More >>

St. Louis City-County Announcement: Our Guesses For The Big Development Plan

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay are coming together this morning for a media event to "make a joint announcement that will impact future economic development efforts in the region." It's mayoral election season and the ongoing debates about a potential ci ... More >>

Which St. Louisan Should Be the Next Pope?

Yes, it may be a bit self-centered of us to think, as soon as we heard the news yesterday of Pope Benedict XVI's impending resignation, which St. Louisan should replace him? But really, isn't it high time there was a Pope from the Western Hemisphere? And why not from St. Louis, the most Catholic of ... More >>

Videos: Stan Musial Honored at Funeral Service Featuring Bob Costas Eulogy

Since news broke that St. Louis icon Stan Musial has died, fans have had many opportunities to pay tribute to the late, great Cardinal. And on Saturday, fans got to say a final goodbye to the baseball legend, packed inside the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis for Stan the Man's public funeral servic ... More >>

Andy Gammon Bridge: Family of Killed Worker Propose Alternative To Stan Musial Name

As we've reported, the most popular thing for Missouri elected officials to do this week is to propose bills and send out press releases in support of naming the Mississippi River bridge the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge" in honor of the late, great Cardinal. A lot of regular folks support the idea, ... More >>

Cardinals 101: This Week's Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending January 20, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books and Subterranean Books. Even though hockey's back, this is the time of year when we yearn most for bas ... More >>

Stan Musial Bridge: Governor Jay Nixon Pressures Pat Quinn With Press Release

The death of Stan Musial is one of those rare occasions that prompts elected officials from across the state to send out press releases with virtually the same message -- one of praise and gratitude for the late Cardinal and Missouri icon. The latest incarnation of press-releases-honoring-Musial is ... More >>

Pay Your Last Respects to the Man

The Stan Musial Tour of St. Louis

By all accounts, Stan Musial was a deeply humble man and may have been embarrassed by the outpouring of tributes following his death this past Saturday at the age of 92. But, as a devout Catholic, he may have also understood the urge to go on pilgrimage and visit the places where he played baseball, ... More >>

Stan Musial Bridge: Momentum Builds to Name Missouri-Illinois Connection After Late Cardinal

This is an easy one. Lawmakers are now proposing that the Mississippi River bridge be named after the late, great Stan Musial, because, well, duh. "It's obvious," says Senator John Lamping, a Republican who introduced the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge bill, full version on view below. "He strikes ... More >>

This Thursday, Pay Your Last Respects to Stan Musial

Thursday afternoon and evening, from 2 to 8 p.m., you'll be able to pay your respects to the late, great Stan Musial at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Cardinals announced yesterday. The funeral will also be at the Cathedral Basilica on Saturday morning at 11 a.m., followed by a procession ... More >>

Photos: Fans Flock to Busch Stadium Statue to Pay Tribute to Stan Musial

This Thursday, fans mourning the loss of Stan Musial will have an opportunity to formally pay their respects at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. But in the meantime, the Stan the Man statue at Busch Stadium has become a makeshift memorial site where fans are stopping by to pay tribute and say go ... More >>

A Goodbye to Stan the Man

Stan Musial is dead. I'm not going to lie; saying those words just doesn't feel real yet. I'm sure it will eventually become real, just another part of the world around us, but for now, I can't quite believe it. And you know what? That's really stupid. It isn't as if it was unexpected, or ... More >>

RIP Lil Musial, Mrs. Stan the Man

Lillian Musial, known as Lil, who was married to some sort of baseball player guy for nearly 72 years, died yesterday evening at home in Ladue. She was 91. Her grandson Brian Schwarze said she had been ill recently, and her death was not unexpected. Lil Labash grew up in McKean, Pennsylvania, wher ... More >>

1965: The Year They Traded Wilt Chamberlain in Stan Musial's St. Louis Restaurant

Sports Illustrated this week features a fantastic recollection of the early days of the NBA as excerpted from Frank Deford's new book, Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter.The entire article is worth the read, but it's the very beginning of the story that's most interesting for St. Louis readers. De ... More >>

Charlie Rose Show About Stan Musial Airs Nationwide, But Not In St. Louis

Talking baseball and Stan the Man.​Bob Costas, Tim McCarver and New York Times writer George Vecsey joined interviewer Charlie Rose on Monday to discuss the legacy of Stan Musial and -- specifically -- how the Cardinals' great doesn't get the respect he deserves outside of St. Louis. Ironically, t ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending June 5, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. This is why we have a St. Louis bestseller li ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

The perfect Memorial Day gift for your favorite vet!​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending May 22, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's N ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending May 15, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. George Vecsey was kind of a jerk when Daily R ... More >>

UPDATE: Win Tickets to Tonight's Cardinals Game

​Update 1:15 p.m. And we have a winner! Congrats Jeff Lange for your entry "Three Bag Stan." Send me an email and we'll make sure you get the tix. Thanks everyone for playing. Nkuhlmann: Your entry was good but reminded us too much of the whole "Stand for Stan" campaign. Then again, perhaps that w ... More >>

