Lou Brock

[daleko]

www.si.com/mlb/2015/11/11/st-louis-cardinals-lou-brock-leg-infection

Former St. Louis Cardinal outfielder and National Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock has had his left leg amputated just below the knee, reports Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Brock, 76, was entered into a St. Louis area hospital a few weeks ago and it was revealed that he had an infection related to a diabetic condition. According to Brock’s family, he is already starting to use a walker and will be fitted with a prosthetic.

Lou Brock started his major league career in 1961 with the Chicago Cubs, where he played his first three seasons. However, he made his career as a base stealer with the Cardinals, where he called home from 1964 until his retirement in 1979.

Brock holds the National League record with 938 career steals, second in major league history behind Ricky Henderson (1406). His 118 steals in 1974 are the second most in a season in the modern area, also trailing Henderson (130).

Brock hit .293 over his career, picking up 3,023 hits and 900 RBI.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.

[canefan]

Hell of a player. You look back on that trade between the Cubs and the Cards and it's no wonder Cub fans hate the Cardinals. What a steal.

[beuycek]

Nov 11, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5 canefan said:

Hell of a player. You look back on that trade between the Cubs and the Cards and it's no wonder Cub fans hate the Cardinals. What a steal.

Pun intended?

He was a heck of a player. Sorry to hear of his health issues.

[oldgraylady]

Nov 11, 2015 20:06:42 GMT -5 daleko said:

www.si.com/mlb/2015/11/11/st-louis-cardinals-lou-brock-leg-infection

Former St. Louis Cardinal outfielder and National Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock has had his left leg amputated just below the knee, reports Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Brock, 76, was entered into a St. Louis area hospital a few weeks ago and it was revealed that he had an infection related to a diabetic condition. According to Brock’s family, he is already starting to use a walker and will be fitted with a prosthetic.

Lou Brock started his major league career in 1961 with the Chicago Cubs, where he played his first three seasons. However, he made his career as a base stealer with the Cardinals, where he called home from 1964 until his retirement in 1979.

Brock holds the National League record with 938 career steals, second in major league history behind Ricky Henderson (1406). His 118 steals in 1974 are the second most in a season in the modern area, also trailing Henderson (130).

Brock hit .293 over his career, picking up 3,023 hits and 900 RBI.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.

That's too bad. Brock was a great one. Fortunately, thanks to science and medicine, much can be done with prosthetics and physical rehab. Best of luck to Brock.

[canefan]

Nov 11, 2015 20:51:48 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Nov 11, 2015 20:34:24 GMT -5 canefan said:

Hell of a player. You look back on that trade between the Cubs and the Cards and it's no wonder Cub fans hate the Cardinals. What a steal.

Pun intended?

He was a heck of a player. Sorry to hear of his health issues.

Yes and no. It crossed my mind after I wrote it. Thought about changing it said what the heck.

[mscott59]

Nov 12, 2015 7:56:11 GMT -5 canefan said:

Nov 11, 2015 20:51:48 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Pun intended?

He was a heck of a player. Sorry to hear of his health issues.

Yes and no. It crossed my mind after I wrote it. Thought about changing it said what the heck.

a very cruel irony for a man whose speed was so vital to his skills as a ballplayer. you watch him running in the old films and he looks faster than today's athletes. hope this enables him to live out the rest of his life more pain/disease free.

[Buckeye Dale]

Nov 11, 2015 20:06:42 GMT -5 daleko said:

www.si.com/mlb/2015/11/11/st-louis-cardinals-lou-brock-leg-infection

Former St. Louis Cardinal outfielder and National Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock has had his left leg amputated just below the knee, reports Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Brock, 76, was entered into a St. Louis area hospital a few weeks ago and it was revealed that he had an infection related to a diabetic condition. According to Brock’s family, he is already starting to use a walker and will be fitted with a prosthetic.

Lou Brock started his major league career in 1961 with the Chicago Cubs, where he played his first three seasons. However, he made his career as a base stealer with the Cardinals, where he called home from 1964 until his retirement in 1979.

Brock holds the National League record with 938 career steals, second in major league history behind Ricky Henderson (1406). His 118 steals in 1974 are the second most in a season in the modern area, also trailing Henderson (130).

Brock hit .293 over his career, picking up 3,023 hits and 900 RBI.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1985.

...another disease you would THINK could be cured by now.  Rocky Colavito had his leg amputated a few months ago from diabetic complications...

[daleko]

Nov 12, 2015 10:11:04 GMT -5 Buckeye Dale said:

Nov 11, 2015 20:06:42 GMT -5 daleko said:

...another disease you would THINK could be cured by now.  Rocky Colavito had his leg amputated a few months ago from diabetic complications...

