Stan Musial died today. He’s easily one of the top ten best players to ever play the game of baseball. Earl Weaver died today. He’s easily one of the top ten best managers in the history of baseball. I never got to see Musial play, but I enjoyed watching Weaver manage the Baltimore Orioles in the 1970’s. He was managing them for the first game I ever saw in person, in 1977 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. His epic battles with Billy Martin form some of the happiest memories of my childhood. He was a character, and he and Martin basically formed as the archetype in my mind for what a baseball manager should be like.
Tough Day for Baseball
