Hall of Famer Lou Brock on The Marketing of Baseball
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Lou Brock (June 18, 1939 – September 6, 2020) began his 19-year Major League Baseball career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent the majority of his big league career as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014. He was a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for his base stealing, breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league career steals record and Maury Wills's single-season record. Brock was an All-Star for six seasons and a NL stolen base leader for eight seasons. He led the NL in doubles and triples in 1968. He also led the NL in singles in 1972, and was the runner-up for the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1974. (wikipedia) This is our fourth and final season of Radio Baseball Cards. Radio Baseball Cards was originally produced in 1987 and brought back as a podcast in 2017. All 162 episodes were broadcast as a nationally syndicated radio show, and was accepted by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Library due to our dedicated stories honoring Jackie Robinson. Our host is the late Hall of Fame Pitcher and announcer, Don Drysdale. Please follow us wherever you find your favorite podcasts, listen to past episodes, and get updated each Thursday during the 2021 MLB Season. Radio Baseball Cards is a production of SmarterPodcasts.com, a service of Greene Creative, based in Northern California.
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