Stan the (Gentle) Man Musial
Monday, February 11, 2013
In mid-January 2013, we were saddened by the news that Stan Musial, the perennial all-star slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals had passed away quietly at his home in Ladue, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The accolades for this Hall of Fame baseball player have been lavish in their praise, and richly deserved, but his death brought back the one personal encounter I had with Stan the Man, a long long time ago, in 1953.