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2nd legend in a week.... RIP to one of the greats.

Rest in peace Lou. You made the sport of Baseball better on and off the field.

Brock was my dad's favorite player when he was growing up. I wish I had been alive to see him play, but seeing him come back from a leg amputation to deliver the first pitch at Busch was inspiring. He will be missed.

A true legend!

I always hang on to my Lou Brock Cards.

He was my favorite player for all my early years of knowing about baseball. Even if he was mostly a Cardinal. From 1970 or so, when I first starting understanding the game, to 1984, when Ryne Sandberg came around, Lou Brock was my guy. I have this book called "World Series Classics." Written in 1973. I must have read it five times. It featured the 1967 World Series, in which he hit .414, on his way to a career .391 World Series average. I loved base-stealing, small ball. Still do. Alas, it's almost gone. But Brock was a legend to me and I loved watching him steal 118 bases in '74, even if he was destroying my Cubs. 

His rookie card -- 1962 -- was also the first really expensive card I ever bought. Probably in 1983 or so. Don't remember what it cost. But it's still on display. 

Rest in Peace, Mr. Brock. Thanks for all you gave me. 

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RIP to the Base Burglar!!! He will be missed, but the memories he leaves behind will not be forgotten.

Growing up in the mid-80's era of baseball, my greatest memory of Lou is when Rickey Henderson broke his stolen base record.  To me, breaking the record was more about Lou Brock than about Rickey, leaving me wondering what great a player he must've been.  Besides, Rickey gets enough attention.

I was also a kid in the 80's but Lou's legacy was known to me. As a Cardinals fan, all the hype in the late-80s was about whether Vince Coleman or Willie McGee could break Lou's records. Then they both left the team at some point. McGee returned much later but STL wasn't the steal-happy team that they were when he left. If either had stayed with STL, they could have broke Rickey's record in the mid-90s. Rickey breaking the career record in 1991 was what led to me also collecting his cards. Unfortunately for Vince and Willie, the Mets and Giants weren't really base-stealing teams. Both players wasted years of great speed with teams that wouldn't allow them to get stolen bases quickly. I really think McGee could have been the best base-stealer in MLB history if he never left the Cardinals. I don't see any current player passing the career marks by Lou or Rickey right now. The MLB today is more afraid of losing a runner than gaining a stolen base. It's really only done in desperation these days unless the situation makes it EASY to take the base. Lou Brock was a master thief-of-bases and I'm sure that Henderson learned all that skill from watching Lou. It's rarely about pure speed and more about reading the pitcher and the catcher to knowing when to GO! Lou knew it and did it great. But then Henderson came along and did it a bit better. But Rickey also had a longer career on the field than Lou did. Brock is an All-Time-Great Cardinal and I hope he gets a statue outside of Busch Stadium now that he has passed.