Autoimmune diseases are the worst. Cure autoimmune and you can stash a whole bunch of afflictions in the trash bin.

[daleko]

Nov 12, 2015 9:49:11 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Nov 12, 2015 7:56:11 GMT -5 canefan said:

Yes and no. It crossed my mind after I wrote it. Thought about changing it said what the heck.

a very cruel irony for a man whose speed was so vital to his skills as a ballplayer. you watch him running in the old films and he looks faster than today's athletes. hope this enables him to live out the rest of his life more pain/disease free.

As I understand it, you can't cure autoimmune, sometimes you can control it. Several Cardinal players that he played w in St L have been inducted in the BB HOF.

[canefan]

Nov 12, 2015 11:32:25 GMT -5 daleko said:

Nov 12, 2015 9:49:11 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

a very cruel irony for a man whose speed was so vital to his skills as a ballplayer. you watch him running in the old films and he looks faster than today's athletes. hope this enables him to live out the rest of his life more pain/disease free.

As I understand it, you can't cure autoimmune, sometimes you can control it. Several Cardinal players that he played w in St L have been inducted in the BB HOF.

Diabetes sucks, and he was diagnosed back in the days of porcine and bovine insulin, making him much more at risk than those diagnosed in the last ten to twenty years. Hopefully we have a lasting cure for diabetes in the next ten to twenty years. I have a 30 year old son who we diagnosed at about age eleven and I would die much happier if I knew for sure that he wouldn't fact the later life complications of this damn disease.

[oldgraylady]

Nov 12, 2015 13:28:47 GMT -5 canefan said:

Nov 12, 2015 11:32:25 GMT -5 daleko said:

As I understand it, you can't cure autoimmune, sometimes you can control it. Several Cardinal players that he played w in St L have been inducted in the BB HOF.

Diabetes sucks, and he was diagnosed back in the days of porcine and bovine insulin, making him much more at risk than those diagnosed in the last ten to twenty years. Hopefully we have a lasting cure for diabetes in the next ten to twenty years. I have a 30 year old son who we diagnosed at about age eleven and I would die much happier if I knew for sure that he wouldn't fact the later life complications of this damn disease.

Sorry to hear about your son. I hope he will be ok. Sadly, I can't imagine the big drug companies are eager for a cure. The big drug companies make too much money treating the illness.

[beuycek]

Nov 13, 2015 0:28:06 GMT -5 oldgraylady said:

Nov 12, 2015 13:28:47 GMT -5 canefan said:

Diabetes sucks, and he was diagnosed back in the days of porcine and bovine insulin, making him much more at risk than those diagnosed in the last ten to twenty years. Hopefully we have a lasting cure for diabetes in the next ten to twenty years. I have a 30 year old son who we diagnosed at about age eleven and I would die much happier if I knew for sure that he wouldn't fact the later life complications of this damn disease.

Sorry to hear about your son. I hope he will be ok. Sadly, I can't imagine the big drug companies are eager for a cure. The big drug companies make too much money treating the illness.

Unfortunately, that is the case with a lot of diseases. Not to say that there aren't well intended folks out there doing their best to find a cure but the drug companies wield an awful lot of power.

Speaking of research, did anyone realize that 8 times the amount of money is spent on AIDS research than epilepsy research? Yet one in ten people will have a seizure in their lifetime and one in 26 will develop some form of epilepsy. And while most people think AIDS is a more deadly disease, in 2012 an estimated 14000 deaths were attributed to AIDS in the US while deaths attributed to seizures and related causes was more than 3 times that many.

Stepping off my soapbox now...

[Buckeye Dale]

Nov 13, 2015 13:54:07 GMT -5 beuycek said:

Nov 13, 2015 0:28:06 GMT -5 oldgraylady said:

Sorry to hear about your son. I hope he will be ok. Sadly, I can't imagine the big drug companies are eager for a cure. The big drug companies make too much money treating the illness.

Unfortunately, that is the case with a lot of diseases. Not to say that there aren't well intended folks out there doing their best to find a cure but the drug companies wield an awful lot of power.

Speaking of research, did anyone realize that 8 times the amount of money is spent on AIDS research than epilepsy research? Yet one in ten people will have a seizure in their lifetime and one in 26 will develop some form of epilepsy. And while most people think AIDS is a more deadly disease, in 2012 an estimated 14000 deaths were attributed to AIDS in the US while deaths attributed to seizures and related causes was more than 3 times that many.

Stepping off my soapbox now...

With general funding coming from the government kind of depending on what's popular or someone's pet rock, that's why individual contributions are so vital to finding cures...
I've given for years to The Huntington’s Disease Association & The American Cancer Society.