George Vecsey on "Prince of New York" Stan Musial

​Veteran New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey will be at O'B Clark's in Brentwood next Thursday night, May 12, for a signing party of his new book Stan Musial: An American Life. (The event is sponsored by Left Bank Books.) Yesterday he took some time out from his tour to talk to Daily ... More >>

Win an Advance Copy of Stan Musial: An American Life

​It's spring in St. Louis, and baseball season has begun, albeit stormily. If you simply need more baseball entertainment than the Cardinals' schedule has to offer, we've got you covered. You can win an advance copy of Stan Musial: An American Life to keep you occupied on the birds' days off ... More >>

Stand for Ernie: The long-time Cardinals organist deserves a lasting tribute

Joe Palermo wants to sell you a program and stump you in trivia

Stan Musial to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom Today

Stan the Man ​Cardinals' legend Stan Musial is in Washington D.C. today joining the likes of Maya Angelou, Warren Buffet, Bill Russell, George H.W. Bush and ten other artists, athletes, statesmen and business leaders to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Musial was named a recipient last No ... More >>

The RFT 2011 St. Louis Web Awards: Tweet of the Year

Stan Musial Wins Medal of Freedom; Cardinals' "Grass Roots" Campaign Pays Off

The Cardinals' "grass roots" campaign that we questioned earlier this year, has paid off. Team legend Stan Musial has been tapped for a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House called "The Man" yesterday to deliver the news. (See a list of all 15 nominees for the award, here.) Congratulations ... More >>

NFL Owners Could Approve Kroenke's Bid for Rams Tomorrow

Fact: Enos Stanley Kroenke is named after Cardinals greats Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial. ​The owners of all 32 National Football League teams meet tomorrow in Atlanta where the main topic of conversation is expected to be the sale of the St. Louis Rams. The league owners could give approval this ... More >>

Cardinals "Stand for Stan" Campaign: Please Stop Calling it "Grass Roots"

​So, if you haven't heard by now, the Cardinals have launched a campaign to get baseball legend Stan Musial the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest distinction a U.S. citizen can receive. The so-called Stand for Stan campaign is a virtual social-media blitzkrieg with the Cardinals crafting ... More >>

Baseball, Life, and Stan the Man

​My father's father died in January this year. His name was Ernest Quentin Schafer, but everyone called him Gent. I don't know why, exactly; the nickname predates my arrival in the world by four decades or so. He was a lifelong Cardinal fan, and he loved Stan Musial. I was sitting in the hosp ... More >>

Cards Pitcher Dennys Reyes to Open Casual Family Restaurant

Image via​Stan Musial. Albert Pujols. Ozzie Smith. Dennys Reyes?That's right: The Cardinals pitcher announced this morning that he will join the ranks of current and former Redbirds who have opened restaurants in St. Louis when Dennys's, a casual family restaurant, debuts in Affton this summer."I' ... More >>

I Blame the Demicrats!

So apparently we can all blame Barack Obama for the crappy non-tribute to Stan the Man. Due to the increased scheduling pressure Obama's appearance to throw out the first pitch put on everyone, it simply wasn't possible to fit in anything better for Musial. I've said it before, and I'll say it ... More >>

Aaron's Thing of the Week - 16/07/09: Odd and Beautiful

I know it isn't Wednesday afternoon, but I wanted to keep Stan Musial at the top of the list yesterday. Thus, we have here a special Thursday edition of Aaron's Things. 

Stan the Man and the Tribute that Wasn't

I attended the All-Star Game last night, and I went as both a journalist and a fan. The journalist side of me wanted to see good baseball, interesting stories, and a professional production from the St. Louis Cardinals. The fan side of me wanted to see the National League finally fucking win somethi ... More >>

All-Star Game Opening Ceremony Highlights for the ADD-Addled

Did the sweeping music of the All-Star game's opening ceremonies lull you to sleep? Did the "All-Stars Among Us" video bore you to tears, or just cause you to change the channel? Did all that talking by MC Joe Buck aggravate you? If so -- but you still want to catch up on a bit o' baseball history t ... More >>

Ten Memorable Moments at Sportsman's Park/Busch Stadium I and The Hapless History of the St. Louis Browns as Told Through Five Moments at Sportsman's Park

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Fifth Time's A Charm

Philly Inquirer: Most Recent Newspaper to Compare St. Louis to a War Zone

Although it can be difficult -- but is never a bad thing -- to hear what others think of your community, I point you to a piece published last week in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Travel writer Alan Solomon recently spent several days tromping around St. Louis for the Philly newspaper and, yes, he doe ... More >>

Baseball Card of the Week: "The Man" Gets His

With Opening Day coming up on Monday, it's appropriate to look back and reflect on our love for the Cardinals. And when it comes to the Cardinals, and the history of this great franchise, there's one name that stands out above all the others. You might know him as the Man.Our Card of the Week t ... More >>

Take Me Out to the Eugene

Safe at Home

Scandals, schmandals: We still can't wait for Opening Day!

Man Trouble

A new biography of Stan Musial adds complexity to "baseball's perfect knight"

Musing on Biggie's

Stan the Man is nowhere to be seen, but this South Side restaurant is a hit

The Readbirds

The life stories of St. Louis' pro-baseball teams are lovingly chronicled in Peter Golenbock's The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns

Different Strokes