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OT: RIP Whitey Herzog
It's a sad day for baseball. Ken Holtzman and Carl Erskine also have left us.
I grew up an avid Mets fan, but I grudgingly had to respect the Cardinals and the way they played. In retrospect, I'd say that Whitey Herzog was my favorite manager of all time. And not only was he a great manager, he was also the GM who built the great teams of the 1980's: Ozzie Smith, Lonnie Smith, Willie McGee, Bruce Sutter, George Hendrick, Andy Van Slyke, Bob Forsch, Joaquin Andujar, etc. Whiteyball was just exciting to watch, even when the team I rooted for was getting beat by great baserunning and defense. On offense, they mainly hit singles, but you knew they were going to run once they were on base. https://theathletic.com/5419937/2024...-obituary-mlb/
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Indeed, a sad day in St Louis.
May the White Rat rest in peace. |
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And in KC.
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I mean, just for the term Whiteyball, HOF material.
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I can’t recall—was he a star of the less filling, tastes great era? Or was that just LaSorda?
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Different beer. Being a Cardinal, gotta be AB |
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