Saturday, May 7, 2011
Big Hitter George Vecsey Scores With Tribute To Stan Musial
Back in 1985, sports number cruncher Bill James chose Stan Musial of the Cardinals as the best left-fielder ever. But James sighed that Musial seemed to be fading from memory — that Stan the Man deserved as much praise as the heaps dished out to his contemporaries, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. A year ago, in "Stan the Man," baseball writer Wayne Stewart repeated James' theme that Musial was underrated. Alas, Stewart's biography never caught fire, and neither did Musial's reputation.
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