[dbroockerd]

This is the worst baseball news in some time for me. I knew it was close but this sucks.

[jimmydelpasotx]

Thanks to the OP for offering a tribute thread to such a remarkable man and life. These were my original thoughts (cut from Beckett obit):
As my sadness sinks in I imagine Stan launching balls off a Naval carrier into the Pearl Harbor, smiling as he watched them sail. Today remember his lifelong friend, Red, and WS game 7 at Sportsman Park 1946 (available on DVD if you never saw video of Stan). Remember 5 home runs in a doubleheader, racking up 21 total bases in a single days work. Remember his harmonica and his Cardinal red blazer circling the stadium drawn in a Budweiser carriage and larger than life horses.
RIP, Stan

[jimmydelpasotx]