Whenever I'm in St. Louis for a baseball game, I usually spend some time milling around new Busch Stadium admiring the statues of former Cardinal greats such as Hall of Fame outfielders Enos Slaughter and Lou Brock and legendary announcer Jack Buck.My favorite is the Stan Musial statue, which I first saw in the summer of 1975 as a 9-year-old outside the old Busch Stadium. The statue of Stan the Man has greeted millions of red-clad Cardinal fans in front of both stadiums since its unveiling in 1968.
The statue is inscribed with a quote by former baseball commissioner Ford Frick: "Here stands baseball's perfect warrior. Here stands baseball's perfect knight."
Photo by Darrin M. Devault (taken on June 18, 2008)
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