Rick Hummel RIP

[swingline]

Longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball reporter dies. He was 77.

RIP Commish.

Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick 'The Commish' Hummel dies at 77

 

[Liut]

Longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball reporter dies. He was 77.

RIP Commish.

Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick 'The Commish' Hummel dies at 77

One of the best. He will be missed. RIP

 

[ChrisLong]

RIP, Rick.

 

[Octave]

Definitely one of the best

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That was a terrific and worthy obit by Goold. Adam Wainwright had a very nice tribute as well on Twitter.

 

[Huggy]

 

[HanSenSE]

Yeah, he made A1.

 

[Twirling Time]

I remember seeing a copy of the P-D sports section from the early 1980s. Their Cardinals coverage was amazing.

 

[swingline]

Their Cardinals' coverage is their bread and butter. Year-round coverage. Derrick Goold works a ton.

 

[Liut]

Also covered the Spirits of St. Louis. Watched a video clip this morning in which Rick tells the story of Bad News Barnes asking post-game if Rick will drive him to a party.
Several good clips available at the P-D's website.

 

[Liut]

Their Cardinals' coverage is their bread and butter. Year-round coverage. Derrick Goold works a ton.

Same with KMOX. Without them, the station might not pay its power bill. Exaggerating, of course, but it would be interesting to know what percentage of its billing is Cardinals-related.

 

[Twirling Time]

Same with KMOX. Without them, the station might not pay its power bill. Exaggerating, of course, but it would be interesting to know what percentage of its billing is Cardinals-related.

The Cardinals have the biggest affiliate network of all MLB teams. The games shifted to the FM side of KMOX a few years ago but now I understand they've migrated back.

This is their basic OTA market description:

Live St. Louis Cardinals Coverage from NewsRadio 1120 AM KMOX