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St. Louis Cardinals' Hall of Famer Lou Brock died Sunday afternoon at 81. (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
Bummer! ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #1
Seaver and Brock in the same week. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #2
Didn't Think Of That! ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #13
At the time, the trade was considered a steal for the rsdsharp Sep 2020 #9
Not To The Cub Fans I Knew ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #12
Oh no! Aristus Sep 2020 #3
RIP Lou musette_sf Sep 2020 #4
GMTA! Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #6
The Brockabrella, Baby! Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #5
oh yeah musette_sf Sep 2020 #7
I Got To See Him Play Many Times... JimGinPA Sep 2020 #8
Dang.... Docreed2003 Sep 2020 #10
Although not a baseball fan Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #11
Had He Been A White Guy... ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #15
Another baseball god passes on Yeehah Sep 2020 #14
RIP, Lou. mobeau69 Sep 2020 #16
A great player and team member of some great Cardinal teams beachbumbob Sep 2020 #17
I just watched Seaver's no-hitter yesterday. Lou Brock was in that game, too. subterranean Sep 2020 #18
I grew up in St. Louis and was five when "the trade" was made cojoel Sep 2020 #19
Games got exciting when Brock walked into the stadium rurallib Sep 2020 #20
Yes indeed Sewa Sep 2020 #21

ProfessorGAC

(64,414 posts)
1. Bummer!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:54 PM
Sep 2020

Even though he was with the Cards, Lou & Curt Flood were in my top 5 favorite players not on the Cubs.
Probably since before I was 10.
That stung at times since Lou was involved in one of the worst trades ever. StL gets Lou, Cubs get Ernie Broglio.
I can still remember my dad shouting "What?!?!?" when he heard it on the news.
Now, my favorite Cub was Billy Williams, and they both played left field. But, with Lou's speed he could have been in center.
Trades like that is why the Cubs went 108 years between WS titles! We had sweet Lou and traded an all-time great for a candy bar.
Hope Lou is in a place with no catchers who can throw him out!

rsdsharp

(9,035 posts)
9. At the time, the trade was considered a steal for the
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:07 PM
Sep 2020

Cubs. Broglio had been a 20 game winner a couple of years before, and Brock was a largely unknown kid. Turned out Broglio was pretty much done, and Brock sparked the Cards to pennants in 1964, 67 an d 68 on the way to Cooperstown.

ProfessorGAC

(64,414 posts)
12. Not To The Cub Fans I Knew
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:29 PM
Sep 2020

Pitching was not a problem. The teams were bad for 5 or 6 years despite having Banks, Santo, & Williams, because the outfield was awful, and the middle infield stunk. (ROY Ken Hubbs died in a plane crash)
They still had Ellsworth, but now body else. One pitcher wasn't going to help as much as a lightning fast base stealer, with .300 ability.
And the history says Broglio was a concern around the league because of the stress his motion put on his shoulder. The whole league knew, especially the Cards.
They traded a "20 game winner" for an "unknown kid" because they're stupid?
Within 8 years of that trade, the Cards went to the WS once, winning 2.
Cub fans were very unhappy when that trade happened.
I admit I was a little kid when it happened, but with everybody on both sides of the family Cubs fans, it was impossible for me not to hear about the team!
My dad was, for sure, disgusted.

Aristus

(66,091 posts)
3. Oh no!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 06:57 PM
Sep 2020

Lou Brock was one of the few baseball legends from whom I got an autographed ball. Sat on my bookshelf for years when I was a kid.

RIP...

JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)
8. I Got To See Him Play Many Times...
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:07 PM
Sep 2020

I met him a few times & have an autographed 8x10 on my wall. He was a great player & a really nice man.






Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
11. Although not a baseball fan
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:24 PM
Sep 2020

I knew that he was a true gentleman and the world is a little less for his passing.

ProfessorGAC

(64,414 posts)
15. Had He Been A White Guy...
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:35 PM
Sep 2020

...he would have been dubbed Charlie Hustle when Rose was "Pete Who?"
He had enormous physical gifts, yet he played so hard!
He didn't make a lot of great catches in the outfield because he took off so quick & ran so hard that he was standing or jogging when he caught the ball. If Lou didn't catch up to it, nobody could!
His autograph is among the things that disappeared when my parents' estate was liquidated. I didn't have many autographs from non-Cubs, but I had Lou's.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
18. I just watched Seaver's no-hitter yesterday. Lou Brock was in that game, too.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 07:47 PM
Sep 2020

Two of the all-time greats of baseball. May they both rest in peace.

cojoel

(952 posts)
19. I grew up in St. Louis and was five when "the trade" was made
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:01 PM
Sep 2020

I was too young to know about trades. But he became my #1 favorite player on the Cardinals teams of his era.

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
20. Games got exciting when Brock walked into the stadium
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:12 PM
Sep 2020

saw him in person only a couple times, but boy was it exciting.

Sewa

(1,242 posts)
21. Yes indeed
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 09:35 PM
Sep 2020

He was exciting to watch at the plate, in the field and of course on the bases. He was a complete player.

Lou is one of my all time favorite baseball players.

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