USA TODAY: …That’s not to say the Hall of Famer known as “The Man,” who died Saturday at 92, could not have thrived in a different place and time. A career batting average of .331, with 3,630 hits — the second-most ever in the National League — and 475 home runs will play anywhere…
“In his business life, in his family life, he was the perfect man for his adopted home of St. Louis, in that when he ran the restaurant, he not only was a good restaurant man — he knew the steaks and he knew the menu — but he was there for people,” author George Vecsey, who wrote the biography Stan Musial: An American Life, said in an ESPN interview.
“He was also that way with fans. He’d sign autographs until the last person has gone home. Perfect guy for St. Louis, for mid-America, and really for the country.” … (more)
EDITOR: One of the three giants of his day: Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. All now gone, but never forgotten by their baseball fans (most of whom are also gone.) Sports and the world need more people like Stan Musial.
