Here’s a short and cool essay about Stan Musial, the St. Louis Cardinal outfielder who is one of the best baseball players of all time and rarely talked about. He was also famously nice and generous. The opening story about how he was never once thrown out of a game is amazing all by itself. I found it through Rob Neyer’s ESPN blog.
I always want to believe that famous people — actors, atheletes, authors — are “nice.” I don’t know why, but I do. And it’s a relief to learn that sometimes these people in all likelihood were really just genuinely nice people.
On my iTunes now:
No Bones by Dinosaur Jr. from "Bug"
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Jul 22nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Have faith: once I hit it big, I will remain a DELIGHT to deal with.