Saturday, January 19, 2013
THE MAN
A hero*.
Stan Musial, One of the Game’s Greatest Hitters, Dies at 92
Stan the Man.
It seems that he has been around all my life and, of course, that is damn near the case.
I always liked him, secretly, because he was the only well known man, at the time, who had the same name as my middle name which I didn't want anyone to know. Now I do not care.
Other than that, me being a quasi baseball fan, I mostly appreciated his manners and personal charm.
A gentleman.
I remember that the last I saw him was when he went to the White House for Obama to pin a Medal of Freedom on his chest.
“There is only one way to pitch to Musial — under the plate,” Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodger and New York Giant teams that Musial often victimized, once said.
* a hero has hit 90 years of age and is personally admired
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