I guess I should’ve mentioned that in the guideline post but I had a lot of praise for Hardcore’s “game thread” for Game 5 of the 1956 Series. If there are no comments, we can always delete it later but I think it would be fun, particularly during the offseason, for Cards’ fans to gather and discuss one of these historic games. HL mentioned that the 2006 NLCS game 7 will be replayed sometime next week on MLB. Maybe it should be deleted the next day or so, but it provides a great forum for this sort of discussion.

… for those who miss it tonight, there’s a replay of the ’46 special on Thurs @ 9:30 CST.

it is just the 1946 World Series film that has been on DVD in the past. Still good on you for the heads up.

As for the 2006 NLCS Game 7 thread, I plan on putting it up Friday and hopefully chuck or someone will lock it until mid-day Saturday.

or did you pay for it? I just called Time Warner, and they said it’s $189/year(!)

That’s pretty excessive, imho. I may at some point decide to buy it, but not unless they really offer some unique stuff on there.

… but i get the sports tier (almost entirely for FSC). good thing is i get it in HD.

i think the sports tier is around $10/month, tho, or even less. not sure why they’d quote $190.

….a lot over the past few days – Cards get the short shrift yet again, Yanks and Sawks get the coverage. The only time I’ve seen the Cards mentioned is during the oft-repeated ‘04 WS where we get swept, and even then we’re barely mentioned. I also just watched the Ken Burns Baseball documentary 1950-1969 – Stan Musial and the Cards are not mentioned once. I know the Cards didn’t do much in the 50’s, but you’d think Stan the Man would get mentioned, at least once.

:=8/

don’t get MLB Channel… but you’ll see a few clips of Stan The Man “taking the extra base” during the Series. I was stunned at just how fast Musial was! Enos Slaughter gets most of the recognition for his baserunning (and rightly so), but Musial was a “burner”, too!

his Mad Dash to Leon Culberson’s poor throwing arm, not Pesky’s perceived hesitation on the relay. Slaughter maintained, as I recall from interviews and written accounts, that 3rd base coach Mike Gonzales had held him up in an earlier series game when he felt he could have scored on Culberson. He then received Gonzales’ blessing to run whenever he thought he could for the rest of the series. Dom DiMaggio, the strong armed regular Sox CF, had left game 7 due to a base running injury, and was replaced by Culberson – duly noted by Slaughter.

I’ve watched the ‘46 film many times (I own it on DVD), and it’s hard to lay the blame at Pesky’s feet. As noted by Perry, he barely hesitates, and it may not have made a difference anyway. I’ve heard Pesky say in interviews that the reason for his pausing was that the afternoon shadow of the grandstand had crossed the infield, making it difficult to pick up the catcher after turning to receive the throw from the sunlit OF. The film bears this out. Nevertheless, the “hesitation” must have been something the writers blew out of proportion, and it gained momentum over the years, particularly as more decades passed without a BoSox championship. Red Sox fans, like Cub fans, famously love to have scapegoats on which to blame their team’s futility.