Nelson Briles died Sunday, Feb. 13, of an apparent heart attack at 61, according to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He evidently was stricken during a Pirates alumni golf tournament in Orlando, Fla.

Among other things, Briles was an important star for the Cardinals in their 1967 championship, though I’ll always think of him fondly (can’t really claim I remember him) for singing the national anthem before Game Four of the 1973 World Series. I suppose I read that somewhere when I was little, which I thought was cool, so it always stuck with me.

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