January 22 - 28, 2010

Webster-Kirkwood Times 9-A

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Prime Times January 22 - 28, 2010

WHITEY HERZOG
Baseball Hall-of-
Famer calls
Sunset Hills home
by Dennis Hannon
The St. Louis Cardinals were in a
sorry state in mid-summer 1980. Over
the course of a decade, a combination
of athletic old age and front office
mismanagement had stripped the
team of its star players, leaving a
residue of talented but self-absorbed
brats and one large albatross (Bobby
Bonds). The team was rudderless,
spiritless and gutless; its fans were in
despair.
Enter Dorrel Norman Elvert
“Whitey” Herzog.
Whitey Herzog took command of
the Cardinals, first as field manager,
and then as general manager. He
quickly invoked the Branch Rickey
principle of addition by subtraction,
dis-inviting Bobby Bonds to spring
training. Then, with panache that
stills holds seam-heads in thrall, he
set about redirecting the course of the
Cardinal franchise, bringing change
more profound than any field manager
(who was not also an owner) ever had
achieved in the history of baseball. In
belated recognition of this remarkable
accomplishment, Herzog was elected
Dec. 7 to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Looking back on all of this now, over
a Reuben sandwich at Schneithorst’s,
Herzog is understandably sanguine.
Fresh from his morning workout, he is
trim, jovial and just as cocky as he was
Whitey Herzog will be inducted into the major league Baseball Hall of Fame in
July.
when he hit town nearly 30 years ago.
The details of the myriad transactions
he used to rebuild the Cardinals into a
winner (and then rebuild them when
players left for higher paychecks) are
perfectly fresh.
For example, he recalls perfectly
the names and the sequence in which
he acquired and dispatched two
photo by Diana Linsley
dozen players (one of them, Rollie
Fingers, now in the Hall of Fame,
was both acquired and dispatched) in
his legendary frenzy of wheeling and
dealing at baseball’s winter meetings
of December 1980.
He also recalls how, with guts,
guile and a gambler’s luck, he took
those players, along with sundry other
fauna in Cardinals uniforms, and
turned them into Lonnie Smith, Ozzie
Smith, Willie McGee and Jack Clark –
the stuff of three pennants.
If time and official adulation have
made any change in Herzog, it might
be a newly conspicuous mellowness
that has not necessarily always been
part of his public persona. For example,
Herzog recalls Don Denkinger –
the man who fans say wrecked the
Cardinals’ chance to win the 1985
World Series with a horrendous call
in the 9th inning of Game 6 – as “a
very good young umpire” when Herzog
knew him when managing the Kansas
City Royals in the 1970s. Herzog even
gave Denkinger a gold watch. He gave
the watch in appreciation of the now-
retired umpire speaking at a dinner
function (though the numbers on
face of the time piece were etched in
Braille).
Likewise, no word of criticism is
elicited from Herzog at the mention of
Billy Martin, despite his being one of
the most abrasive figures in baseball
history, and the man who purloined
Herzog’s job as manager of the Texas
Rangers in 1973. Martin also led
Yankee teams that stymied Herzog’s
Royals in the 1976, 1977 and (under
Bob Lemon) 1978 American League
playoffs.
Nevertheless, the memory now
is that “Billy and I were pretty good
friends,” said Herzog. “I think I
managed 139 games against him, and
his teams beat us 70 times and my
teams beat his 69 times.”
cont. p. 15A

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Prime Times Webster-Kirkwood Times 11-A

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Heart disease is the leading cause
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the SSM Heart Institute is hosting Elder Law, Medicaid and
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heart disease.
Additional presentations include:
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• “Women and Heart Surgery,” by
Trevor Axford, M.D., cardiovascular
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Prime Times January 22 - 28, 2010

Socializing Through Exercise

Senior adults find love, camaraderie
at Kirkwood exercise class
by Marty Harris
Five years ago Kirkwood resident
Loretta Seltzer, a retired Affton High
School teacher, decided to join an
exercise class.
“I wanted to exercise my left
knee. It was going arthritic and the
doctor said the best thing for it was
exercise,” said Seltzer, who is in her
early 70s.
Seltzer found a class at Concordia
Lutheran Church, conveniently
located across the street from her
home. The class, now called Fit
and Be Fit, is sponsored by Martha
Rounds and meets on Monday and
Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11
a.m.
“God must have sent this – an
exercise class less than a block away,”
she said. But she admitted she did
have a few reservations.
“My first thought was that I was in
my 60s and I thought all the women
were much older – what would we
have in common?” she said. “I’m up
for anything so I thought I’d try the
class for a year and see what the
doctor said.
After that first year, Seltzer not
only got a good report from the doctor
but she got to know the “girls” in the
From left, Joyce Carlson, Loretta Seltzer, Ruth Harrison and Carol Fisher class, most of whom are in their 70s,
keep in step during the aerobic portion of the Fit and Be Fit exercise class at 80s and even a few in their 90s.
Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood. “When people exercise, they talk
photo by Diana Linsley about their husbands, their aches
and pains,” Seltzer said. “Pretty soon
we began to get together outside of
exercise class.”
Now the ladies not only exercise
together, but they celebrate each
other’s birthdays, go out to dinner
and do seasonal events such as a
Christmas and spring luncheon.
They also look out for one another.
“If somebody doesn’t show up
for class, we normally know ahead
of time, but if we don’t they worry
about it during class,” said Alane
Frankenfield, the class instructor for
about eight years.
When Kirkwood resident Joyce
Carlson, 84, had a heart valve
replaced three years ago, Seltzer was
at the hospital sitting with her.
Last week Seltzer’s husband fell
and broke his hip. Seltzer received
phone calls from classmates plus
daily calls from classmate Conchi
Dominguez to find out how her
husband was doing.
“It means a lot to me,” Seltzer said.
Other participants feel the same
way.
“This class has such a camaraderie
and love for one another,” said
Carlson, who has been exercising for
40 years.
“I really like the class,” said
Marilee Steger, who has been in the
class since about 2003. “I come more
for the socializing. “It’s like another
cont. p. 14A

