FOX: Baseball great Lou Brock, who once held the single-season stolen base record, dead at 81.
Lou Brock, the Hall of Fame St. Louis Cardinals‘ outfielder who topped 3,000 hits and retired as the all-time leader in stolen bases, has died at 81.
Dick Zitzmann, Brock’s longtime agent and friend, confirmed Brock’s death on Sunday to The Associated Press, but he said he couldn’t provide any details. In 2017, Brock was diagnosed with cancer, and in recent years, he lost a leg from diabetes. more
Great ballplayer. One of my grandpas favorites. 68 was a tough year for gramps as St. Louis was his favorite team but he loved the Tigers also.
Tom Seaver, now Lou Brock. Sighhh, time marches on. RIP.
I grew up in St. Louis during Lou’s tenure. We got him from the Cubs for a steal, which ironically, is what Lou was best at.
Shortly after he retired, I was just married and putting myself through college. One of my part-time jobs was umpiring for a local little league. Lou’s son happened to be playing in that league and Lou came to one of his games that I was umpiring. Afterword he autographed one of the game balls for me. That was pretty damn cool. I eventually gave it to my son, but I’m not sure if he still has it.
I had one of these too:
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His black life mattered.
I remember being worried about him during the 68 series. He was a real threat to my Tigers. What a great player he was.
PROPS.
Back when professional athletes, were PROFESSIONAL – on AND off the field.
From a Pirates fan – Lou was, “the MAN.” 👍
well i hope that mlb has learned it’s lesson…
all that bs blm propaganda has killed Lou Brock…
who is going to be next ????? Tom Seaver ????
Funny how little things can mean so much. As a kid growing up in Southern Illinois, our Khoury League baseball teams would make a trip once a year to St. Louis to watch a Cardinal’s game. (the head of our league was a Dodger’s fan, so that’s the game we would always go see.). Every year, a bunch of us would go out to the left field stands, get down to the railing, and yell, in unison, “Hey Lou”. Every year, no matter what he was doing, he stopped, walked toward us and waved back. For ten year old kids, that was as close to heaven as we were going to get in the summer.
He was fun to watch, especially when he got on base. RIP.
My good childhood memories of sneaking a radio and earplugs into school and listening to the World Series every year is dying.
Lou Brock, Denny McClain, Carl Yaztremski, Mickey Mantle, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, hell even Reggie Jackson (some of these guys are still alive). many more — what a time it was America!
No kneeling. no political crap or crying in Baseball.