Stan Musial’s funeral took place today. The eulogy was given by Bob Costas, who Musial had specifically asked to speak. He started out with one of the better Yogi Berra quotes you’ll ever hear: ”Always go to your friends’ funerals. Otherwise, they won’t come to yours.” And the rest of it was excellent. A fitting …

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Baseball’s perfect knight is no longer with us. According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cardinals great Stan Musial died in St. Louis at 5:45 p.m. local time on Saturday evening. Goold says Musial was “surrounded by family” when he passed. “Stan The Man” — a picture of poise, grace and consistency — tallied 1,815 …

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