Man...lost two idols today. One from my childhood, Earl Weaver. And the other from my Dad's childhood, Stan Musial. Baseball, moreover the world, lost two of the best people today...
I grew up watching Earl Weaver on TV. Not only did I watch him on TV, I heard about all of the other great years as manager, before I was even born. He was a fireball of a manager, and his winning percentage is one of the best ever in the major leagues. No one manages the way that he did anymore. There are a lot more primadonnas in baseball now than there were when he managed. I don't know if anyone could manage that way anymore at all. Sparky Anderson had a similar style. "The Earl of Baltimore" was a treasure of the city, and his name will live proudly within its annals for a very long time to come. I didn't know much about Stan Musial as a child. However, my Dad would talk about this player that he just loved watching play when he was a kid, and listened to him on the radio too. Known as "Stan the Man," he was one of the greatest players to ever play the game. Not only was he a great player, but he stayed local to the city of St. Louis, where he played for over 20 years. He also did a lot for that city as well as for the game of baseball after his career was over. One of my most prized possessions is a 1958 Stan Musial baseball card that was one of the first that I ever purchased with my own money as a kid. There isn't a player these days that was as much of a gentleman as he was, let alone that will ever play 22 years for the same team, or be able to touch his career stats without being juiced... Just a sad day to be a baseball fan, a very sad day indeed.
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