The recent Lance Armstrong saga represents a population of athletes who prioritize fame and money for personal gain instead of using their status to positively effect the masses. These athletes forget that they are making a lively hood off of a game in which many regular people choose to mistake as life. Sport teaches motifs about life that create emotions strong enough for fans to completely engross themselves. Fans admire the athletes who have mastered their sport, we look up to them, imitate them and cheer with our souls for them. However, when our favorite athletes find contraversy our hearts are shattered. Fans have a desire to root for an impeccable hero and unfortunately a true American hero died yesterday at the age of 92. In the midst of the Lance Armstrong saga, Stan Musial’s recent passing reminds fans that there are athletes who understand how to carry themselves through success. His 7 batting titles, 20 straight All Star appearances, 3 MVPs and career .331 batting average earned him baseball immortality in Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame, but the way he carried himself as a human being earns him ultimate immortality. Stan’s talent for baseball never made him an elitist, he always enjoyed interacting with the fans and during the civil rights era he was very progressive in his belief in racial equality. He is a role model for athletes everywhere and in result he will never be remembered without a smile.
Thank you Stan, you are truly the man.
-Blake Dale Lepire
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/cardinals-hall-famer-stan-musial-dies-age-92-18260677
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/stan-musial-the-man-dies-st-louis-cardinals-at-92-01913
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