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January 22 - 28, 2010
Prime Times Webster-Kirkwood Times 13-A

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Friendship Village Residents Fountain View Resident

Bob & Betty Nellums Joe Bredeck and his daughter
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“The location is very
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anywhere in the St. Louis area.” sense of independence since moving
to Fountain View.”

At Friendship Village of South County, With the addition of Fountain View

our retirement community is located
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Prime Times January 22 - 28, 2010

Experience... it’s what makes us different!

For over 20 years, Tesson Heights Senior Living Community,
an independent living and residential care community, has
been a tradition for area seniors. From the moment you walk
in, you’ll feel right at home. Our team of dedicated
professionals, from housekeeping to top management, are
there to meet and exceed your expectations.

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her 90s, however, decided to sit out seniors and others who enable seniors
the aerobics, saying it made her heart to stay in their homes. Some groups
beat too fast. even receive some government help,
“I think it’s good exercise and Seltzer said.
there’s a lot of pretty interesting For now, Seltzer finds inspiration
women,” Clark said, taking a break from the women.
while others did aerobics. She said “It’s a very uplifting to see women
she also enjoys the outings. in this stage of their lives exercising
“You’re not sitting around at home. physically and moving the way they
That’s deadly,” she added. should be,” Seltzer said. She said
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any more, but still enjoy the social Anyone interested in joining the
activities, noted Marilyn Keil. At 71 Fit and Be Fit class can come to class
she’s one of the youngest in the class. located on the first floor at Concordia
She started exercising with the class Lutheran Church, 505 S. Kirkwood
about 12 years ago when she had a Road.

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Whitey Herzog from page 10A
He does point out, however, that
“I didn’t have the payrolls Billy had”
under George Steinbrenner, the Daddy
Warbucks of baseball.
Ironically, Herzog will be inducted
into the Hall of Fame in July alongside
another nemesis, umpire Doug
Harvey, with whom he frequently
staged pyrotechnical arguments at
home plate.
Harvey, who never has
acknowledged seeing any irony in the
nickname Cardinals players gave him
(“God”), was in the habit of forming
his own weather reports, often in
contradiction to those promulgated by
the National Weather Service, Herzog
recalled.
On one memorable occasion at Shea
Stadium in 1987, with the Cardinals
and Mets fighting for the division flag,
Cardinals pitcher Joe Magrane threw
a wild pitch to give the Mets the lead.
Herzog implored Harvey to stop play
until a cold, drenching rain abated,
“and he had the nerve to tell me that I
wouldn’t be complaining if we weren’t
behind,” said Herzog. “Can you
imagine that? I told him we wouldn’t
be behind if my pitcher hadn’t slipped
on a wet mound and thrown the ball
into the screen.”
Pressing his point too far, Herzog
was instructed by Harvey to avail
himself of the indoor shower facilities
while his team continued to play
(and ultimately win) in the shower
outdoors.
Herzog’s only comment on the
formerly rancorous relationship was
that “Doug was a good umpire, but the
lousiest weatherman I’ve ever seen.”
Herzog did not always object to
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being tossed from a game. Retired
umpire Bruce Froemming tells a
story of a game at Busch Stadium on
a sunny day preceding an open date,
in which the Cardinals’ manager
persistently yipped from the dugout
about calls on balls and strikes – an
offense that brings automatic ejection.
When Herzog ignored warnings to
button his lip, Froemming ran him out
of the game.
After the game, Froemming says
Cardinals announcer Jack Buck
informed him that the bass were biting
in western Missouri, and Herzog was
half way to the lake before the game
had ended.
As he signed the lunch tab at
Schneithorst’s, Herzog acknowledged
the truth of Froemming’s story.
“We were losing the game, I think
6-2, and I told him, why don’t you kick
me out so I can go fishing,” Herzog
recalled. Froemming obliged.
Herzog says he retired to St. Louis
after living for decades in the Kansas
City area, in large part, because of
the good quail hunting nearby and
proximity to the strip pits he loves to
fish in his native southern Illinois. His
Kansas City hunting buddies seemed
to be losing interest in shooting, “so I
just said to my wife (Mary Lou), if you
don’t mind, I think we ought to move
to St. Louis.”
Mary Lou agreed, on the condition
they move to Sunset Hills.
“She’s the one who picked it,”
Herzog said. “And you know you can’t
build a home some place your wife
doesn’t want to live.”
We will say amen to that, and
thanks for lunch, Whitey.
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